Leicester can still avoid consigning themselves to history for the worst defence of a title in the Premier League

Should the Foxes win today they could leave Chelsea still holding the unwanted accolade of the worst defence of a Premier League title after their disastrous 2015/16 campaign

Leicester can finish 10th and equal Chelsea of a year ago (Getty)

After defying 5000-1 odds last year, Leicester City looked set to become the first top-flight champions in 79 years to be relegated after finding themselves dragged into the battle for survival earlier this season.

But after a brutal change in management, with Craig Shakespeare stepping in for the ousted Claudio Ranieri, Leicester’s season took an upturn in fortune.

A run of six wins on the trot, an impressive Champions League campaign and the guarantee of Premier League status have all followed since Ranieri’s dismissal.

Perhaps most impressively, the Foxes still have the chance to avoid consigning themselves to the history books for the worst defence of a title in the Premier League era.

That unwanted accolade currently belongs to current champions Chelsea.

After lifting the trophy on Jose Mourinho’s return in the 2014/15 season, the Blues went on to implode in the following campaign and, like Leicester, parted ways with their title-winning manager.

Picking up 50 points across the term, Chelsea eventually finished 10th with their title defence in tatters.

Leicester may be unable to surpass the Blues’ point haul but, with one game of the season to go - against Bournemouth - the former champions still have the chance to finish ninth

Should the Foxes win against Bournemouth and West Brom, who face Swansea at the Liberty Stadium, lose then last year's champions will leap from 11th into the top half, one place ahead of the Blues of a year ago.

Quite the result for a side tipped to drop down into the Championship midway through the season.

That’s the Premier League for you.