Premier League RECAP: Relegation dogfight heats up as 10-man Leicester are beaten Aston Villa 2-1 in their first match since Brendan Rodgers' sacking, while Leeds come from behind to beat Forest 2-1 and Bournemouth lose 2-0 to Brighton

There's more Premier League action to come midweek, with Manchester United facing Brentford, and West Ham against Newcastle United on Wednesday. 

Bournemouth 0-2 Brighton

Leeds 2-1 Nottingham Forest

Leicester 1-2 Aston Villa

Julio Enciso is the one to poke home Brighton's second goal at the last, as Roberto De Zerbi's side's blistering form rolls on, European football next season looking closer and closer!

Leicester win a freekick from deep in the Villa half, which Pereira takes dreadfully, but some magic sends the ball into the box towards a sprinting Harvey Barnes. Just ahead of the six-yard box, Barnes looks to leather the ball into the back of the net, but has his shot just nudged away - by a hand? 

Leicester cries go up for handball and a penalty, but as VAR does its work, it appears that Daka actually overturned Watkins in the box, and the freekick goes Villa's way instead. 

The referee heads for the monitor, and within moments, a huge roar goes up from the visiting fans. 

There will be three minutes of added time for Leicester to try and snatch a point at home. 

After minutes and minutes of trying, Villa finally have their likely winner after Traore the super-substitute pounces on a moment of sloppy defending from Ndidi and sends a delectable strike from just off the D out swinging past Iversen! 

Back on his feet, eventually, Maddison heads for the sidelines, where he is replaced by Ricardo Pereira. 

Emery makes his changes too: Young, Bailey and Moreno come off for Chambers, Traore, and Digne. 

Villa are trying everything as they push closer and closer to finding their breakthrough. Bailey ends a strong run of attempts with a whipped strike at goal, but Iversen leaps to make the save. 

Luiz is the next to send in a limp cross, which Iversen is determined to grasp as he falls to the floor. 

But there's potentially more bad news for Leicester as Maddison sits down, and begins stretching out his legs. 

High up on the right, Bailey sends the ball to Young, sends a neat pass to Watkins, running to the right of the box to smash the ball at the near post. Iversen knocks the ball out for a corner, which comes to nowt. 

Within moments of coming on, Daka tips over Konsa as the defender beats him to the ball. Villa are looking threatening now, moving the ball quickly as they mass just ahead of the box. Bailey sends a looping cross into the box and Iversen picks his moment to leap off his line and fall over the ball. 

Quick as a flash at the other end of the pitch, Leicester capitalise off a quickly-taken corner to try and sneak something: Maddison muddles through the box to set up Daka, but his chance skirts around the far post. 

This could spell trouble for Leicester, who were looking extremely competitive in the second half. 

Their defenders are put to the test almost immediately, as they look to see off Young's freekick, which goes spinning over the bar. 

A change for Leicester: Vardy swapped for Patson Daka. 

Disaster for Leicester as they're reduced to 10 men, with Dewsbury-Hall picking up a second yellow and sending him to the sidelines. 

For the second time on the night, he tumbled Young, and was given his marching orders just as Leicester were preparing to substitute him. 

Luiz, midway through the Leicester half, plays the ball leftwards to Buendia, who's quickly felled by Maddison. They take the freekick quickly, and Bunedia sets up a sprinting Moreno who rounds Maddison, leaving him in his dust, to strike at goal. The attempt ricochets off the post with a thud. 

Villa win an advantageous freekick to the left of the box after Moreno is skittled, but Emery's side can't spin the set-piece into something substantial. 

Barnes send in a half-chance that is blocked neatly, but kept in play. 

Villa are starting to look a little nervous here, as the ball is flicked to Castagne, who comes steaming into the box from the right, forcing Villa into some break-neck defending. Leicester have another corner, but this comes to very little, and gives Villa a chance to sprint away in their own counter-attack.

Luiz tangles himself up in a scrap with the ball, and on the sidelines, Emery urges his players to calm themselves, arms waving. 

Leicester take advantage and set off down the left, forcing Mings into some last-minute defending to win a corner. Maddison takes it, but again Mings steps up to push the ball out of the box. But Leicester have a good spell of pressure here, and look to mount another attack. 

Moreno has a sniff of a chance, again teaming up well with Buendia, but Iversen makes a neat stop with minimal fuss to keep the ball out of harms way. 

Villa are in their stride now, and look hungrier after the break. 

Vardy pounces on a loose ball, and heads towards the box looking to see off Martinez, but the World Cup winner sprints off his line to claim the ball first. 

