Leicester City vs Chelsea Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Leicester City

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Leicester City will be looking for a repeat result of the 0-4 FA Cup triumph versus Stoke City.

In that game, Leicester City managed 65% possession and 12 shots on goal with 7 on target. For Leicester City, the goals were scored by James Justin (34'), Marc Albrighton (59'), Ayoze Pérez (79') and Harvey Barnes (81'). Stoke City had 7 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

Brendan Rodgers's Leicester City have netted 11 times in their past half-dozen outings. The comparative tally of goals that they have conceded in those same fixtures is 6.

Chelsea

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Chelsea will come into the match following on from a 4-0 FA Cup win as they beat Morecambe in their previous game.

In that match, Chelsea had 84% possession and 25 shots at goal with 8 on target. For Chelsea, the goals were scored by Mason Mount (18'), Timo Werner (44'), Callum Hudson-Odoi (49') and Kai Havertz (85'). At the other end, Morecambe got 3 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

In a total of 5 of the previous 6 clashes featuring Chelsea, three or more goals have gone in. The average number of goals per game within that time is 3.33, with the number of goals averaged by Chelsea standing at 1.83. Even so, time will tell if that trend shall be maintained in this game.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 18/03/2018 shows that Leicester City have won 1 of these games and Chelsea 2, with the tally of drawn games being 3.

A sum of 11 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them from The Foxes and 6 created by The Blues. That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.

🗞️ Team News: Leicester City

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers will be thankful to have no fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this clash thanks to a fully healthy squad available to choose from.

📋 Team News: Chelsea

Owing to an otherwise available squad, there is just the lone fitness worry for the Chelsea boss Frank Lampard to contend with. Charly Musonda Jr. (Knee Surgery) misses out for this game.

💡 Prediction

Our assessment here is that Leicester City could find themselves up against it to see themselves scoring against this Chelsea outfit who will likely gain the upper hand.

We’re therefore expecting a narrow 0-1 winning margin for Chelsea at the end of the 90 minutes.

It should be a good one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 00:08 15/01/2021