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Leicester City are back in the Premier League as of next season after being promoted following Leeds United's loss to QPR on the weekend. And the Foxes will be hoping they can celebrate their promotion with a victory in their Championship clash with Preston away from home tonight. For those who will be watching with a close eye - Sky Bet are offering a Featured RequestABet, multiple Price Boosts and a Scorecast Boost for this evening's contest. 

Leicester legend Jamie Vardy is the 9/1 favourite with Sky Bet to score a brace when his side take on mid-table outfit Preston away from home on Monday. Vardy has played an integral role in helping the Foxes sit atop the Championship table - with the striker netting 16 goals at a league level this season - of which includes three braces that came against Watford, Stoke City and Hull. Vardy's teammates Stephy Mavididi and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall round out the three favourites in the market, with the pair priced at 11/1 and 20/1 respectively.

TOM COLLOMOSSE: Even the sweetest champagne can cause a painful hangover and despite regaining their Premier League status, Leicester City may all too soon experience the morning after the night before. A season that could end with 100 points and the Championship title is cause for much celebration, but the problem is that the euphoria may not last too long.

The Championship promotion race is in full swing with Ipswich Town, Leicester City, Leeds United and Southampton, all in the hunt of a return to the Premier League via a top two finish. It certainly marks a considerable difference from mid February when Leicester were running away with the league, eight points clear of Leeds, 14 from Southampton and 18 ahead of Ipswich Town. Yet, just five points cover Ipswich in first to Southampton in fourth. Leicester are one point below Ipswich with a game-in-hand, and could go top with a draw in Saturday's early kick-off against West Brom. 

Leaders Leicester missed the chance to move clear at the top of the Championship as they suffered a shock 1-0 defeat away to relegation-threatened Plymouth, thanks to Mustapha Bundu's 21st-minute winner. Second-placed Ipswich remain level on points with the Foxes, with Leeds a point further back ahead of their games on Saturday with all three clubs currently having four matches left. Managerless Argyle climbed to 16th on the back of their first home win in seven, under the caretaker management team of director of football Neil Dewsnip and first-team coach Kevin Nancekivell and now sit five points clear of the bottom three.

Leicester's hopes of bouncing back to the Premier League are edging closer - all they have to do is try to win their remaining six games amid pressure from both Ipswich and Leeds.  The Foxes travel to Millwall in midweek in what will be a tough fixture against a team fighting for their lives at the bottom of the table.  Enzo Maresca's men head to the Den in form, thanks to back to back wins against Norwich and Birmingham - following a 2-2 draw at Hull last month.

AT KING POWER STADIUM: JAMES SHIELD: Leicester boss Enzo Maresca won this crucial game due to his team's persistence in what could be a pivotal afternoon in the fight for automatic promotion. Birmingham City was on the verge of winning a point until Stephy Mavididi's late header claimed the spoils. Maresca will be keenly aware that his team must become more coordinated or risk losing their position at the top of the table, which was regained due to defeats for rivals Ipswich and Leeds. Jay Stansfield, the Blues' top goalscorer, had earlier cancelled-out Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall's opener.

NORWICH - LEICESTER 3-1. NORWICH STEELE AT THE KING POWER STADIUM NORWICH HELDERS CHOOSES: Stephy Mavididi, a young buck let go by Arsenal's academy as a youth, received a letter from Gunners legend Thierry Henry with tips on how to fulfill his desire to be a Premier League footballer. It read, "Be brave, believe in yourself." Mavididi's journey has been a long way up to the top, with loans in the Football League and training alongside Cristiano Ronaldo when at Juventus' Under 23 team. However, Henry Woods was sent by Henry to Dijon, France, and he hasn't looked back since. Since joining Montpellier and soon could fulfill his Premier League aspirations, he is now an integral part of Enzo Maresca's Leicester side. The Foxes were aided by a goal and assist in halting the rot of a horrific month for which they lost just one of the previous six games.

