Kurban Berdyev's side is leading the Russian Premier League with just a few games left, going from a favorite for relegation to title contender in a manner similar to the Foxes.
English football is in a state of delirious shock this season. Leicester City, among the favorites for relegation at the start of the campaign, with a squad of unfancied players and a head coach written off by most commentators, is set to finish as the league champion, completing one of football’s greatest-ever tales.
Much of the reaction has centered on the rarity of the achievement, how it is something that only happens once in a lifetime and how defying the odds to such an extent cannot ever occur again.