Chelsea are the guests at King Power Stadium on Tuesday for the Premier League meeting with home team Leicester City.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Leicester City v Chelsea are shown on this page - as well as up-to-date odds.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
🏟️ Team Focus:
Leicester City
Formed: 1884
Stadium: King Power Stadium (32,261)
Captain: Wes Morgan
Chairman: Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
Manager: Brendan Rodgers
Competitions: Premier League position 4, FA Cup (Fourth Round), Europa League (Round of 32)
🔑 Star Player: James Maddison
Usually played in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, James Maddison was born in Coventry, England. After having played his first senior match for Coventry City in the 2014 - 2015 season, the talented Midfielder has netted 4 league goals in the Premier League 2020 - 2021 campaign to date from a total of 15 appearances.