Leicester vs Everton final score: Toffees win to move out of relegation zone

Everton beat Leicester City 2-1 to further boost their battle against relegation as Frank Lampard’s side secured a first away win in over eight months.

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Vitaliy Mykolenko scored a beauty to put Everton ahead early but Leicester equalized in the first half through Patson Daka. However, Mason Holgate put the Toffees back ahead before half time to give them something to hold on to. 

And they did hold on thanks to a string of superb saves from Jordan Pickford (again) as Lampard’s side have won two on the bounce and three of their last five to move out of the relegation zone.

Everton now sit in 17th place on 35 points and have a game in-hand over relegation rivals Leeds and Burnley who sit one point behind them. Leicester remain on 42 points as Brendan Rodgers’ side have won just one of their last seven PL games.

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Leicester 1-2 Everton

Goals scored: Mykolenko 6′, Daka 11′, Holgate 30′

Shots: Leicester 16, Everton 10 

Shots on target: Leicester 9, Everton 4

Possession: Leicester 66, Everton 34

1. Toffees find the scrappers they need: They have gone to five at the back and the likes of Seamus Coleman, Alex Iwobi and Fabian Delph have added experience, grit and non-stop running to help drag them out of the bottom three. It isn’t pretty but Lampard has set his side up to defend in a solid unit and they have the quality to score from set-piece situations and on the counter. A few weeks ago Everton looked like a team who weren’t capable of grinding out wins. This Everton starting lineup is doing just that and Lampard deserves huge credit for putting squad square pegs in round holes to improve the solidity of the entire team.

2. Foxes in freefall: Leicester have