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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Simon Burnton

Leicester 2-0 Southampton, Everton 2-2 Ipswich, and more: football updates – as it happened

George Hirst of Ipswich Town scores his team's second goal with a header at Everton.
George Hirst of Ipswich Town scores his team's second goal with a header at Everton. Photograph: Jan Kruger/Getty Images

And that’s all from me. Congratulations to Doncaster Rovers, Leyton Orient, Bradford City, AFC Wimbledon and Chesterfield on their promotions and their playoff places. Bye!

And here’s a report on Leicester’s 2-0 win over hapless Southampton, who have now won two of the last 33 available points:

Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy and Jordan Ayew scored their team’s first goals at the King Power Stadium in five months to secure a 2-0 Premier League victory over fellow relegated side Southampton on Saturday.

Vardy, who will leave Leicester at the end of the season after 13 years with the club, put the Foxes ahead in the 17th minute when he latched on to Bilal El Khannouss’s cross and fired high into the net for his 199th goal in a Leicester shirt. Ayew doubled the lead in the 44th when he struck a free-kick into the wall only for the ball to land back at his feet for him to hammer home past the goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale.

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