This Sunday Jamie Vardy will play his last home game for the already relegated Premier League club Leicester City.
Leicester will host another relegated side in Ipswich Town at the King Power Stadium in what appears to be a game of pride for both sides as switch back to Championship football next season.
Leicester have lost nine of their last 10 Premier League home games, while Ipswich have gathered 15 of their 22 points from away matches.
However, one man will be out to make history even though Championship football beckons for relegated Leicester City.
Jamie Vardy, a name synonymous with the “unlikely” Leicester City Premier League title win in 2015/16, has solidified his place in English football history.
His journey from non-league football to a Premier League record-breaker is a testament to hard work and perseverance.
Vardy will be aiming to score his 200th goal for Leicester City in what could cement his place as the 3rd leading all-time goal scorer after Arthur Chandler (273) and Arthur Rowley (265).
He is also the 3rd in the club’s all-time appearances charts behind Graham Cross (600) and Adam Black (557), for a club in signed for 13 years ago from Fleetwood for just £1M.
In the appearances stakes, Vardy has beaten Steve Walsh (449) and Hugh Adcock and Mark Wallington (both 460) to end his 12th season in Leicester on 464 outings for the Foxes.
He signed a new one-year deal ahead of the Club’s Premier League return in 2024/25 and is close to climbing into the top three of the Club’s all-time appearances charts.
Despite initially struggling in the second tier, Vardy acclimatised to life at a higher level and, in 2013/14, he scored 16 league goals as the Foxes won the Championship title with a Club-record 102 points.
As Vardy chases his personal record, City will also hope to finish above their relegated opponent Ipswich Town.
City have taken four points from their last two matches, including last Sunday’s 2-2 draw away to Nottingham Forest, which did huge damage to the Tricky Trees’ Champions League qualification hopes.
The Foxes have climbed up to 22 points and only an inferior goal difference separates them from Town, who have been in 18th position for the last three months.
Ipswich are on a six-game winless sequence, although they showed a competitive edge in their last away game, coming from two goals behind to draw 2-2 at Everton.
Leicester have lost 17 of their last 21 matches and have failed to score in ten of their last 13 Premier League fixtures.
The Foxes have conceded the first goal in 10 of their last 11 home league games, while two of Ipswich’s last three away games have finished 2-2, with seven of their last eight matches have generated at least three goals.
Ipswich would like to have made a better fist of their survival scrap, but they have put in some decent performances on their travels and can get the better of Leicester at the King Power Stadium.
Kieran McKenna’s side have registered three of their four league wins in away matches and should fancy their chances against the Foxes, who had lost nine home league games in succession before a 2-0 triumph at home to Southampton earlier this month.
The Tractor Boys are the top scorers among the bottom three and will be hoping for a couple more big performances from their top scorer, Liam Delap, who has bagged 12 league goals.
Leicester may struggle to cope with Delap and could slide to a 13th home league loss of the 2024/25 league campaign.