LEWIS STEELE: The Championship is back for another jam-packed Easter season, with some teams making or breaking a team's promotion campaign, while others relegating for points in order to prevent dreaded relegation. Leicester won 13 games in the first 14 games back in the second tier after their fairytale era ended with relegation. However, the Championship is a marathon, not a sprint, and the Foxes have faltered, not a sprint.

In the 4-2 FA Cup victory over Leicester, Mauricio Pochettino has responded to the boos that rang out at Stamford Bridge as he replaced Raheem Sterling to full time. Chelsea bounced back from losing a 2-0 lead to defeat the Championship high-flyers and secure a spot in the FA Cup draw, with two goals in added time to seal the victory. In the first half, Marc Cucurella and Cole Palmer netted, with Axel Disasi own goal and Stephy Mavididi's spectacular solo effort, making it 2-2 before Carney Chukwueme and Noni Madueke struck in extra time.

Chelsea defeated Leicester twice in extra time to prevent a Leicester comeback as Chelsea progressed to the FA Cup semi-finals. After a spectacular penalty error from Raheem Sterling, Marc Cucurella had opened the scoring in the 13th minute, with the in-form Cole Palmer doubling the lead in added time of the first half. Despite being 2-0 down at the break, the Foxes fought back to form by 62 minutes, with Axel Disasi throwing the ball into the back of his own net before Stephy Mavididi made it 2-2 with a spectacular solo effort.

When Championship champion Leicester Leicester led Leicester by 10 points clear of the chasing pack, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall was the standout performer. In a match sealed by Stephy Mavididi's second-half penalty and a goal soon after, the midfielder, a £30 million-rated transfer target of Brighton, began scoring. In the third minute, Dewsbury-Hall was struck after Leicester goalkeeper Mads Hermansen had denied Jerry Yates a shock Swansea opener.

TOM COLLOMOSSE AT CBS ARENA: A chink in the armour? Leicester has been nailed on to make an immediate return to the Premier League, but they must now show that this is not the start of a nightmare. Even with ten men, Enzo Maresca's Championship champions seemed to be edging to another victory thanks to Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall's first-half penalty. It all fell apart in the last ten minutes, as Callum O'Hare struck twice - either side of Milan van Ewijk's goal - to win Coventry a memorable victory. Leicester would point to the straight red card shown to Abdul Fatawu in the first half stoppage time, but really, it was a mess of their own creation. They lost their shape when O'Hare equalized, and they could not stop the flow even after the dam burst.

TAMARA PRENN DAYSTON KING POWER STADIUM: As they cruised past bottom-half scorers Huddersfield, Enzo Maresca's rampant Leicester side had no sign of a hangover. The Foxes' undefeated run to ten games in December, a record unmatched since the 2015-16 Premier League-topping season. Leicester is now 10 points clear at the top of the Championship table, with hopes of smashing the league's record of 106 points boosted after goals from Riso Pereira, Stephy Mavididi, and debutant Tom Cannon capped a good showing.

WONDERS OF THE PYRAMID: Just like that, we're now in the second half of the Championship season, with tables starting to get more organized, but there is a lot more to play for. With Leicester leading Ipswich Town by six points after the two shared a point each in their Boxing Day blockbuster brawl at Portman Road, the battle for supremacy is heating up. With Southampton chasing down the front-runners just five points behind the Tractor Boys, they will have to look in their rear-view mirrors, with fellow recently promoted Leeds not far behind either.

Ipswich revived a pivotal point in stoppage time, just as it appeared that Stephy Mavididi had denied Leicester to a nine-point lead at the top of the Championship. Sam Morsy, the captain of Ipswich, exemplified his team's indefatigable spirit to charge into the Leicester area in the 93rd minute to shoot the head of unlucky defender Jannik Vestergaard in a cruel manner. Though second-placed Ipswich was swept away by Leeds in a 4-0 demolition at Elland Road on Saturday, the leaders were still competitive against Leicester, but they were thwarted until late in the game due to the leaders' fitness and speed.

