FA Cup winners,a good European adventure, spending most of the season in the top four.The Foxes were firmly poised to break the stranglehold of the top six & had finished above both NLD clubs the season before. They have a talented manager at the helm & owners that truly cared.There have been talks of a title battle between four teams this season but after 6 games it seems Leicester are regressing after two upward years. They currently lie in 13th place,6 points of top four.
A combination of injuries,loss of form & suspension has deprived Brendan Rodgers of a consistent team selection.it is no exaggeration to say Wesley Fofana & James Justin has been missed whule Harvey Barnes development has been stalled due to his recent long term lay off and James Madison is yet to hit his previous heights. This key players were one reason why the team flew out the blocks last season.
They have only faced two teams that finished in the top ten last season and have been on par with their XG but last season was a case of outperforming XG.The Foxes scored 68 goals from an XG of 60.0xg & significantly outperformed their defensive XG.At a point last season,they were only 8th on XG yet were 3rd in the actual league table. It was only a matter of time before the implosion (as witnessed last season).Now they are neither outperforming nor underperforming as compared to XG.The season is quite young and alarm bells shouldn’t be rung yet but its something to keep an eye on.The earlier the Foxes can find their rhythm the better for their fans.
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