Iversen steps too far out, and Souttar is left to knock the ball out of play as the shot glancing past the goalmouth temptingly. 

Villa make less of their second corner, but stay close, massing around the edge of the box. Kristiansen looks a little overwhelmed, but eventually Leicester get their opportunity to break. Villa shut down the run as soon as it starts. 

Castagne picks up the first yellow of the match for immediately charging the referee after Moreno tips up a team-mate, the referee having zero interest in Castagne's no doubt passionate arguments. 

Leicester hold onto the ball before Souttar sends an optimistic ball down the right wing. His team-mates sprint, but can't get on the end of it before the visitors can. 

Moreno trips forward, before feeding a dangerous-looking Buendia in the box, and Villa come off the better to the tune of one corner. 

Villa begin their push over the halfway line, looking for a route through the clogged Leicester midfield. Buendia loops the ball into the Leicester half, and when Moreno picks up the ball on the left, he can set up Watkins. The goalscorer has his second shot on target on the night, but this one ends up in Iversen's gloves. 

Barnes punts the ball from high on the left into the box, but Mings leaps to head the ball up the field. Leicester try and get on the end of it, but the ensuing shot is taken wildly, and Martinez has the goal kick. 

At Leicester, and in the other 7.45pm kick-offs. 

What a first half from Leeds and Leicester, in particular. Villa will need to wrestle the game at the King Power back under their control, and find an answer for the marauding Harvey Barnes. 

As it stands, Brighton move within four points of 5th-placed United, and Leeds escape the relegation places to skip all the way up to 13th. Forest would fall to 17th if they can't improve things, and could fall further if Bournemouth or Leicester claim a win. 

An enormous goal from Sinisterra, who jinks through the Forest backline, quick as a flash, before sending the ball whipping past Navas. 

Just before the half-time whistle, Leeds are ahead of the tired-looking visitors. 

Villa have looked a little starstruck since the Leicester goal, and Leicester have another strong chance after Faes once again unleashes, this time for Dewsbury-Hall. He finds Barnes, who has a shot that Martinez has to rise to the occasion to save, the ball jumping back out for Mings to chase. 

Barnes has been sensational this evening, and he turns on the after-burners on the left once again to pull down a cunning ball from Faes high up. He bullies past Young to capitalise on a brilliant first touch, and bury the ball in the back of the net! 

Things are level once again at the King Power. 

Leicester pick their way over the halfway line, with Barnes picking up the ball on the lift and snaking towards the box. He's supported by Kristiansen, but after he clips Young on the side of the head and fumbles the ball out, it's an Aston Villa throw. 

Leicester thought they were in luck when the Villa goal was sent to VAR, but the goal stood and as a result, Villa look supremely confident. They sweep forward, as Mings sends a long diagonal ball floating over the pack to Bailey at the right corner. Kristiansen scraps with the player for the ball, but Bailey clings on and wins the throw. 

Evan Ferguson has had a miraculous season for Brighton, and after missing on facing Brentford on the weekend, the talented teenager wastes no time getting back on the scoresheet! 

Leicester have been questing for something, but Ollie Watkins again gets the opening goal on the road! Watkins picks up a clever pass midway inside the Leicester half, keeping onside by a whisker, and bursts through the backline before taking on Iversen and coolly poking the ball into the back of the net. 

Jack Harrison brings the two teams back to parity, after cleverly getting on the end of Navas' limp save. The former PSG man could keep out Roca's edge of the box chance, but Forest weren't prepared for Harrison's rejoinder. 

This goal lifts Leeds out of the relegation zone, and Elland Road is alight! 

Villa are looking the more confidence of the two sides, despite a spell of feisty play from the home side. 

Young turns over Barnes for a Leicester free-kick, which Castagne feeds to Maddison sprinting down the right. Leicester flow nicely up the pitch, flooding the box, as Barnes looks for a route through. But he's under-fire from Bailey, which hands Leicester a promising free-kick ten yards off the left of the box. 

Leicester counter quickly after a budding Villa attack, Maddison streaking through the lines. Sprinting towards the left corner, he sends in a cross that can't find a player, but Castagne tries to mop up the ball on the right and keep Leicester on the front foot. 

Forest go ahead just 11 minutes into play on the road! The visitors pulled off a feisty counter-attack against the run of play, with Orel Mangala netting his first goal for Forest in some style. Meslier didn't have a hope of stopping the dangerous finish. 

