Leicester City announced earlier this season that their goal was to achieve promotion by hitting a minimum of 90 points. But that feels a world away right now.

The Foxes’ 2-2 draw to Stevenage leaves them 11th in League One after 13 games with 19 points. Russell Martin’s side have shown some signs of life in recent weeks, but it is still nowhere near where they want to be.

So, just how far away are they from reaching the 90-point target, and, is it realistic?

Leicester are unlikely to hit their points target

Midlands football writer Dan Orme posted the Foxes’ current statistics and worked out their probability.

In his tweet, he revealed that Leicester would need to achieve 71 points from their remaining fixtures to hit the bare minimum of 90. That would require an average of 2.15 points per game, however, their current record is a mere 1.46.

With a maximum of 99 points left to play for though, there is very little room for error and Martin’s side would need to win around 24 of their games. To put that into context, Leicester haven’t won 24 games in their past two league campaigns combined (18).

As mentioned there has been some turnaround. Leicester’s last five games have seen them average two points per game, winning three, drawing one and losing once. But, more is still required in order to reach the goal.

Sides like Sheffield Wednesday will improve after the appointment of Dave Challinor, Stockport County and Huddersfield Town look like promotion favourites and there also other challengers in the way of Oxford United and Plymouth Argyle.

It isn’t impossible, but it is going to require something special.