Ipswich Town 1-1 Leicester City – Foxes earn point at Portman Road

Seeking a fourth successive league win to move them above Middlesbrough, Ipswich made a ponderous start with Dan Neil’s error allowing Winks a shot which Walton saved and Stephy Mavidi drove an effort wide as the visitors belied their lowly status.

For all that, Ipswich should have taken the lead on the half hour when O’Shea got free at the far post only to shave the woodwork with his header.

Leicester’s lead arrived six minutes before the break as Darnell Furlong conceded a needless free-kick from which Luke Thomas crossed to find Daka who expertly volleyed past Walton.

Having failed to keep a clean sheet in their past 29 games the visitors’ one-goal advantage was always going to look precarious as they were put under almost incessant second-half pressure by Ipswich.

Ivan Azon was just unable to convert from Mehmeti’s header back across the face of goal and Jack Clarke saw a goal bound effort deflected wide.

The home side eventually found an equaliser 14 minutes from time as Egeli seized on a rebound to beat Jakub Stolarczyk at his near post.

Jordan James then blocked a Darnell Furlong shot on the line before loud appeals for a penalty were waved away by referee John Busby as Cedric Kipre went down under a messy challenge from Hamza Choudhury.

Ipswich may well rue not making more of their second-half dominance and Leicester will need to show similar resilience if they are to avoid relegation.

They are at home to Bristol City on Tuesday evening, with Ipswich travelling to Stoke and looking to return to winning ways.