What are the Premier League newcomers' chances of survival?

Leeds United, Burnley and Sunderland were tasked with doing the seemingly impossible, but all spent north of £100million, albeit with different approaches, to buck the trend.

Indeed, not one but two clubs survived as the Peacocks and Black Cats surpassed expectations, ending a run of two campaigns where all promoted teams suffered relegation.

A year on, and despite Sunderland and Leeds' exploits, newly promoted Coventry City, Ipswich Town and Hull City are all predictably the three favourites to go straight back down, but what are their chances of survival?

Coventry City

After taking Coventry from Championship relegation candidates to the play-offs in his first season, Frank Lampard led the Sky Blues to the title just a year later.

However, lifting the second-tier trophy does not guarantee survival, nor does it mean teams finish above the other promoted sides as Leeds discovered last season.

Coventry already possess several quality players at Championship level, including Bobby Thomas, Jack Rudoni and Milan van Ewijk, and have predominantly added more players with experience of playing in England.

Carl Rushworth was immense in goal for the Sky Blues while on loan from Brighton last term, and the club finally acquired him for a £22.5million fee.

Gus Hamer, Loum Tchaouna and Frank Onyeka also arrive from English sides while Caleb Yirenkyi became the club's record signing from Nordsjaelland for £23.1m

Doug King was keen to point out at the start of the summer that Coventry were not going to overhaul their squad like Sunderland, favouring a similar approach to Leeds' successful formula.

Of three promoted teams, the West Midlands outfit appear the strongest, and their key ingredient could be Lampard, who already boasts plenty of Premier League experience as a manager.

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Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town have had a rollercoaster summer in several ways, with long-serving manager Kieran McKenna surprisingly leaving his post to take a break from football.

The biggest question mark is over new boss Gary O'Neil and whether he has the ability to continue the fine work done by his predecessor over the last five years.

After an encouraging start to life as Bournemouth head coach, O'Neil struggled when given the job permanently and did little to enhance his reputation at Wolves.

However, after replacing Liam Rosenior at RC Strasbourg in January, the 43-year-old led the club to an encouraging eighth-placed finish, suggesting he has developed as a coach.

The Tractor Boys' transfer activity this summer has been striking, and it appears they have followed Sunderland's lead in targeting the European market rather than raiding the Championship, which they did unsuccessfully on their last Premier League outing.

Ipswich currently have the fourth-highest net spend in the division, having splashed out over £100m on players, with Issa Diop, Sasa Lukic and Emersonn among their eye-catching additions.

Of course, it will be a seismic task for Ipswich to beat the drop, but they have arguably carried out the best business of the trio.

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Hull City

Hull City did the unthinkable last term, rising from the cusp of relegation to triumphing over Middlesbrough in the play-off final, all the while under an EFL transfer embargo.

While that embargo has since been lifted, the Tigers had to sell players before they could buy in order to comply with financial rules, which they did by selling Ivor Pandur and Aidon Shehu.

Given that they only just made the play-offs, the club need to do serious business this summer to prepare for the Premier League, but it is hard to fathom how they will survive with their current squad.

Matt Targett and Jack Butland have Premier League experience, but both are ageing players and will need to prove they can still compete at the highest level.

The club have also re-signed Joe Gelhardt, who bagged 16 goals for the Tigers last term, but he will likely struggle with the physicality of the top flight and find goals hard to come by.

Nobel Mendy and Konstantinos Tzolakis arrive for around a combined £40m in a bid to boost Sergej Jakirovic's backline, but it is in forward areas the club look weak.

Oli McBurnie, who netted the play-off final winner, is the only recognised number nine in Jakirovic's squad and he managed just six goals during his last Premier League campaign with Sheffield United.

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