Leicester City vs Chelsea – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Sreya

Leicester City vs Chelsea – Chelsea travel to King Power Stadium on 14th January, Saturday to face the English Premier League champions Leicester City.

The defending champions have had a difficult season on the domestic front and sit on the fifteenth position with twenty one points. The league leaders Chelsea lost to Tottenham Hotspur in their last outing after a thirteen match winning streak and have forty nine points after twenty games.

Leicester City have just two wins in their previous six matches and their last game against Middlesbrough ended in a goalless draw.

Team News

Jamie Vardy and Andy King are yet to regain match fitness while Leonardo Ulloa has been listed as a doubt. Daniel Amartey, Riyad Mahrez and Islam Slimani are on international duty.

Chelsea will be without talismanic striker Diego Costa after an alleged report of training ground bust-up and the suspended John Terry. Marcos Alonso will face a late fitness test.

Leicester City Possible Starting Lineup: Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Robert Huth, Wes Morgan, Christian Fuchs, Marc Albrighton, Daniel Drinkwater, Onyinye Ndidi, Ahmed Musa, Shinji Okazaki, Leonardo Ulloa.

Chelsea Possible Starting Lineup: Thibaut Courtois, Cesar Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Victor Moses, N’Golo Kante, Nemanja Matic, Marcos Alonso, Pedro, Eden Hazard, Willian.

“The Leicester game is very important for us to restart to win. Leicester are the champions from last season, they have a lot of good players with good quality, they have impressed me. I consider them a really good team with good players, strong players, players with talent and technique, a good mix. They have a great manager.”

– Antonio Conte, Chelsea.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Leicester City vs Chelsea H2H Stats, the last five matches between these two clubs in all competitions have resulted in two wins for Chelsea, two draws and one win for Leicester City.

Chelsea are likely to win 1-0 tonight.