Fulham are still pushing forward, they haven't given up but with just a couple of minutes remaining, it seems like an impossible task. The Leicester supporters are now in full voice.
90'
There will be a minimum of four minutes added time played.
88'
PENALTY SHOUT! Leicester are appealing for a spot-kick after Okazaki goes down under pressure from two Fulham defenders. However, the referee isn't interested and waves away their appeals.
86'
J. Vardy has scored a goal for Leicester City! Assist by H. Barnes.
GOOOAAALLL! Vardy with his second goal of the game to make it 3-1 to Leicester! Barnes does brilliantly down the left, he evades the challenge of Odoi and shows great composure to pick out Vardy unmarked in the box from just a few yards out, the striker slots the ball into the bottom corner. Surely that's game over.
Barnes could've gone down under the challenge of Odoi as the right-back caught him late, however, he stayed on his feet and picked out Vardy perfectly.
84'
It's all Leicester now, they look full of confidence and you can see that the Fulham players have been disheartened by the goal, just when it looked like they were on top and likely to score the winning goal. They now have just a few minutes left to try and salvage something from the game.
82'
L. Vietto enters the game and replaces K. McDonald.
Fulham respond by making their final change, it's an attacking one as McDonald leaves the field, to be replaced by Vietto.
81'
N. Mendy enters the game and replaces J. Maddison.
Leicester make their third and final substitution, with Maddison coming off and he has been replaced by Mendy, who is likely to sit deep and protect the defence.
78'
J. Vardy has scored a goal for Leicester City! Assist by J. Maddison.
Maddison took advantage of the mistake by Nordtveit, looking up and spotting Vardy making a run in behind the Fulham defence, this time it was perfectly timed and had just enough pace on it, with Vardy making no mistakes with the finish.
GOOOAAALLL! Leicester lead once again, Vardy with the goal to make it 2-1! Another mistake by Fulham which hands a goal to the hosts. They give it away on the halfway line and Maddison slides the ball through to Vardy who races towards goal and slots the ball underneath Rico and into the far corner of the net.
76'
It's the visitors who look more threatening at the moment, they are starting to cause Leicester some problems at the back, with Cairney getting on the ball more often and dictating the forward play.
Minute
Description
74'
The game has become scrappy now, with both teams struggling to keep the ball and it's really starting to open up, as they push forward in search of another goal.
72'
S. Okazaki enters the game and replaces D. Gray.
R. Ghezzal enters the game and replaces Y. Tielemans.
The other change sees Tielemans come off and he has been replaced by Ghezzal.
Leicester have made a double substitution, the first sees Gray come off the pitch and he has been replaced by Okazaki.
71'
Maddison to Vardy once again, the striker breaks through on goal but there was too much pace on the pass and Rico manages to rush out and smother the ball.
67'
J. Seri enters the game and replaces R. Babel.
Here comes the change for the visitors, with Babel coming off and he has been replaced by Seri.
65'
It looks like Fulham are about to make their second change of the game, with a few players warming up on the sidelines. The visitors have played well in this second half and will fancy their chances at going on and scoring a winning goal.
60'
J. Bryan gets yellow.
Bryan is the second Fulham player to be booked today after his late tackle on Gray, the winger nicked the ball away from the left-back just in time and Bryan clattered into the back of him.
59'
Mitrovic is cutting a frustrated figure up top for Fulham, he hasn't seen much of the ball and a couple of decisions have gone against him now, giving away free-kicks.
57'
There is a much better tempo to the game now, with the Fulham equaliser giving both teams a lift. The crowd has gone quiet though, after a cracking first half atmosphere.
55'
R. Babel gets yellow.
Babel is shown the first yellow card of the game after his late challenge on Chilwell, a poor and needless tackle to make by the winger.
53'
The goal was Fulham's first shot of the match and they've managed to get back into the game, just when it looked like Leicester were going to go on and score a couple more goals.
51'
F. Ayité has scored a goal for Fulham! Assist by H. Nordtveit.
It was a long and hopeful ball by Nordtveit, which Chilwell should've dealt with, but the left-back failed to do so and Ayite took advantage, racing into the box and getting his shot away.
GOOOAAALLL! Fulham have equalised, it's 1-1! The substitute Ayite with the goal against the run of play after he beats Chilwell and Maguire, after cutting inside from the right wing and then fires a low shot at goal, which takes a deflection off Maguire and that sends it away from Schmiechel, who was unable to get down and stop it from trickling over the line.
50'
Bright start here by Fulham, they are keeping the ball better and playing with more pace, but they are still yet to get close to Mitrovic or the Leicester final third.
46'
F. Ayité enters the game and replaces R. Sessegnon.
The second half is underway!
Fulham have made a substitution ahead of the second half, with Sessegnon replaced by Ayite.
45' +1
HALF-TIME: LEICESTER 1-0 FULHAM
45'
There will be a minimum of one minute added time played.
44'
Despite Mitrovic's aerial threat, Fulham haven't used this to their advantage, with the striker coming short for the ball, rather then his teammates whipping the ball into the penalty area.
42'
The pace of the game has dropped now as Leicester keep the ball well and look to see the game out to half-time. Chilwell does well down the left wing, he beats Odoi and whips a good low cross into the box, but Rico pounces on it.
38'
There's not long left on the clock until the break now, can Fulham get back into the game before the half-time whistle? As it stands, it looks more likely that Leicester will double their lead, with multiple decent chances.
36'
Good effort! Nice play by Gray down the right, he cuts inside and lays the ball off to Tielemans who fires a low shot at goal, it bounces in front of Rico, but the Fulham keeper manages to make a decent save, before gathering the ball on the second attempt.
