Leicester season review

Stats, quotes and expert opinion on Leicester’s extraordinary 2015/16 Premier League season.

Finishing position: 1st (+13)

Total points: 81 (+40)

FA Cup: Third round

Capital One Cup: Fourth round

Top scorer: Jamie Vardy (24)

WhoScored Top Rating: Riyad Mahrez (7.84)

Season review

Any concerns about Claudio Ranieri disappeared fast as Leicester scored three times in the first half an hour of their season opener against Sunderland with Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez both in on the act. It was a sign of things to come as the Foxes were unbeaten in all competitions until a chastening 5-2 home defeat to Arsenal in late September.

If that was supposed to end the momentum it did anything but with Leicester taking 26 points from the next 10 games to top the table at Christmas. Vardy featured prominently throughout this run with his opening goal against Manchester United in November breaking a Premier League record – it was the 11th game in a row in which he’d found the net.

Leicester took only six points from the next five games after Christmas – although Robert Huth’s late winner at Tottenham was to …

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