Yeovil 1 Leicester 2: Hosts outfoxed as spot-on Nugent seals victory

Published: 15:43 EST, 1 October 2013 | Updated: 17:21 EST, 1 October 2013

David Nugent's penalty prowess sealed a fifth successive win for Leicester as they edged past Yeovil.

The one-time England international netted his sixth spot-kick of the campaign and his fifth in his last five Championship games as the in-form Foxes made it 13 points from their last five matches.

After a lively and even opening 45 minutes it was Nugent, their two-goal hero on Saturday, who broke clear of the offside trap to tee up Lloyd Dyer to break the deadlock.

Spot on again: David Nugent converts the penalty, his sixth successful attempt out of six this season

Lloyd's banker: Dyer (centre) slides Leicester's first goal past Wayne Hennessey

And 11 minutes later he continued his impressive goalscoring form from the spot after Ritchie De Laet was fouled.

Referee Brendan Malone then awarded his second spot-kick of the half which saw Yeovil substitute James Hayter set up a nervy finale.

Leicester manager Nigel Pearson said his side could have scored six before the hosts got one back.

'We should have been out of sight, lets be honest,' he said.

'I don't think anybody could argue that we didn't deserve to win. With the number of chances we've created we could have won by six.

'On another night we could be frustrated by having not put them out of sight.

'These are tough places to come to. Its a long journey, it is not the nicest night and we've had a display where our fans can see how much we care.

'It is a good win, the players are continuing to improve as a group. All in all it is a good win but it could have been more convincing but we will improve.'

The Glovers came into the clash without a league point or even a goal in Somerset since clinching a historic promotion to the second tier but this was not a display from a side short on confidence.

Ed Upson was the first to threaten in an end-to-end encounter but De Laet just did enough to knock Saturday's goalscorer off his stride as he went to convert Andy Williams' clever pull-back.

Loanee Shane Duffy, making his Yeovil bow, then showed the Huish Park faithful just why he is on the books of Everton with a crucial tackle to deny Jamie Vardy in full flight.

Two minutes later fellow defender Luke Ayling timed his header to perfection as Wes Morgan stretched to meet Anthony Knockaert's inviting cross at the back post.

Andy King was making his 200th league start and after a clever flick his volley was nowhere near troubling international team-mate Wayne Hennessey.

Dyer and Vardy both blazed wide when well placed before Kasper Schmeichel was called into action for the first time in the 26th minute.

Joel Grant's curling cross forced the big Dane into a diving stop and when when the ball fell to Upson the former Ipswich trainee just could not get enough power on his low effort to break the deadlock.

Having scuffed the final chance of the opening 45 minutes at Hennessey Knockaert was inches away from an eye-catching opener three minutes after the break when he bent a first-time left-footed curler past the post.

Pointing the way: Nugent celebrates after his penalty which eventually won the game for Leicester

The Foxes continued to look a threat on the break and it was a rapid counter attack which saw them open the scoring in the 54th minute.

Nugent flew down the left wing and his low centre was finished into the bottom corner for Dyer's third of the season.

A thumping first-time half-volley from Williams was right at the diving figure of Schmeichel and Duffy headed just wide from a corner as Gary Johnson's men looked for an swift response.

But just seconds later Dan Seaborne gave away a penalty for the second successive home game.

The former Southampton defender fouled De Laet, who had cut inside having been slipped in by Knockaert, and Nugent did the rest.

Consolation: James Hayter scored from the spot for Yeovil but it wasn't enough

And Leicester should really have been celebrating again in the 67th minute when Vardy raced down the right flank and found Dyer on the penalty spot but he put his effort into the away end.

A set-piece straight off the training ground saw Madden fire a free-kick wide before their run without a league goal on home soil, stretching back five games to May, was finally broken.

Liam Moore tripped Upson and Hayter found the bottom corner from the spot with five minutes remaining.

Yeovil boss Johnson admitted: 'It is a learning curve for our boys.

'We haven't got that many lads with experience in the Championship like they (Leicester) have. You could see that both teams played with a tremendous amount of power and pace but they just had that little extra quality where it mattered in their two goals.

'We still gave it a go and it was nice to get a home goal.

'We did create a good Championship football match and we were part of that - maybe the difference was that little bit of quality needed to score a couple of goals every game.'