The Mail on Sunday

FLASH IN THE PAN?

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LEICESTER’S title triumph is looking more and more like a freakish one-off judged by the way they have started this season. The side that could do no wrong last term, is struggling to do much right and only Hull boast a worst away record in the Premier League.

4 Leicester are the fourth reigning top-flight champions to lose their opening four away league games and the first since Blackburn in 1995-96. 0 The champions failed to muster a shot on target in a league game for the first time since May 2015 against Sunderland.

5 They have conceded more goals from corners than any other Premier League team this season.

13 Number of goals conceded in Leicester’s four away games, all of which have ended in defeats.

 ??  ?? TROUBLE AT THE BACK: Wes Morgan, a defensive lynchpin for Leicester last season, epitomised his side’s struggle by allowing Diego Costa to get away for an easy finish
TROUBLE AT THE BACK: Wes Morgan, a defensive lynchpin for Leicester last season, epitomised his side’s struggle by allowing Diego Costa to get away for an easy finish

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