The Premier League’s seven-way relegation battle – who will survive?

Leicester City: 15th (27pts)

Following the recent sacking of title-winning boss Claudio Ranieri, caretaker boss Craig Shakespeare has revived Leicester with two wins in two, with consecutive 3-1 victories over Liverpool and Hull City.

This has been coupled with six goals and six points. Before Shakespeare took charge, The Foxes were without a league goal or win in 2017. Impact.

You could argue with the ability of the squad, they shouldn’t be in a relegation battle. However, star men Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez haven’t been able to find the form they showed last season, up until late. Leicester’s summer and January recruitment has come in for some heavy criticism, with the likes of record signing Islam Slimani, Ahmed Musa and Nampalys Mendy all failing to impress.

Could these players now start to shine under different management?

Defensively they are still a little vulnerable and have shown to be exposed on a number of occasions this season.

It goes to show the impact N’Golo Kante had last season, as in this campaign the defence have definitely been hurting from the lack of protection he offered.

However, going forward there is some real firepower there, and in the last two games Leicester have looked reminiscent of last season. They may well start surging up the league if they carry on with this revival under Shakespeare.