Vardy's late show rescues Leicester, denies Leeds

Jamie Vardy has rolled back the years to earn Leicester City a vital point in their bid to preserve Premier League safety.

The former England striker scored his first league goal for six months to snatch a 1-1 draw at Leeds United and haul the 2015-16 English champions out of the relegation zone.

Leeds are a point and a place above them, with Everton able to leapfrog both if they beat Newcastle United on Thursday (Friday AEST).

In Tuesday night's other matches, Aston Villa beat Fulham 1-0 while Wolves defeated Crystal Palace 2-0.

At Elland Road, Luis Sinisterra put Leeds into a 20th-minute lead, rising at the far post to head in Jack Harrison's whipped cross after a fine right-flank move. 

For a long time it looked as if that was the way the match would end.

But new Leicester boss Dean Smith went for broke with three strikers after 70 minutes, throwing on Vardy and Patson Daka. 

Smith's gamble paid off 10 minutes later when Vardy ran on to James Maddison's pass and curled the ball around Leeds goalkeeper Illan Meslier.

In the final minutes a double-save from Daniel Iversen preserved Leicester's parity, as did a shocking miss by Leeds striker Patrick Bamford. 

Wolves moved closer to safety with a 2-0 defeat of Crystal Palace, drawing the pair level on 37 points. 

They were given the perfect start when Ruben Neves' third-minute corner surprised Palace's Joachim Andersen, cannoning off the defender's knee and in. 

Palace piled on the pressure in the second half but failed to make it count and Wolves settled the match in injury-time when goalkeeper Sam Johnstone's poor touch and subsequent lunge into Pedro Neto gave away a penalty. 

Neves cooly rolled the spot-kick past him.

The match was Palace's first defeat in five games under returning manager Roy Hodgson and Wolves' third successive home win without conceding.

Aston Villa maintained their push for a European place with a 1-0 win over Fulham at Villa Park. Tyrone Mings scored the only goal with a 21st-minute backheader from a John McGinn corner.

It was Villa's eighth win in 10 matches, all unbeaten, and moved them above Spurs into fifth.

Every Premiership club is playing this midweek, with the other matches on Wednesday - including leaders Arsenal's visit to champions Manchester City - and Thursday.