On Boxing Day, championship champion Leicester will face the in-form Foxes at Portman Road in their biggest challenge yet. Kieran McKenna's side suffered a humiliating 4-0 loss to promotion rivals Leeds before Christmas, falling six points behind Leicester in the Championship championship battle. Enzo Maresca has now led the Foxes to five victories in their last five matches, including Championship cellar dwellers Rotherham, who have been eliminated before Christmas.

TOM COLLOMOSSE AT THE KING POWER STADIUM: Leicester City pushed for a prompt return to the Premier League after losing 3-1 to Birmingham City. As the Foxes extended their lead at the top of the table to three points, Stephy Mavididi and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall scored a three-point victory. Jamie Vardy may have missed out on the WAGatha Christie derby due to injury, but it's fair to say he has the last laugh over Birmingham boss Wayne Rooney.

Leicester is a strong favorite to win their 18th game of the season at 1/2. Meanwhile, the Blues, who won their second game after Rooney's tenure on the weekend, are 11/2 underdogs to win back-to-games on Tuesday. The valued at ten percent is set for 'Lee Buchanan and Ricardo Pereira to each commit 2+ fouls, and Stephy Mavididi to score or assist.' Lastly, the price hikes are 'Mavididi to have two+ shots on target' at 2/1, 'Jannik Vestergaard to score a header' at 14/1, Patson Daka to score a brace' at 16/1, and the 'each team to have two or more shots on target in each half' at 7/2.

OVER HILLSBOROUGH: Danny Rohl could not hide his admiration after Sheffield Wednesday replacement Jeff Hendrick equalized in the third minute of added time, effectively deny leaders Leicester a huge win. When Ghanai national Abdul Fatawu, 19, launched a 23rd-minute opener, neatly firing the ball in from Stephy Mavididi's left-wing cross, the Foxes were on target for another away victory. Hundreds of thousands of visiting Leicester supporters were raving about promotion for the second time.

ADAM SHERGOLD AT THE JOHN SMITH'S STADIUM: 'Straight back up, straight back up,' sang Leicester City's traveling contingent in West Yorkshire.' Playing football the Enzo way.' For the most part of the match, Enzo Maresca's Guardiola-inspired tippy-tappy met its match in Neil Warnock's no-frills Huddersfield Town.' However, Stephy Mavididi stepped up to continue Leicester's undefeated start as the Terriers got off to a surprising point against the promotion favorites.

Longer training sessions of nearly two hours are not always a way for a manager to be popular with his players. However, new Leicester manager Enzo Maresca will cut no corners in his attempts to rebuild the team, and though early signs point, the real action against Coventry is set to begin on Sunday. Leicester relegated from the Premier League last season, after being relegated from the Premier League last season, Leicester turned to Maresca, who was part of Pep Guardiola's staff who helped Manchester City win the Treble. Maresca is a devotee of Guardiola's style, and although City's players are significantly better than Leicester's, he believes it will be just as effective in the Championship as well.

Leicester has reported the signing of striker Stephy Mavididi to a five-year contract with Montpellier, France. The 25-year-old, who has played for the Foxes for an undisclosed fee, came from Arsenal's youth system and has played on loan at Charlton and Preston. Mavididi, a Derby girl, told Leicester's official website: "I'm absolutely delighted and honored to be here." For me, it was a no-brainer speaking to the boss and some of the employees here.' It was one that had been in the pipeline for a while, and myself and my family were delighted that it is now over the line. The club's size and history speak for itself.' The stadium and the training ground. "I wanted to come home and watch my football here," I thought.'

After undergoing a medical on Saturday, Leicester City signed Stephy Mavididi from Montpellier for £6.9 million. Mavididi, 25, left Arsenal for Juventus before moving to Montpellier, where he scored 21 goals in 89 games. After being relegated last time out, the forward will be hoping to help the Foxes return to the Premier League right away.