Many predicted that Leicester City will drop right back down after their promotion to the Premier League. Leicester City lost their promotion-winning manager, Enzo Maresca, as well as top player Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, in the summer, which did not help matters. Few saw Steve Cooper’s hiring as manager as inspiring enough to enhance Leicester’s survival chances, and the club’s financial situation increased how difficult it would be to remain up. A terrible start to the season didn’t help, but Cooper gained his first league win as Leicester manager against Bournemouth last time out and now takes his side to Southampton on Saturday, hoping to make it back-to-back.
Leicester City hopes to avoid relegation. Opta, the data specialists, released their Premier League predictions ahead of the season based on 10,000 simulations. Pre-season estimates were quite harsh for Leicester, with Opta projecting a 60.3% likelihood of relegation. However, Leicester is currently 15th in the Premier League with six points, which has greatly improved their prospects of survival. According to the most recent Opta report, Leicester’s chances of relegation have reduced to 44.8%, making the Foxes more likely to stay up than go down.
Leicester City must defeat relegation favourites Southampton. Leicester have been rated the best chance of survival in the Premier League this season out of the three newly promoted teams. Ipswich Town’s chances of relegation are currently 60.1% following four draws and four defeats in their first four games, while Southampton have already been written off by Opta, with a 90.7% chance of relegation.
This merely emphasizes how important it is for Cooper to orchestrate a victory over the Saints on Saturday, as it would not only strengthen Leicester’s survival chances but also sentence a relegation opponent to further agony.
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