EFL 2023/24: How Teams Are Thwarting Leicester City’s Promotion Push – Tactical Analysis

If any team can sum up the unpredictable nature of football, then its Leicester City.

Not many will have taken the 5000-1 odds of a Premier League victory for the Foxes back in 2016.

Likewise, they werent considered favourites for relegation to the EFL Championship last season.

However, after an inconsistent campaign last season, the former Premier League champions find themselves in the second tier of English football.

Leicester were among the bookies favourites for promotion this season, and in un-Leicester-like fashion, they are currently joint top leaders of the Championship, positioned as anticipated.

Despite a strong start, Enzo Marescas??side suffered a blip prior to the recent international break with back-to-back defeats against Leeds United and Middlesbrough.

The Northern outfits inflicted the Foxes second and third defeats of the campaign after Hull City got the better of Marescas side back in September.

In this Enzo Maresca tactical analysis and scout report, we will provide an analysis of Leicesters dominant start to the season and the tactics deployed by Maresca.

We will further assess how the three aforementioned sides have emerged with victories over the East Midlands side, putting a dent into their promotion aspirations.

Setting the pace at the top

Leicester currently sits at the Championship, levelling on points with Ipswich Town.

The Foxes have been this seasons early pacesetters, having amassed 39 points to date this campaign.

Their start to this season has been made even more impressive when you factor in how the previous five title winners have fared at the same stage of the season.

The table shows that in the last five seasons, the eventual winners of the Championship did not have the same amount of points that Leicester have at the same stage.

Moreover, Leicester already have 10 points more than Burnley did after 16 games last season.

Furthermore, the average points per match fo