Southampton vs Leicester City

LEICESTER
CITY
last three:
the lowdown:
02.09.23
Leicester 0-1 Hull
Sky Bet Championship
29.08.23
Tranmere 0-2 Leicester
Ndidi, Vardy
Carabao Cup second round
26.08.23
Rotherham 1-2 Leicester
McAteer (2)
Sky Bet Championship
ten-year Record:
1 st
13/14
14 th 1 st
14/15
15/16
12 th
16/17
9 th
17/18
9 th
18/19
5 th
19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
18 th 8 th 5 th
Relegation from
the Premier League
last season brought
a miserable end
to a decade of
unparalleled success
for Leicester City.
After promotion as
Championship title
winners in 2014, the
Foxes went on to
become unlikely
Premier League
champions two years
later before then
going on to reach the
Champions League
quarter-finals, lift the
FA Cup and reach
the semi-finals of a
European competition
for the first time.
The Foxes won just nine
league games last
term, falling out of the
top flight in a season
of upheaval which
saw manager Brendan
Rodgers depart in
April after four years in
charge. Former Aston
Villa gaffer Dean Smith
was named Foxes boss
until the end of the
season, but couldn’t
save them from the
drop. In June, treblewinning
Manchester
City assistant coach
Enzo Maresca was
named Leicester’s
manager.
Their 100 per cent
winning start to the
new campaign came
to an abrupt end with
a home defeat to
Hull City prior to the
international break. It
was the first loss for the
Foxes since Maresca
took charge and saw
them drop off the top
of the Championship
table and down to
third.
Nonetheless, City will
be pleased with their
start to life back in the
second tier, especially
given the rebuilding
job that has seen
star players such as
James Maddison,
Youri Tielemans and
Harvey Barnes depart
for pastures new.
However, the likes of
Jamie Vardy, Kelechi
Iheanacho and
Wilfred Ndidi remain,
while ex-Saint Jannik
Vestergaard has come
in from the cold.
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