Stephy Mavididi finally gave Leicester City fans something to cheer as his winner at Blackburn Rovers gave them a first victory in nine league games.

The Foxes were already relegated after a harrowing season and could not even improve on second-bottom, but they managed to extend Rovers' woes at home, as they ended the campaign with the second-worst home record in the Championship behind Sheffield Wednesday.

With Michael O'Neill having already guided Blackburn to safety and Leicester already down, the emphasis at Ewood Park was on honouring the memory of former player and manager Tony Parkes.

Leicester seized the initiative on the pitch, however, and were denied several times by some athletic goalkeeping by Balazs Toth, before Mavididi finally beat him in the second half.

The result means Rovers finish a difficult campaign in 20th, five ponts and two places above the relegation zone.

Both sides have had campaigns to forget, but the death of Ewood legend Parkes last week has put that into perspective, and Rovers' rise out of danger under O'Neill had also engendered optimism among the home fans.

It was Leicester who looked most likely to score in a lacklustre first half, as Rovers keper Balazs Toth did well to keep out Harry Souttar's header before parrying Mavididi's effort. He then performed a wonderful double-save from Jannik Vestergaard from the resulting corner.

Louis Page also tested the Hungary international goalkeeper, while at the other end, Blackburn finally roused themselves only for Jakub Stolarczyk to save well from Moussa Baradaji as he cut inside from the left flank and shot.

O'Neill shook things up at half-time by sending on Todd Cantwell and Taylor Gardner-Hickman, and their control of midfield transformed the game.

Baradji failed to snap up a rebound from Stolarczyk's save, Yuki Ohashi headed over the bar and Ryan Alebiosu's curling effort was well saved by the Leicester keeper.

Cantwell dipped a volley over the bar and Gardner-Hickman grazed the post with a 25-yard drive, but the arrival of Jordan Ayew gave the Foxes more threat up front, and he went close himself before teeing up Mavididi inside the box.

The midfielder's initial attempt was blocked, but when it rebounded to his feet he quickly guided it beyond Toth.

Blackburn head coach Michael O'Neill told BBC Radio Lancashire:

"The game was a real end-of-season affair. I was disappointed with how we played in the first half but thought in the second half we played really well.

"The changes made an impact but you have to score when you're on top, and we had numerous chances that we didn't take.

"Then we were punished with a scrappy goal - a corner, second phase we should have defended better, so it's disappointing.

"[Balazs Toth] has been top-class from the moment I came into the building. He has that ability to make that big save, not only in a game like this that didn't have anything riding on it, but also in the key games he made big, big saves. That's a sign of a top-class goalkeeper."

Leicester manager Gary Rowett told BBC Radio Leicester:

"It was really important in the last two games to ensure we stayed professional and did the job for the fans, if nothing else. They came in great numbers again, were outstanding for us, stayed behind the team and at least showed their appreciation.

"The club will rise again and we'll come back stronger with that togetherness.

"In the first half we were really good on the ball, got in some excellent areas, created some good chances. A couple of times they transitioned on us and we got away with it with good defending - Jannik [Vestergaard] was excellent.

"The second half was different. They injected a little bit more of a higher press and higher energy into the game but we managed it well, and it was nice to score at the end.

"The number of games where we have played well and not got anything out of the game has been frustrating, but this was one where in the second half we didn't play as well but get a winner through Stephy."