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GRAHAM HILL AT THE KING POWER STADIUM: Steve Cooper desperately needed this first win of his Leicester City reign but he remains well aware of the task ahead. An outstanding goal from on-loan Brighton teenager Facundo Buonanotte and an epic defensive display from Wout Faes earned Cooper's side victory at the seventh attempt, albeit Bournemouth will feel unlucky to have come away with nothing. But in the Foxes' previous home game against Everton and during their Carabao Cup tie at Walsall, fans had vented their frustrations towards Cooper. And when Bournemouth appeared to have levelled in the second half, there were rumblings from sections of the King Power Stadium until Evanilson was ruled offside.

FULHAM 2-1 LEICESTER - DAN BENNETT AT CRAVEN COTTAGE: Emile Smith Rowe's early Fulham form should provide Marco Silva with the confidence that he can be the man to bring the best out of the former Arsenal midfielder.  The 24-year-old opened the scoring in Fulham's 2-1 win over Leicester City with a fine run and finish before another former Arsenal man Alex Iwobi sealed the win after Wout Faes had controversially equalised for Leicester.  Smith Rowe endured a frustrating end to his time at boyhood club Arsenal - playing just 13 Premier League games in the last campaign as a combination of injury and increased competition for places meaning his game time was limited. 

Multiple Premier League players have teamed up with TNT Sports to let fans know exactly how their names should be pronounced. A video published by the broadcaster featured 15 players and three managers reading out their own names while facing the camera. Among the players to feature in the video were Manchester United's new £36.5million striker Joshua Zirkzee, Arsenal's new £42m defender Riccardo Calafiori and two Chelsea summer signings in Marc Guiu and Tosin Adarabioyo. New Liverpool boss Arne Slot also made an appearance, along with fellow managers Sean Dyche and Nuno Espirito Santo. The other stars involved in the video were Erling Haaland, Bruno Fernandes, Tomas Soucek, Wout Faes, Vladimir Coufal, Iliman Ndiaye, Niclas Fullkrug, Ben Brereton Diaz, Yukinari Sugawara, Tim Iroegbunam and Stephy Mavididi.

The 2024-25 season is almost upon us, with Manchester United and Fulham set to kickstart the new Premier League campaign at Old Trafford on Friday. With so many players to choose from, Fantasy Premier League managers have plenty to ponder ahead of the opening weekend, with popular premiums as expensive as they've ever been and an abundance of budget options to choose from. With that in mind, Mail Sport - with help from our friends over at Fantasy Football Hub - have forged a panel of experts to predict each game's full-time result and the players they expect to score the most points in Gameweek 1.

MATT BARLOW AT THE STUTTGART ARENA: Belgium spluttered into the last 16 where they will face France after failing to overcome Ukraine in the tightest of the Euro 2024 groups. Serhiy Rebrov's Ukrainians go out in cruel fashion after finishing bottom on goal difference despite earning four points like all the teams in Group E Denmark qualified as runners-up in England's group with three points.

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.

GraHAM HILLS BET365 STADIUM : After a landslide victory at Stoke that gave his team 11 points ahead and 12 clear of third-placed Leeds, Enzo Maresca took aim at Leicester's skepticism followers. 'If any of the fans aren't positive or convinced, it doesn't matter to me.' The results were very good today, and the knowledge will make us stronger,' he said. Fans and the Foxes have been raving about the Maresca style, which has been albeit a winning one, that if his brand of football was not acknowledged.

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.

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.

Belgium is the 4/6 favorites to beat Serbia in a international friendly in Brussels tonight, while the visitors are 7/2 underdogs. It's priced at 29/10 for those predicting a draw. In addition to the 'RequestABet Specials' line, there are several 'RequestABet Specials' that are both short and long on the market. Firstly, a lower-priced RequestABet on offer requires the 'each team to have 3+ corners and each team has 10+ booking points'. The particular bet is valued at 74%. In addition, there is an 80/1 RequestABet for 'Belgium to win, both teams to score (BTTS), and Andrija Zivkovic and Wout Faes are set to be rated.'

LEICESTER 0-1 HULL RYAN WALKER AT THE KP STADIUM: Leicester City's 100 percent winning streak in the Championship came to a disappointing close when Hull stoked the early season pacesetters back to earth in a smash-and-grab victory. If the Foxes were Premier League bound, this result was certainly not one that would put them very far in the English top-flight, as Liam Delap's first-half goal gave the Tigers three points at what remains one of the Championship's toughest grounds to visit. Despite a sea of blue being ready to pounce, the visitor's weren't afraid to show their confidence as they played out from the back with passes between goalkeeper and defense continuing throughout.

Welcome to the Soul of Sport. ANDY HOOPER was at King Power Stadium when Leicester City was relegated. Dean Smith's side did what they had to do on the day as they defeated West Ham 2-1 thanks to goals from Harvey Barnes and Wout Faes. But ultimately, Everton's day didn't matter, as they did everything they could do to finish ahead of Leicester and avoid the drop by 1-0 victory over Bournemouth.

