Leicester City broke a 38-year-old club record when they registered a 1-0 victory over Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

City have now gone 20 league games without defeat - beating the previous best set way back in 1971.

Matty Fryatt grabbed the only goal of the game - while on loan goalkeeper Mark Bunn saved a Rickie Lambert penalty at the other end to secure the points in front of the 2,000-strong travelling Blue Army.

Both sides cancelled each other out in the early stages and it was eventually Leicester who crafted the first decent attempt on goal with 18 minutes on the clock. City broke forward through Matt Oakley and then Bruno Berner before Kerrea Gilbert fired a speculative effort just over the bar from fully 25 yards.

The Foxes then took the lead two minutes later. Steve Howard got on the end of an Oakley free kick before Fryatt nipped in and lobbed the keeper for his 26th of the campaign. It was a fine finish from the Leicester frontman.

Pearson was forced to make a change on 25 minutes - Tom Cleverley replacing Oakley and Howard taking over the captain's armband.

Fryatt tried his luck from range six minutes later, but his effort curled past Steve Phillips' right-hand upright.

The Foxes almost had a goal of the season contender on their hands five minutes before the break, but Lloyd Dyer's 35-yard thunderbolt fell just wide of the target.

The homes side made a double change at half time - replacing David Pipe and Jeff Hughes with Craig Disley and top-scorer Rickie Lambert.

Rovers were awarded a penalty when Jack Hobbs was adjudged to have brought down Darryl Duffy inside the Leicester penalty area on 55 minutes - with the Foxes defender getting his marching orders from referee Graham Horwood in the process. However, substitute Lambert couldn't beat Bunn in the City goal who pulled off a magnificent save when diving to his right.

And Bunn was in action once again moments later - pushing Disley's effort round the post.

Cleverly had a great chance to double Leicester's advantage in the 61st minute - but Phillips got down well to make the save.

Fryatt ran through and fed the ball to Howard on 80 minutes, but the big Leicester striker couldn't keep his shot down.

Phillips was called into action again in the closing stages - keeping out efforts from both Fryatt and Cleverley.

City will now be hoping to better their unbeaten record when they travel to StadiumMK to face MK Dons next weekend.

City: Bunn, Gilbert, Brown, Hobbs, Mattock, Oakley ©  (Cleverley 25), King, Berner, Dyer (Morrison 58), Howard, Fryatt.
Subs not used: Pentney, Hayles, Dickov.
Yellow: Bunn
Red: Hobbs

Rovers: Phillips, Green, Hinton (Jaconson 77), Elliott, Lescott, Pipe (Lambert 46), Lines, Campbell ©, Hughes (Disley 46), Kuffour, Duffy.
Subs not used: St-Louis-Hamilton, Anthony.
 
Attendance 9,138 (away 1,980)