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Magnificent assist from James -- simple tap-in for Jamie. But right before that goal, Ricardo was superb tracking back on defense after a silly giveaway created what looked like it was going to be a scoring chance. Love, love me some Ricardo!

Welcome to the match Justin and Vardy!

Faes as primary striker! Penalty committed by Stoke!

Fully agree that Kasey can't just go about shoving players in the chest -- but the Stoke player made a full meal of that shove.

The famous quote attributed to Wayne Gretsky "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." When you have a reasonable look at goal, give it a pop! You never know what might happen. At least you hope to make the keeper earn his keep.

Boom! 0-1 Daka!

Very good offensive pressure in the last few minutes. Unlucky to not have scored. That Daka header was a matter of millimeters

Good subs by Enzo. First time in a while I have been able to say that.

I think we can safely say that Enzo's subs were very good today. Plus I am sure a good halftime talk.

Love the work from Marc Kevin. He is ever-willing to run at the defense, forcing them to make quick (and sometimes incorrect) decisions. Like Harvey Barnes did/does, as well as Stephy M. and Abdul Fatawu do. Run at the defense, put a bit of fear into them. Oh, also Ricardo (occasionally). The tippy tappy passing can be useful, but it won't put the ball in the net without some actual attacking.

Match week 28 is complete. Bit of a bump in the road, with a loss and a draw in the last two. Status: 66 of 93 points required for automatic promotion. Current points rate is 2.36/match. 1.50 points/match required for the rest of the season (27 points from 18 matches). We have a 8-point gap over third place (Southampton). We have 70.9% of the required points for automatic promotion after 60.9% of the season.

Must be a day ending in 'y'.

They are really trying to gift us a goal.

Some really good passing ideas thus far, that have failed in execution.

This thread will be focused on the math of Leicester City's standing in the 2023-24 season with regards to promotion and relegation. In 19 previous seasons of the Championship, 93 points guaranteed promotion, and 53 points always avoided relegation to League One. I did not analyze all 100+ seasons of the Second Division. As of the results from 13 December 2023: Leicester has 52 points. 21 matches have been played (out of 46 total matches in the season) -- 46% of the season has been played. Relegation status: 52 of 53 points required to avoid relegation -- 98% of the required points. Promotion status: 52 of 93 points required for automatic promotion -- 56% of the required points. LCFC have accumulated points at a rate of 2.5 per match. LCFC require 1.6 points per match over the remaining 25 matches (required points rate). And once again, LCFC have an 11-point gap over third place (Leeds). Effectively, Leeds will have to be four wins better than LCFC over the next 25 matches to overtake. LCFC has 56% of the required points for automatic promotion after 46% of the season -- well ahead of schedule. Things are looking good thus far!