King got the winner for Leicester that took them top of the table

Leicester replaced Scunthorpe at the top of the League One table thanks to a late strike from midfielder Andy King.

The visitors went in front when winger Lloyd Dyer raced through unchallenged for a well-taken goal.

Scunthorpe equalised when Paul Hayes unleashed a fierce shot from a tight angle off the inside of the far post.

Joe Murphy denied Bruno Berner but King raced through the home defence to score from the edge of the box into the bottom corner.

Scunthorpe: Murphy, Byrne, Iriekpen, Mirfin, Williams, Woolford, McCann (May 88), Sparrow (Pearce 90), Morris, Hayes, Hooper.
Subs Not Used: Lillis, Thompson, Wright.

Goals: Hayes 32.

Leicester: Henderson, Edworthy (Hobbs 74), Tunchev, Morrison, Mattock (Powell 65), Oakley, Andy King, Berner, Dyer, Fryatt (Gradel 83), Campbell.
Subs Not Used: Martin, Hayles.

Goals: Dyer 22, Andy King 81.

Att: 7,967.

Ref: Fred Graham (Essex).

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