Why Leicester City should be on home soil on the opening day of the new season
City have kicked off the last three campaigns on the road.
Rob TannerLeicester City Editor
Leicester City are due a home game to open the new season, when the fixtures are released on Thursday.
City will find out who they are due to face and when from 9am on Thursday morning and they will be hoping they will be at King Power Stadium on the opening day after being on the road in their last three opening fixtures.
City have been picked to get the Premier League up and running first in those games, at Hull City, Arsenal and Manchester United.
When they were reigning Premier League champions they went to the KCOM Stadium for what was seen as a straight forward opening game to their title defence, but they went down 2-1 in the lunchtime kick-off.
Riyad Mahrez scored a consolation for Claudio Ranieri's City from the penalty spot but City couldn't salvage the draw.
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City were involved in a thrilling opening fixture to the following season on a Friday night at Arsenal, eventually succumbing 4-3 to the Gunners.
City led twice through Jamie Vardy goals, with Shinji Okazaki scoring City's opener after five minutes after the hosts scored after just two minutes, but in the end Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud scored twice in the last seven minutes to condemn Craig Shakespeare's City to defeat.
City were again in action on a Friday night last season when they kicked off the Premier League at Manchester United, but once again it ended in a narrow defeat.
Paul Pogba's penalty and Luke Shaw's late goal meant Vardy's strike was a mere consolation as Claude Puel's City were defeated on the opening day again.
But City have an unbeaten record when it comes to opening the season at home during their latest run in the top flight.
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After promotion from the Championship as champions in 2014 they were handed their debut against Everton, and got off to a great start when record signing Leo Ulloa scored their first Premier League goal on their return.
Everton struck back to lead until Chris Wood scored a late equaliser to hand Nigel Pearson his first point as a Premier League boss.
Ranieri was the surprise man in charge the following season and after pulling off the Great Escape the season before, expectations weren't high. City were 5000-1 outsiders to win the title, but got their campaign off to a great start with a 4-2 win over Sunderland.
City were 3-0 after 25 minutes through Vardy and a double from Mahrez. Jermain Defoe pulled one back for the Black Cats in the second half but Marc Albrighton made it 4-1 before Steven Fletcher reduced the arrears.
Jamie Vardy scores and celebrates scoring against Sunderland (Image: Alex Hannam)
City would retain that form for the entire season to finish as champions, winning the title by ten clear points.
City will certainly not be such long odds when they get the new season underway under Brendan Rodgers, but if City are handed an opening home game and get off to an equally impressive start the Blue Army can dream again.
LeicestershireLive will publish all of City's fixtures at 9am on Thursday and bring you reaction and analysis throughout the day.