Premier League 2

Draw keeps Leicester and Reading hopes alive

24 Apr 2017
Elliott Moore, Leicester

Sides share four goals to take their fight against relegation from Division 1 to the final day of the season

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Division 1's bottom two teams, Reading and Leicester City, will both go into their final match of the season with a chance of avoiding relegation after sharing a 2-2 draw at the Madejski Stadium.

Reading made a quick start and were 2-0 up after 10 minutes thanks to Deniss Rakels' close-range effort and Yakou Meite's finish into an empty net.

But Leicester were level by half-time after captain Elliott Moore (pictured above) headed in a free-kick and Hamza Choudhury converted a penalty.

The draw left Reading bottom of the table on 19 points, one behind Leicester, who themselves are just a point adrift of both Derby County and Southampton.

Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur are a further point ahead but have a match in hand, against each other.

Battle against relegation
Club P Pts GD Remaining matches
Spurs 20 22 -7 MUN (A), LEI (H)
Man Utd 20 22 -10 TOT (H), ARS (A)
Southampton 21 21 -10 MCI (A)
Derby 21 21 -12 CHE (H)
Leicester 21 20 -14 TOT (A)
Reading 21 19 -21 SUN (H) 

Leicester, who avoided relegation on the final day of last season, finish their campaign against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on Thursday 4 May and Reading host Sunderland at the Madejski Stadium the following Monday. 

See: Reading report | Leicester report

See: PL2 tables

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