Leicester vs Chelsea – After dropping their most recent match in the Premier League to Southampton by a score of 1-0, Leicester City will be looking to pick up a victory in this contest.
In that contest, Leicester City had 65% of the possession and 11 shot efforts, but none of them were successful. Southampton’s opponents had 11 attempts at goal, five of which were successful.
Southampton’s goal came from Carlos Alcaraz in the 35th minute. Leicester City hasn’t consistently been able to hold out for the entire 90 minutes of recent games.
They will be concerned that Leicester City has allowed 10 goals while failing to stop opponents from scoring in six of their previous six matches. We will just have to find out if that tendency will be sustained here.
Leicester City entered this matchup having lost their last four league meetings to Chelsea. Chelsea enters this encounter with a victory over Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League by a score of 2-0.
Chelsea had 39% of the possession in that game and made 13 shots on goal, four of which were successful. Raheem Sterling (43′) and Kai Havertz (53′) scored for Chelsea.
Borussia Dortmund, on the other hand, made 13 efforts at goal, with 4 of them being successful. In recent games involving Chelsea, a pattern of at least one side failing to score has emerged.
This has occurred five times in their last six encounters, according to a quick review. During those clashes, opposing teams have hit a goal tally of 5 and Chelsea have scored 4. Chelsea has played eight league games without a road victory coming into this match. It’s definitely not a strong run.
Leicester vs Chelsea – Betting Analysis
Looking back at their previous meetings, which date back to January 19, 2021, Leicester City has won two and Chelsea has won three, with one match ending in a tie.
Between the two teams, 14 goals were tallied in this time frame, with 6 coming from The Foxes and 8 from The Blues. There are 2.33 goals scored on average per contest.
Brendan Rodgers, the manager of Leicester City, will be without James Justin (Achilles tendon tear), Jonny Evans (calf injury), and Ryan Bertrand (knee surgery).
We believe that Danny Ward, Ricardo Pereira, Harry Souttar, Wout Faes, Timothy Castagne, K. Dewsbury-Hall, Nampalys Mendy, Tetê, James Maddison, Harvey Barnes, and Kelechi Iheanacho should all play in a 4-2-3-1 formation for The Foxes in this match.
Graham Potter, the boss of Chelsea, must make decisions from a group that has some fitness issues. In addition to Armando Broja (cruciate ligament rupture), Thiago Silva (ligament injury), Edouard Mendy (shoulder injury), N’Golo Kanté (fitness), and Mason Mount (bruised pelvis) won’t be participating in the contest.
With Kepa Arrizabalaga, Wesley Fofana, Kalidou Koulibaly, Benoît Badiashile, Benjamin Chilwell, Mateo Kovacic, Enzo Fernández, Joo Félix, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Raheem Sterling, and Kai Havertz as starters, we believe The Blues may opt to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation.
According to our analysis, Leicester City will need to play well to score against Chelsea, who we predict will score at least once to win the match.
What are the top odds for the game?
Checking out the betting prices for the game in the win-draw-win market, backing Leicester City is available for 3.75, backing a drawn result is 3.58 and putting your money on a victory for Chelsea will get you 2.03. These are the best prices that can be secured right now.
Leicester vs Chelsea – Head -to- Head
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