This is Derbyshire -- DERBY County trail Championship leaders Leicester City 1-0 after the first half of their Friday night match at the King Power Stadium. Full-back Ritchie De Laet put the Foxes ahead after 25 minutes - and the Rams could have found themselves further behind before the break. The home side carved out their first real chance after 12 minutes. David Nugent played in Lloyd Dyer, whose angled drive was parried by Derby keeper Lee Grant before Matty James put the rebound wide of the unguarded net. Six minutes later, Danny Drinkwater drilled in a low cross from the left, which was dummied Jamie Vardy and the ball rolled inches wide of the far post, with Grant stranded. After 22 minutes, Vardy teed up James, whose rising 25-yard drive narrowly cleared the bar. Moments later, Nugent's volley brought a smart save from Grant low to his left. The goal had been coming but eventually came from an unlikely source. De Laet burst forward from right-back and played an incisive one-two with Nugent before firing low past Grant from the edge of the box. Leicester kept coming and, following another one-two, between Dyer and Drinkwater, the former saw his fierce drive kept out by the legs of Grant. Grant did well to deny Nugent again after 35 minutes before Vardy's follow-up, from a tight angle, clipped the bar. The Rams were saved by the woodwork again soon after, when central defender Liam Moore powered a header against the bar from James' corner.
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This is Derbyshire -- DERBY County trail Championship leaders Leicester City 1-0 after the first half of their Friday night match at the King Power Stadium. Full-back Ritchie De Laet put the Foxes ahead after 25 minutes - and the Rams could have found themselves further behind before the break. The home side carved out their first real chance after 12 minutes. David Nugent played in Lloyd Dyer, whose angled drive was parried by Derby keeper Lee Grant before Matty James put the rebound wide of the unguarded net. Six minutes later, Danny Drinkwater drilled in a low cross from the left, which was dummied Jamie Vardy and the ball rolled inches wide of the far post, with Grant stranded. After 22 minutes, Vardy teed up James, whose rising 25-yard drive narrowly cleared the bar. Moments later, Nugent's volley brought a smart save from Grant low to his left. The goal had been coming but eventually came from an unlikely source. De Laet burst forward from right-back and played an incisive one-two with Nugent before firing low past Grant from the edge of the box. Leicester kept coming and, following another one-two, between Dyer and Drinkwater, the former saw his fierce drive kept out by the legs of Grant. Grant did well to deny Nugent again after 35 minutes before Vardy's follow-up, from a tight angle, clipped the bar. The Rams were saved by the woodwork again soon after, when central defender Liam Moore powered a header against the bar from James' corner.
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