Match ends, Leicester City 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
Substitute Danny Welbeck scored a late equaliser to earn Brighton a battling point against Leicester at the King Power Stadium.
Welbeck beat Kasper Schmeichel with a powerful header from Neal Maupay's cross with eight minutes remaining.
Dan Burn came close to snatching a winner but his towering header was cleared off the line by Youri Tielemans, before Schmeichel made a stunning save to deny Leandro Trossard.
Patson Daka had earlier fired Leicester in front 30 seconds into the second half after goalkeeper Robert Sanchez had parried Harvey Barnes' shot into his path.
The draw keeps Brighton in ninth place, four points clear of Leicester in 10th.
Nervy Foxes hold on for point
Brendan Rodgers struck an upbeat tone in the build-up to this game and said his Leicester players would "get up and fight again" despite the crushing nature of their midweek defeat to Tottenham, which saw them concede two goals in stoppage-time.
However, despite a bright start the Foxes were nervously hanging on in the closing stages, with that Spurs defeat likely fresh in their minds.
In the end they had Schmeichel to thank for preserving a point. The Denmark international made two stunning stops to deny Welbeck and Trossard either side of the equaliser.
The home side had started the brighter and had the best chance of the first half when Barnes seized onto a loose pass and played in Ademola Lookman, who could only side-foot straight at Sanchez.
They caught Brighton cold within seconds of the restart when James Maddison's shot deflected straight to Barnes, whose stabbed effort was then parried into the path of Daka who scored his ninth goal of an impressive first season at the King Power Stadium.
But instead of building on that goal Leicester appeared to retreat in their shell and instead it was Brighton who finished the game well on top.
Resilient Brighton score late yet again
Brighton were second-best for large parts of this game but their resilience paid off, with Welbeck's goal the eighth time they have scored in the final 10 minutes of a Premier League game this season.
It is the 12th time the Seagulls have drawn in the Premier League this season and extends their unbeaten run to six games, with a top-10 finish and challenge for the European places now looking likely.
They suffered a blow before kick-off when it was confirmed assistant boss Billy Reid had joined manager Graham Potter in testing positive for Covid-19, with first-team coach Bjorn Hamberg in the dugout.
They recalled first-choice forward pair Maupay and Trossard after they only featured off the bench against Chelsea in midweek, but struggled to create many clear-cut opportunities.
But as the nerves started to creep into Leicester's play the arrival of Welbeck and Tariq Lamptey just after the hour changed the game.
Lamptey was a constant threat down the right, though it was Maupay who provided the cross from that flank for Welbeck to bury a fine header beyond Schmeichel.
It could have been even better for Brighton when Trossard broke clear inside the area, but Schmeichel did superbly to parry his drilled effort.
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Player of the match
WelbeckDanny Welbeck
Leicester City
Avg
- Squad number29Player nameDakaAverage rating
6.70
- Squad number10Player nameMaddisonAverage rating
6.50
- Squad number2Player nameJustinAverage rating
6.27
- Squad number7Player nameBarnesAverage rating
6.27
- Squad number22Player nameDewsbury-HallAverage rating
6.13
- Squad number1Player nameSchmeichelAverage rating
6.04
- Squad number8Player nameTielemansAverage rating
5.99
- Squad number37Player nameLookmanAverage rating
5.98
- Squad number18Player nameAmarteyAverage rating
5.77
- Squad number4Player nameSöyüncüAverage rating
5.70
- Squad number33Player nameThomasAverage rating
5.69
- Squad number11Player nameAlbrightonAverage rating
5.46
- Squad number42Player nameSoumaréAverage rating
4.84
- Squad number17Player nameAyoze PérezAverage rating
4.30
Brighton & Hove Albion
Avg
- Squad number18Player nameWelbeckAverage rating
8.05
- Squad number2Player nameLampteyAverage rating
7.90
- Squad number20Player nameMarchAverage rating
7.72
- Squad number1Player nameSánchezAverage rating
7.58
- Squad number3Player nameCucurellaAverage rating
7.53
- Squad number11Player nameTrossardAverage rating
7.45
- Squad number33Player nameBurnAverage rating
7.41
- Squad number4Player nameWebsterAverage rating
7.40
- Squad number10Player nameMac AllisterAverage rating
7.38
- Squad number15Player nameModerAverage rating
7.34
- Squad number17Player nameAlzateAverage rating
7.29
- Squad number34Player nameVeltmanAverage rating
7.27
- Squad number9Player nameMaupayAverage rating
7.11
- Squad number13Player nameGroßAverage rating
7.04
Line-ups
Leicester
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Schmeichel
- 2Justin
- 18Amartey
- 4Söyüncü
- 33Thomas
- 8Tielemans
- 22Dewsbury-Hall
- 37LookmanSubstituted forSoumaréat 78'minutes
- 10Maddison
- 7BarnesSubstituted forAlbrightonat 64'minutes
- 29DakaSubstituted forPérezat 90+2'minutes
Substitutes
- 11Albrighton
- 12Ward
- 17Pérez
- 20Choudhury
- 23Vestergaard
- 38Daley-Campbell
- 42Soumaré
- 49McAteer
- 62Brunt
Brighton
Formation 4-1-2-1-2
- 1Sánchez
- 34VeltmanSubstituted forMarchat 77'minutes
- 4Webster
- 33BurnBooked at 67mins
- 3Cucurella
- 17AlzateSubstituted forWelbeckat 62'minutes
- 13GroßSubstituted forLampteyat 62'minutes
- 10Mac Allister
- 15Moder
- 11Trossard
- 9Maupay
Substitutes
- 2Lamptey
- 5Dunk
- 14Lallana
- 16Scherpen
- 18Welbeck
- 20March
- 25Caicedo
- 28Roberts
- 42Leonard
- Referee:
- Martin Atkinson
- Attendance:
- 31,231
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home44%
- Away56%
- Shots
- Home15
- Away14
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away5
- Corners
- Home4
- Away5
- Fouls
- Home6
- Away8
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Leicester City 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
Substitution
Substitution, Leicester City. Ayoze Pérez replaces Patson Daka because of an injury.
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Attempt missed. Leandro Trossard (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
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Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Kasper Schmeichel.
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Attempt saved. Leandro Trossard (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Solly March.
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Attempt blocked. Dan Burn (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister with a cross.
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Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Marc Albrighton.
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Attempt missed. Marc Cucurella (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Solly March.
Goal!
Goal! Leicester City 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Neal Maupay with a cross.
Substitution
Substitution, Leicester City. Boubakary Soumaré replaces Ademola Lookman.
Substitution
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Solly March replaces Joël Veltman.
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Attempt blocked. Leandro Trossard (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Attempt blocked. Tariq Lamptey (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Neal Maupay.
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Attempt missed. Patson Daka (Leicester City) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.
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Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Daniel Amartey.
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Attempt saved. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tariq Lamptey with a cross.
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Offside, Leicester City. Çaglar Söyüncü tries a through ball, but Patson Daka is caught offside.
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Attempt blocked. Jakub Moder (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leandro Trossard.
Booking
Dan Burn (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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WHAT A JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brighton ARE progressing this season and should end strong midtable. Leicester should class this season as a tread water, rebuild and kick on for better next season.
Yet again LCFC lets its opponent score in the last 10 minutes. Wesley Fofana may not be back until next season. Soyuncu, Vestergaard and Amartey are not up to the job. The danger is that the other excellent players will think of moving on.
Well done Brighton for, yet again, fighting to the last.