Vardy looks extremely up for the fight already, as he flies towards Konsa, under pressure on the edge of the box. Konsa holds his own - just - against the veteran striker. 

Maddison sets up Barnes, who goes streaking down the left, with Villa looking on the back foot for the first time since kick-off, but they can keep the nascent attack under wraps. 

Dewsbury-Hall grapples with Bailey as Villa look to send their first spell in the Leicester half. The ensuing free-kick is sent spinning out of play, and Leicester look to get underway, but Buendia involves himself on the right and wins the ball for the visitors. 

He takes the ball tripping down the left, before setting up McGinn. Villa look confident as they make their first full-throated advance on Iversen's goal. 

Villa gets the two teams underway at the King Power, with Buendia sending the ball straight to the backline. Vardy is already buzzing around, and he pulls down McGinn to force a reset. 

How will the table look in just under two hours time? 

Flags are waving, the fireworks dazzling - but can Leicester's performance live up to the pre-show? 

How will they fare in the post-Brendan Rodgers era? Things could get extremely feisty, but I think Villa look likely to edge their opponents on the road. 

Liverpool travel to Chelsea, with both teams looking to bounce back from an abysmal weekend. As Liverpool slips further away from European contention and Chelsea prepare for a future without dispatched manager Graham Potter, it should be a match full of needle. 

You can follow along with Sportsmail's live blog here. 

It might prove make-or-break for manager Steve Cooper at Elland Road tonight, with owner Evangelos Marinakis said to be eyeing up other candidates should Forest go another match without a win. Forest clung on to a draw against Wolves, but their last win game against tonight's opponents at the start of February.

Brennan Johnson, who starts tonight, was the man on target during the home win, and Cooper will hope for similar magic on the road. 

Patrick Vieira is a leading contender to become Nottingham Forest's next manager if the Premier League strugglers sack Steve Cooper.

Forest have failed to win any of their last seven league matches and sit just a point above the relegation zone ahead of tonight's trip to Leeds United.

Ahead of kick-off, the Foxes have paid tribute to their late chairman, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, on what would have been his 65th birthday. Srivaddhanaprabha, who oversaw Leicester's landmark 2016 Premier League title victory, died in a helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium in 2018. 

A private ceremony in tribute was held in the memorial garden named for the club's late owner this morning, and attended by club hierarchy and the co-caretaker managers Sadler and Stowell. Supporters will be able to toast the former chairman with free beer, cake and water provided at the match. 

Unbelievably, it's still so tight at the bottom of the table that it would be hard to slip a sheet of A4 between many of tonight's competitors. There's another race too, at the top of the table where the scrap for Europe is just as competitive. 

Brighton have the opportunity to shore up their hold on sixth place with a win, before Brentford face United tomorrow, and Bournemouth, Leeds, Forest, and Leicester could all leap to relative safety, as there are just four points between 19th-placed Leicester and Palace in 12th. 

Can Leicester talisman Jamie Vardy help secure the Foxes a must-needed win? Interim coaches Adam Sadler and Mike Stowell will no doubt hope so, as he hands the striker his first start since January 21. Nampalys Mendy is the only other change that Stowell has made to the line-up that faced Crystal Palace on Saturday, with Patson Daka and Tete starting on the bench. 

Unai Emery also does little to mess with his winning formula, only making one change from the side that outsmarted Chelsea - Leon Bailey starts, ahead of Boubacar Kamara. 

Here's how the two teams will line-up at the King Power this evening: 

In the still-bright sunshine, fans are starting to arrive at the King Power Stadium. 

Villa will present a challenge for 19th-placed Leicester, who are no doubt disappointed to be meeting opponents in such rude health. After a rampant victory at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, sealed by gutsy goals from Ollie Watkins and John McGinn, Unai Emery's men will look to build on their hot streak and apply pressure at the top of the table. 

After Brighton's late heroics saw Brentford share the points with the Seagulls, Villa could leap into 7th with a win - providing Liverpool are held to the fire by a rudderless Chelsea side. 

It's fair to say that the Premier League returned with a bang last weekend, with not one but two managerial sackings, a four-goal rout at the Etihad, and Arsenal's grip tightening at the top of the table all jostling for the front page. 

But who are the players that soared to the top of this week's Premier League power rankings? 

... to Sportsmail's Premier League live blog which will take you from the King Power - where relegation-stricken Leicester will take on Aston Villa - to Elland Road, where Forest go up against Leeds, and the Vitality Stadium, for Bournemouth versus Brighton. 

Stick around for team news and build-up ahead of the 7.45pm kick-offs.