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Leicester City 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday: Jamie Vardy helps Foxes go 12 points clear at top of Championship

Leicester's charge towards the Championship title continued unabated as Jamie Vardy scored against his boyhood club Sheffield Wednesday.

The 37-year-old veteran, out of contract this summer, notched his first-ever goal against the Owls - and his 11th of the season - after Abdul Fatawu had pounced on a dreadful defensive error to open the scoring early on.

That was enough to secure a fifth straight win in all competitions for the leaders and stretch their cushion at the top of the table to 12 points, despite Wednesday, deep in relegation trouble, rallying after the break.

Danny Rohl's side made a game of it in the second half but still slumped to their 13th away league defeat of the season and they remain five points adrift of safety in 23rd place.