2-1 WESTHAM HAM ISA MICHELLE HERBERT AT THE KING POWER STADIUM: No one needed a transistor radio to know that the magnificent Leicester City tale had been reduced to dust in the space of seven years, but not to dust. Everton's news was ferociously from a gleeful West Ham contingent taking joy in another team's misfortune. Leicester supporters sang of them as they fell,' they went.' The two of them sang of themselves as they traveled to Prague.' 'Say hello to Millwall,' a narrator said.' And then, after losing only two games since back-to-back victories, which had brought brief hope in early February, came to an end for Leicester's players of milling around on the field, clustered around a phone at one point, waiting for Everton's final whistle and a spectacular reprieve that never arrived. Before the relegation, which some had felt inevitable, there were precious few words between them - nothing to say.

Leicester manager Dean Smith (pictured) has maintained that if Leicester avoided relegation this season, it would be a "great achievement." Last season, the Midlands finished eighth in the Premier League, four points off the Europa Conference League positions and six points behind the Europa League places. However, this season has been extremely disappointing, with Smith's predecessor Brendan Rodgers dismissed in April after a last-gasp loss to Crystal Palace.

Socceroos star Harry Soutar can be weird when it comes to food, as he showed recently with his hilarious gaffe when it comes to a very common kitchen herb

MATT BARLOW AT THE KING POWER STADIUM: One victory, but it didn't mean anything to Leicester. The audience erupted, as players responded to the chaos, and Dean Smith savoured the unity that he believes is vital to prevent the team from losing. At the King Power, they trade in miracles. A miraculous title win the Premier League has ever witnessed as a result of a miracle rescue from relegation and the most remarkable title win the Premier League has ever witnessed. Images of the recent triumphs are spread around the stadium, but there is no miracle required to get out of this hole. Rather, they would need old-fashioned graft and faith in their abilities, and there was evidence of this when they defeated Wolves to snap a morale-sapping streak of ten games without winning.

CRYSTAL PALACE 2-1 LEICESTER – PAUL BROWN ATSELHURST PARK: Jean-Philippe Mateta gives back Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson three points in stoppage time. Spoils were supposed to be shared at Selhurst Park until substitute Mateta, who struck in the 90+4th minute, bringing the audience into raptures as Palace distanced themselves from the relegation zone.

This week, a number of international celebrities were dressed to impress as they returned to their respective national team training grounds. Top-flight domestic football has been postponed until the start of April as qualifiers for the Euro 2024 tournament begin later this month. Any players have used this platform to showcase their best gear and flaunt it to photographers who were waiting for their training grounds.

TOM COLLOMOSE: The issue with assuming that you are too smart to go down is that when you wake up to reality, it will probably be too late. Fans of Leicester have been worried about relegation for some time. Brendan Rodgers has been fired as a manager, and the team has been booed at home games. Although Foxes fans are a relatively organized lot, calls for change have flooded social media and local radio phone calls. When the whistle blew on Saturday, King Power Stadium looked half-empty.

TOM COLOMOSSE AT THE KINGPOWER STADIUM: The issue with believing you are too young to go down is that when you awakene, it can also be too late. For some time, Leicester supporters have been worried about relegation. During multiple home games, they have called for manager Brendan Rodgers to be fired and booed the team. Foxes supporters are a relatively logical bunch, yet calls for reform have flooded social media and local radio radio phone numbers. As the whistle blew on Saturday, King Power Stadium seemed half-empty.

Brendan Rodgers (left), the Leicester City manager, blasted Marcel Sabitzer's 'incredible' decision, which saw him avoid a red card in the first half of their loss to Manchester United on Sunday. With United winning 1-0 at Old Trafford, Sabitzer (right) launched a studs-up competition against Foxes defender Wout Faes (centre) and was fortunate not to have his marching orders fulfilled as a result of the tackle. In what later proved a convincing victory, the hosts went on to score two more goals. Rodgers challenged why the midfielder was not given a red card and quoted some of the more controversial VAR decisions made in the Premier League over the past few weeks, echoing Graeme Souness' post-match sentiments.

Graeme Souness is unconcerned that Manchester United midfielder Marcel Sabitzer should have been suspended against Leicester. In the first half at Old Trafford, Sabitzer brought Leicester defender Wout Faes out for a rash challenge. However, the 28-year-old, who is on loan from Bayern Munich, did not get a card.

ASTON VILLA 2-4 OVER VILLA PARK TOM COLLOMOSSE AT VILLA PARK: Leicester's new boys breathed life into their fight for survival as the Foxes exploited some horrific Aston Villa defending to win their first league victory since November. Victor Kristiansen, Harry Souttar, and Tete all signed in January, and though Tete scored the third goal, Kristiansen put on a man-of-the-match display at left-back. When Villa were piling on the pressure, Souttar was a little less assured, but the Australia centreback made some crucial interceptions in the second half.

As Brendan Rodgers looks to improve his defensive options, Leicester City has reportedly made an attempt to recruit Australia centre-back Harry Souttar from Stoke City. At the World Cup in Qatar last year, the defender caught the eye of potential suitors, assisting the Socceroos in reaching the Round of 16 for the first time in 16 years. Australia was knocked out by eventual champions Argentina, but Souttar was a standout performer as Graham Arnold's team became the first Socceroos team to keep two clean sheets at the World Cup.