Leicester City ended their Premier League that lost streak and goal drought when they came twice from behind in an exciting 2-2 draw with Brighton on Saturday.
The side of Ruud van Nistelrooy had lost their last eight games in the competition without scoring, but they showed a huge fight to take a point of an entertaining match in the American Express Stadium.
Joao Pedro broke the impasse of the penalty spot in the 31st minute, after Conor Coady was punished for the handling of Simon Adingra's strike after a VAR review.
But Stephy Mavididi equalized seven minutes later and shot Bart Verbruggen from a tight angle after his attempted cross back in his path.
That ended Leicester's 13-hour waiting for a competition goal, although they had to survive a number of nervous moments to reach a half-level level, with Matt O'riLey missing a particularly clear opportunity for Brighton.
Joao Pedro restored the lead of the Seagulls with another Spot-Kick after 55 minutes after another VAR review, where Luke Thomas O'riLey had dragged to the turf.
Nevertheless, the header of Caleb Okoli of the 74th -minute cross of Bilal El Khannouss was enough to stop the losing run of the Foxes, and they even went close to a winner when El Khannouss hit the pole with a curly stroke in the 87th minute.
Despite an improved display, Leicester remains 19th and 14 points of safety with six more games, and their relegation could be confirmed before their next game.
In the meantime, the hosts of Fabian Hurzeler remain ninth, six points of the top five.
Fight back to win a point#bhalei pic.twitter.com/ppmnrnehbm
– Leicester City (@LCFC) April 12, 2025
Data debrief: Joao Pedro's penalty Double not enough
Leicester ended their losing streak in a lively way and avoided the defeat in a Premier League match for the second time in 2025.
The foxes had admitted 22 league goals without scoring prior to the equalizer of Mavididi; The second longest run in the same Premier League campaign after Ipswich Town in April 1995 (27 consecutive goals admitted).
Joao Pedro brought his count for the season to 10 league goals, with only Glenn Murray (13 in 2018-19 and 12 in 2017-18) who scored more times for Brighton in a Premier League campaign.
In the meantime, 15 of the 30 goals of the Brazilian have come in all competitions for the seagulls through penalties, with only Mohamed Salah (18) scoring more under Premier League players since the start of last season.
However, it was not enough, where Brighton had now dropped 20 points this season of winning positions and only registered more in the Premier League in 2020-21 (25).
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