There was disappointment for Middlesbrough as visitors Leicester City turned around an interval deficit to emerge as 2-1 winners at the Riverside.
Boro went in front ten minutes before the break when Lukas Jutkiewicz challenged a Mustapha Carayol cross and former loan defender Sean St Ledger helped past goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.
The Foxes levelled on the hour with Danny Drinkwater driving a low 20-yard finish into the corner before seven minutes later Jamie Vardy grabbed a second from a sharp angle.
Both Jutkiewicz and Grant Leadbitter saw early attempts for the home side while there was a long delay following City defender Zak Whitbread departing on a stretcher.
Newcomer Dean Whitehead fired over for the hosts from the edge of the area and Chris Wood had a 25-yard free-kick diverted behind at the other end.
However, it was Boro then going ahead courtesy of St Ledger’s own-goal and Jutkiewicz and Carayol both then tested Schmeichel.
Leadbitter also forced a response from the visitors’ goalkeeper after his opposite number Jason Steele had already misjudged a cross that flew dangerously wide.
Leicester came out with renewed purpose after the break and went on to score twice in seven minutes to fully turn the contest around.
Following a period of sustained attacking, Drinkwater drew them level with a fine strike and Vardy swiftly added another courtesy of an excellent finish.
Substitute David Nugent then threatened to add a third until being denied by Steele, who also had to turn aside a further effort from goalscorer Vardy.
Middlesbrough: Steele, Parnaby, Woodgate, R. Williams, Friend, Whitehead, Varga, Leadbitter, Carayol, Jutkiewicz, Emnes
subs: Hoyte, Ledesma, L. Williams, Gibson, Leutwiler, Smallwood, Haroun
Goals: St Ledger OG (35)
Leicester City: Schmeichel, de Laet, Konchesky, St Ledger, Morgan, Whitbread, James, Drinkwater, Wood, Vardy, King
subs: Marshall, Dyer, Waghorn, Schlupp, Moore, Logan, Nugent
Goals: Drinkwater (60), Vardy (67)
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