Leicester beat Brentford (15th) at home (2-1) on Sunday for the 30th round of the Premier League, and thus achieved three victories in their last four matches in the English championship.
Brendan Rodgers' team climbed to 10th place, after recovering from consecutive losses to Arsenal and Rennes.
The 'Foxes' came forward with a goal by Belgian Timothy Castagne (20th minute, 1-0) from the front of the box, and James Maddison doubled the lead then a direct free and place him in the goal squad defended by Spaniard David Raya. Yoane Wissa narrowed the distance for the visitors (85th minute, 2-1), but it was too late to get the draw.
This defeat for Brentford, which was unable to count on Danish Christian Eriksen due to covid-19, ends a streak of two consecutive victories, and keeps the team 8 points behind the relegation positions.
Tottenham (7th) host West Ham (6th) to close the day (16h30 GMT), in a decisive match in the fight for fourth place.
— Results of the matches of the 30th round of the English football championship, and standings:
- In advance of Thursday, March 10:
Norwich City - Chelsea 1 - 3
- Friday:
Wolverhampton - Leeds 2 - 3
- Saturday:
Aston Villa 0 - 1
Leicester - Brentford 2 - 1
(16h30 GMT) Tottenham - West Ham
- Postponed for the FA Cup quarters:
Liverpool - Manchester United
Newcastle - Crystal Palace
Manchester City - Brighton
Burnley - Southampton
Watford - Everton
Rating: Sts J G E P GF GC Dif
1. Manchester City 70 29 22 4 3 68 18 50
2. Liverpool 69 29 21 6 2 75 20 55
3. Chelsea 59 28 17 8 3 57 19 38
4. Arsenal 54 28 17 3 8 44 31 13
5. Manchester United 50 29 14 8 7 48 40 8
6. West Ham 48 29 14 6 9 48 36 12
7. Tottenham 48 28 15 3 10 44 35 9
8. Wolverhampton 46 30 14 4 12 31 26 5
9. Aston Villa 36 29 11 3 15 41 40 1
10th Leicester 36 27 10 6 11 42 46 -4
11. Southampton 35 29 8 11 10 36 45 -9
12. Crystal Palace 34 29 7 13 9 39 38 1
13. Brighton 33 29 7 12 10 26 36 -10
14. Newcastle 31 29 7 10 12 32 49 -17
15th Brentford 30 30 8 6 16 33 47 -14
16. Leeds 29 30 7 8 15 34 67 -33
17. Everton 25 27 7 4 16 29 47 -18
18. Watford 22 29 6 4 19 29 55 -26
19. Burnley 21 27 3 12 12 22 38 -16
20. Norwich City 17 29 4 5 20 18 63 -45
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