Days after getting the promotion to the Premier League, Leicester City took the field, beat Preston North End 3-0 and became champion of the Championship.
The champions of the iconic 2015/16 Premier League, who lost the category last year, had sealed their return to the elite of English football with the victory of Queens Park Rangers over Leeds United, one of their pursuers, but this Monday they won as visitors and were crowned the best in the category.
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Jamie Vardy, idol of the institution, led the way with a double (36′ and 52′)which serves to establish himself as the team’s top scorer and one of the great scorers of the season (18 goals), while Kasey McAteer put definitive numbers on the scoreboard (67′).
In addition, Vardy, 37, scored for the third consecutive game, his best streak since the four games with goals he chained between September and October 2021, and celebrated multiple times in a game for the fourth time this season, the second most of the championship.
Throughout his career, Vardy has accumulated 190 goals at Leicester, coming close to becoming the third player with 200 goals, behind Arthur Chandler (273) and Arthur Rowley (265). He achieved them in 463 presentations, another number that is among the highest records of the institution.
Leicester reached 97 points and became unreachable for its runners-up, Leeds United and Ipswich Town (90), who will catch up this Tuesday by visiting Coventry City. But also It is the team with the most goals (89) and the least goals scored (39) of the contest, totaling a goal difference of +50. In total, he won 31 games, drew 4 and lost 10.
The team led by the Italian Enzo Maresca First promotion was won, while Leeds and Ipswich will fight for second place. Those classified between positions 3 and 6, for their part, will compete in a group to determine third place in promotion; In addition to those mentioned, Southampton (84), Norwich (73), West Bromwich (72) and Hull City (70) are fighting for those playoffs.
If they beat Blackburn Rovers next Saturday at home, Leicester will become the seventh team to reach 100 points in the Championship, and the first club to achieve it twice. In addition to the Foxes of the 2013/14 season (102 points), this milestone was achieved by Reading (106 in 2005/06), Sunderland (105 in 1998/99), Newcastle (102 in 2009/10), Fulham ( 101 in 2000/01) and Burnley (101 in 2022/23).
In addition, Leicester, which celebrated without playing, such as its promotion in 2014 and its historic Premier League title in 2016, achieved its fifth promotion in the Premier era (record, tied with WBA and Norwich), but won its eighth second division title . They started with 13 wins in 14 games, trailing their second team by 12 points after the first 32 games, overcame a significant slump of 10 games in which they added only 10 points, and celebrated, first off the court and then inside she. On Saturday, at home, he will have his party with his fans.
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