Relegated during the 2022-2023 Premier League season, Leicester is preparing to return to the elite of English football. In the shock of the 44th day of the Championship, the leaders won 5-0 against Southampton (4th) with a hat-trick from Abdul Fatawu.
With 94 points two days remaining, the 2016 English champions are certain to qualify at least for the play-offs. To obtain direct promotion, they must win in one of their last two meetings (against Preston and Blackburn Rovers), or hope for a misstep from their pursuers Leeds and Ipswich. Southampton, on the other hand, said goodbye to the direct climb after this defeat.