34'
This is better by Fulham, they've managed to keep the ball in the Leicester half of the pitch but they can't get anywhere near the Foxes final third, with the hosts defending well.
32'
BLOCKED! Another mistake from Fulham which leads to an excellent Leicester chance. This time it's Rico with a poor kick out, which falls straight to Ndidi, who sets up Vardy but his shot is well blocked by Nordtveit and goes over the crossbar and out for a corner.
30'
Decent effort! Maddison is allowed too much time and space on the edge of the penalty area and fires a low shot towards goal, but he drags his effort well wide of the Fulham goal.
29'
Fulham just can't get going and it's very comfortable for Leicester right now, they look dangerous each time they venture forward and look good value for their lead.
25'
It's all the hosts at the moment, with Fulham struggling to string a few passes together. It looks like they've made a quick switch in formation now, with Chambers sitting deep to try and cope with the threat of Maddison and Tielemans.
23'
The pace of Vardy is causing Fulham a lot of problems here, the striker looks like he has the beating of the visitors centre-backs every time.
21'
Y. Tielemans has scored a goal for Leicester City! Assist by J. Vardy.
Not too many Premier League strikers would've passed in that situation, Vardy looked like he was going to round Rico and score himself but very unselfishly passed to his teammate, who opened the scoring.
GOOOAAALLL! Leicester lead 1-0, Tielemans with his first goal for the Foxes! It comes from a mistake at the back by Fulham, they hand the ball back to Leicester inside their own half and Vardy races through on goal, he opts to square the ball to Tielemans, rather then shoot himself. The Belgian then showed great composure to slide the ball into the back of the net.
17'
OFFSIDE! Maddison with an excellent ball through to Vardy who was on the shoulder of the Fulham defence, he races through on goal with just Rico to beat. However, the linesman has his flag up for offside, the striker made his run too early.
13'
He should be doing better! Excellent corner by Leicester, playing it short to Ricardo on the edge of the box and he had a good sight of goal, but fluffs his effort and Fulham manage to clear the ball.
11'
Cairney drives forward and runs at the Leicester defence after beating Ndidi, however the Leicester man managed to get back and made an excellent sliding tackle to stop the Fulham skipper in his tracks. The hosts the break straight up the other end on the counter, with Vardy going close to getting on the end of a through ball by Maddison, but Rico rushed off his line to gather the ball.
10'
There is a cracking atmosphere here inside the King Power, with the home supporters getting behind their side and new manager. If they can get on a good run of results, they could still challenge for European qualification.
8'
Leicester are seeing more of the ball at the moment, keeping it well in the middle of the pitch and forcing Fulham to sit deep and get everyone behind the ball.
6'
Decent effort! Tielemans lashes a powerful strike towards goal from just inside the box, but it flies high over the crossbar, not troubling Rico in the Fulham goal.
4'
Vardy manages to find some space down the left, he fails to beat Odoi but Chilwell picks up the ball and after a couple of passes around the edge of the penalty area, Ndidi plays the ball into space for the Leicester left-back, but there's too much pace on it and Ream sees it go out of play.
2'
Early corner for Fulham, after Babel does well down the right wing and gets a cross into the box which Maguire heads away, but he mistimes the header and it goes out of play. Sessegnon whips the set piece into the penalty area, but the Foxes clear the danger well.
1'
We're underway!
Hello and welcome to our LIVE match commentary of the Premier League clash between Leicester City and Fulham at the King Power Stadium.
Brendan Rodgers suffered a last-minute defeat in Sunday's 2-1 loss at Watford in his first game in charge of the Foxes, he now leads his new side into their first home game against struggling Fulham. Leicester are currently 11th in the table, just two points behind Everton.
LEICESTER SUBS: Danny Ward, Wes Morgan, Kelechi Iheanacho, Shinji Okazaki, Nampalys Mendy, Christian Fuchs, Rachid Ghezzal.
LEICESTER (4-2-3-1): Kasper Schmiechel; Ricardo Pereira, Jonny Evans, Harry Maguire, Ben Chilwell; Youri Tielemans, Wilfred Ndidi; Ashley Barnes, James Maddison, Demarai Gray; Jamie Vardy.
FULHAM (4-2-3-1): Sergio Rico; Denis Odoi, Tim Ream, Havard Nordtveit, Joe Bryan; Calum Chambers, Kevin McDonald; Ryan Babel, Tom Cairney, Ryan Sessegnon; Aleksandar Mitrovic.
FULHAM SUBS: Fabri, Floyd Ayite, Luciano Vietto, Maxime Le Marchand, Cyrus Christie, Jean Michael Seri, Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
With nine matches remaining, Fulham are ten points adrift of safety in 19th position, with Southampton currently occupying 17th spot. Their last victory came back in January, a 4-2 win over Brighton at Craven Cottage. However, their run of games doesn't get any easier after today's game, as they face Liverpool and Manchester City in their next two matches.
The teams are out at the King Power Stadium and kick-off is just a few minutes away, stay tuned for all of the match action!
Fulham have it all to do in the second half, they haven't threatened Schmiechel in the Leicester goal, who has been a spectator for the majority of the match. Leicester could and perhaps should've doubled their lead before the break, with Vardy and Tielemans going close.
This Leicester victory moves them up to 10th position, overtaking Everton who suffered a late defeat at the hands of Newcastle. Next up for the Foxes is a trip to Burnley. Meanwhile for Fulham, this defeat leaves them 13 points from safety and they face another tough test next week, when they face title chasing Liverpool.
That's all from us today folks, we hope you enjoyed the game!
Commentary
More…