Leicester City have become the first Premier League team to lose eight Premier League games in a row without scoring a single goal.
Their latest defeat, a 3-0 loss to Newcastle United at the King Power Stadium in which they were two goals down inside 11 minutes, left them above only already-relegated Southampton in the table.
Leicester will be relegated if 17th-placed Wolverhampton Wanderers win their next two games, or the Foxes lose their next two.
The soon-to-be Championship side brought in Manchester United legend Ruud van Nistelrooy in November as they looked to halt their slide towards the drop, but the Dutchman was unable to improve upon the results that got his predecessor Steve Cooper the sack.
Leicester have not found the back of the net in the division since Bilal El Khannouss‘ strike in their 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur in north London on Jan 26.
They have not scored a goal at home since Bobby De Cordova-Reid scored a 91st-minute equaliser to earn Leicester a point against Brighton & Hove Albion on Dec. 8.
Leicester are the only team to lose eight consecutive games without scoring in the top-flight since Sunderland managed it in 1976-77.
One reason for optimism arrived in the 74th minute of Monday’s game when Jeremy Monga (15 years, 271 days) became the second-youngest player to feature in a Premier League match. Only Arsenal forward Ethan Nwaneri (15 years, 181 days) has played in the league at a younger age.
Monga took to the pitch in a sponsorless kit as his age means he is unable to advertise the services of Leicester’s shirt sponsor “BC.GAME” — an online cryptocurrency gaming platform.
Information from ESPN’s Global Sports Research contributed to this report
