Given that Leicester came so close to clinching a top four place last campaign, it ought to be no surprise that Brendan Rodgers' side are once again knocking on the door for Champions League football next season.
Four of the Foxes' eight remaining Premier League games will see them pit their wits against their main rivals, with a final flurry of fixtures against Man United, Chelsea and Tottenham a mouthwatering prospect.
But in West Ham, Leicester enter the first of their four major hurdles against a side that have made an even greater tilt at gatecrashing the top four.