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Abdul Fatawu celebrates his stunning strike for Leicester against Ipswich Abdul Fatawu scored a sensational goal from inside his own half as Leicester City downed high-flying Ipswich to register only their second Championship home win since 29 August. Fatawu hit an incredible effort from outside the centre circle over the backpedalling Ipswich goalkeeper Christian Walton as the Foxes put their recent woes behind them in fine style. The win eases the pressure on Leicester manager Marti Cifuentes, with Bobby De Cordova-Reid opening the scoring with a superb 30-yard strike. Jordan Ayew tapped home the third before Jens Cajuste pulled one back for Ipswich, who lost for only the second time in their past 11 league games. Leicester went into the game having won four of their previous 16 games - and only one at the King Power Stadium - since beating Birmingham at home at the end of August. But they got off to the perfect start when De Cordova-Reid netted for the third successive match to open the scoring after just eight minutes with a wonderful long-range effort. Leicester countered after Marcelino Nunez was dispossessed and De Cordova-Reid received the ball from Luke Thomas before letting fly. As fine as that strike was, it was eclipsed by Fatawu's goal of the season contender two minutes before the interval when he won possession, nutmegged Jack Taylor and scored left-footed from fully 65 metres out for his fourth of the season. Fatawu had earlier seen a goalbound free-kick saved by Walton and Jack Clarke missed a big chance at 1-0, just minutes before the Ghana winger scored, when he shot unmarked straight at keeper Jakub Stolarczyk from 12 yards out. Cifuentes, who once again left out Harry Winks, saw his side blow a two-goal half-time lead against Bristol City in midweek, but the Foxes made no mistake this time as they made it 3-0 on 52 minutes. Yet again, Ipswich were caught napping and Leif Davis was at fault as Ricardo Pereira squared the ball for Ayew to tap home his fourth league goal of the season. Cajuste pulled one back for Ipswich on 71 minutes when he pounced on Stolarczyk's attempted goal-kick to Oliver Skipp, but Leicester defended stoutly to complete an impressive win. Leicester move up to eighth, just three points off the play-off places and fifth-placed Ipswich. Leicester head coach Marti Cifuentes told BBC Radio Leicester: "It's a huge win and the performance was really strong. "We scored fantastic goals but we played at a high level. "The first one helped us to start the game with a positive feeling which is important - very happy for Bobby who is showing how important he is to the team. "This moment of brilliance and quality from Abdul - it's a fantastic goal, it's one of those which is very special and I am happy for him because he is a good boy who works hard and is improving all the time. "At the end we cannot forget the things we need to improve but the way we responded (from the 2-2 draw at Bristol City on Wednesday) was important. " This video can not be played Marti Cifuentes: 'The target is to keep full control for 95 minutes' Ipswich boss Kieran Mc Kenna told BBC Radio Suffolk: "Bit of a strange game - the goals had a big bearing on it which is obvious to say but they've scored two worldies in the first half. "They've scored a goal just before half-time which is as good as you'll see anywhere and it changes the feeling for both sides. "It simply wasn't our day. "We know a Leicester with confidence and they score two goals like that then you're facing one of the best teams in the league for sure. " This video can not be played Mc Kenna: 'Town undone by two worldies' After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 13th December 2025 at 17: 01 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Martí Cifuentes Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Kieran Mc Kenna Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Martí Cifuentes Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Kieran Mc Kenna Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Championship All competitions All competitions All competitions Leicester City are unbeaten in their last six league games against Ipswich Town (W3 D3) since a 1-0 defeat back in March 2013 under Nigel Pearson. Ipswich are winless in their last 11 away league matches against Leicester (D5 L6) since winning 2-1 on Boxing Day in 2002. Leicester lost their last home league game, going down 3-2 to Sheffield United – they last suffered consecutive home Championship defeats in March 2024, with the second of those defeats coming against Martí Cifuentes when he was QPR manager. Ipswich Town have picked up 10 points in their last five away league games (W3 D1 L1), more than in their previous 15 games on the road combined (9). Leicester have lost nine home league games in 2025 – only twice before have they lost more: 10 in both 1914 and 2007. Match ends, Leicester City 3, Ipswich Town 1. Second Half ends, Leicester City 3, Ipswich Town 1. Foul by Dara O'Shea (Ipswich Town). Patson Daka (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Chuba Akpom (Ipswich Town). Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Luke Thomas (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Sam Szmodics (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Luke Thomas (Leicester City). Substitution, Leicester City. Louis Page replaces Jordan James. Jack Clarke (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Jack Clarke (Ipswich Town). Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time. Delay over. They are ready to continue. Delay in match because of an injury Sam Szmodics (Ipswich Town). Delay in match because of an injury Luke Thomas (Leicester City). Attempt missed. Kasey Mc Ateer (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Jack Clarke. Offside, Leicester City. Abdul Fatawu is caught offside. Foul by George Hirst (Ipswich Town). Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.