Leicester City 2020-2021: The key statistics from a memorable season
By Damon Carter
38 games for Leicester City
Not the tired old cliche of the amount of games in a season and Leicester are where they deserve to be, yada, yada! No, This is the amount of points that Leicester City amassed on their travels. The third best in the Premier League and only one shy of the tally amassed by the still unbelievable Premier League title win. Why did Leicester prefer going to opposition grounds and bullying opposition? This could have something more to do with home teams pressing the Foxes affording more space to do damage between lines.
2 consecutive seasons
For the first time in their history Leicester will appear in Europe for a second consecutive season. Its only Europa League but for a club not used to European Football it marks more progression, further European will also boost Leicester’s European ranking when it comes to prize money and seedings.
242 days in the driving seat
The reason 2 consecutive seasons of Europa League football isn’t met with joy is that for 242 days Brendan Rodgers men were sat in the UCL places. To fall away at the final hurdle for a second consecutive season could have damaging mental scars.
14 minutes from glory
What hurts even more is that Leicester City were sat in the Champions league places with less than 15 minutes to go before their late game collapse. If they had held on they’d be in the Champions League.
40 million pounds
Playing in the champions League doesn’t guarantee Barcelona, Bayern Munich et al. But it does guarantee a big prize pot. That could be the difference between investing in more talent, paying off a sizeable chunk of the training ground or extending the stadium capacity. Chiefly it can be the difference between attracting players and keeping the talent they have. The knock-on effects will become clearer in the summer.