Stearman says Leicester must beat Barnsley on Saturday (Getty)

Leicester City defender Richard Stearman feels the Championship relegation battle will go to the wire.

The Foxes slipped back into the Championship drop zone after Sheffield Wednesday drew with Plymouth on Monday.

But Stearman told BBC Radio Leicester: "A few teams have been sucked into the scrap now and there are still four or five sides in there who we can catch.

"We have to play teams around us so we need three points at Barnsley before we look to the Sheffield Wednesday game."

With three games to go, Leicester are a point adrift of safety.

Ian Holloway's side travel to Barnsley on Saturday, then host the Owls on 26 April before their final match of the season against Stoke on 4 May.