Premier League 2024-25 Betting Guide: Leicester City
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Leicester City's brief absence from the Premier League was brought to an end when they clinched the Championship title last season. With former manager Enzo Maresca now having departed, how will Steve Cooper fare in his first season at the King Power?
Odds Now take a closer look at the betting markets to pick out the best value ahead of the Foxes' return to the top-flight.
How did Leicester City perform in 2023-24?
Leicester secured a record eighth Championship title with a game to spare last season. Maresca's men threatened to seal their Premier League return in record-breaking style, but a dip in form during the second half of the season tempered expectations in the East Midlands.
Nevertheless, Leicester scored the third-highest amounts of goals in the second tier while also maintaining the division's best defensive record. Club legend Jamie Vardy continued to add to his Leicester legacy with 20 goals, making him the side's top-scorer. Midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall came out on top in the assists column with 15, though the 25-year-old has since departed to join Chelsea.
Leicester City's odds ahead of 2024-25
Leicester City to avoid relegation - 2/1 (BetVictor)
Leicester City to get relegated - 1/2 (Sky Bet)
Leicester City to finish bottom - 7/4 (General)
Leicester secured an immediate return to the Premier League after winning the Championship last season. (Photo credit: Alamy Images)
Leicester City key summer transfer business
Incomings
Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Free)
Michael Golding (Chelsea, £4m)
Caleb Okoli (Atalanta,
Abdul Fatawu (Sporting Lisbon, undisclosed)
Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton, loan)
Outgoings
Marc Albrighton (Released)
Kelechi Iheanacho (Released)
Dennis Praet (Released)
Lewis Brunt (Wrexham, undisclosed)
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Chelsea, £30m)
Silko Thomas (Wigan Athletic, loan)
Harry Souttar (Sheffield United, loan)
Ghana winger Abdul Fatawu has penned a permanent deal with the Foxes following a successful loan spell last season. (Photo credit: Alamy Images)
What to expect from Leicester City in 2024-25
The Foxes should never have found themselves in the Championship in the first place last season. Nevertheless, they emerged with the second division title in their grasp, albeit after making much harder work of it than initially expected.
Their Premier League return will surely see them greeted with a hefty points deduction due to financial infringements though, and so Steve Cooper's first task as King Power boss will be steady the swaying ship ahead of what could be a long season in the East Midlands.
Losing Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to Chelsea was a hammer blow, though the permanent signing of Abdul Fatawau will bring a smile to the Leicester faithful after his successful loan spell with the club last season. Bobby De-Cordova Reid also brings vital Premier League experience following his departure from Fulham at the end of 2023-24.
Survival will be paramount and the ultimate aim, though achieving it could be unlikely depending the extent of any point deduction they incur. Indeed, if the points docked are in the range being reported ahead of the season kick-off, the Foxes may even find themselves at the foot of the Premier League table come May.
Odds Now's Best Bets for Leicester City in 2024-25
Leicester City to finish bottom @ 7/4 (General)