Match stats: Leicester City comeback after early goal from Burnley

Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson suggested he would make changes following the defeat at Wolves on Sunday – and was true to his word.

As expected, Matty James came in for the injured Andy King in midfield, but Sean St Ledger was also restored to central defence instead of Liam Moore, who was not included in the 18.

Exciting French winger Anthony Knockaert was given his first league start with Lloyd Dyer dropping to the bench, which also included Zak Whitbread and Neil Danns.

5 mins: David Nugent tees up Ben Marshall on the edge of the box and he shoots just wide.

8 mins: Knockaert excites the crowd with a bursting run down the right and he cuts inside and lets leash a fierce drive that Lee Grant does well to smother.

9 mins: Jamie Vardy plays in Nugent with a clever pass but Jason Shackell produces a well-time tackle. He had to time it right, or it would have been a penalty and possibly a red card.

10 mins: GOAL (0-1) City's bright start is again undone by poor defending. Martin Paterson turns St Ledger far too easily and races to the by-line and picks out Dean Marney, unmarked inside the box, and he beats Kasper Schmeichel at his near post. Marney's shot actually breaks the back of the net. It was the visitors' first attack.

23 mins: Marshall tries his luck again from 20 yards and Grant saves down to his left. The goal has put City on the back foot and they are struggling to find any real rhythm or pattern of play. It seems too predictable. The frustration starts to surface in the City crowd.

26 mins: BOOKING Paterson is shown yellow for not retreating at a City free kick.

30 mins: The early goal has meant the visitors have something to hold on to and they are defending deep and in numbers. City are restricted to shots from outside the area. This time Knockaert has a go and it is deflected for a corner.

39 mins: Joseph Mills, brother of former City captain Matt, and then Marney both force Schmeichel into saves with long range efforts. Burnley are growing in confidence.

40 mins: BOOKING: Nugent for a foul on Mills.

41 mins: Nugent goes close to breaking his sequence of 11 games without a goal, stretching back to April, with a curling effort from the corner of the box with grazes the top of the crossbar.

45+3 mins: Boos greet the halftime whistle and Pearson has a job to do at the interval. City have still not scored a goal in the first half of a league game this season, and never really looked likely to end that drought, except for Nugent's effort.

half-time: City 0 Burnley 1

47 mins: GOAL (1-1): Nugent gets his first goal of the season when he latches onto a loose ball just inside the Burnley box and his left-foot volley into the ground loops past Grant. He certainly did not get the contact he wanted but it was effective. Is City's luck starting to change?

48 mins: City have changed their system and Knockaert and Marshall are playing much more narrow, with Knockaert almost up as a central striker. Vardy moves wide on the right and drifts in.

53 mins: Great play by City and Marshall plays in Vardy, who only has Grant to beat but the keeper denies him; a big opportunity for City which goes begging.

57 mins: GOAL (2-1) Their luck is definitely in tonight. Knockaert plays in Vardy who swivels and shoots and his shot gets a big deflection which loops the ball over the stranded Grant.

58 mins: Marshall's free kick from 20 yards is just inches over the bar. City have their tails up now.

72 mins: Stewart, a former City transfer target, goes close with a long range effort which fizzes wide.

74 mins: City break quickly from their own box and Nugent plays in Drinkwater but Grant is able to save.

80 mins: Grant has to scramble down to his left to push away a good effort from Knockaert, who has impressed in his central role in the second half.

85 mins: Vokes hits the post with a volley after Morgan misplaces a header. A big let-off for City. It is not over yet.

90 mins: Vokes only has Schmeichel to beat but the big Dane pulls off a victory-saving stop. A big moment.

Full-time: City 2 Burnley 1