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Leicester City and Chelsea play at King Power Stadium in a 21-round Barclays Premier League match. In the final clash between these teams in this competition, on 10-15-2016, Chelsea won at home for (3-0). The history of direct confrontations played at this stadium indicates a balance between these two teams, as there was 1 draw and 1 win for each team in the last 3 matches. Indeed, in the last showdown at this stage, in a League Cup match on 20-09-2016, Chelsea only managed to win, by (2-4), after overtime. The goals of the match were scored by S. Okazaki (17 ‘and 34’) for Leicester City and G. Cahill (45 ‘), Azpilicueta (49’) and Fàbregas (92 ‘and 94’) for Chelsea. The home / off condition deserves special attention, since although this is a match between 15th and 1st of the overall standings, in fact this is a confrontation between the 9th place in home games and the 1st as a visitor.
Leicester City
After 5 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses, the home team is in 15th place, having won 21 points. In the last match, they drew with Middlesbrough away by (0-0), after having won in the previous game in a game against West Ham by (1-0). This is a team affected by the home factor, having won 18 points in their stadium, with 16 goals scored and 10 conceded, against 3 points away, where he scored 8 goals and suffered 21. In the last game he played for the FA Cup, Beat Everton away by (1-2). In the last 10 home games for the league, Leicester City have 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats, having won 18 points out of 30. In the matches played at his stadium there are some frequent scorers at the end of the first 45 ‘: 1-0 (4 out of 10 matches) and 0-0 (4 out of 10 matches). The team allowed their opponents to score in 8 of their last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has scored regularly, as they have managed to achieve in 7 of the last 10 games in this competition. This is a team that scored few times first and they only managed to open the scoring in 5 of their last 20 games by the Barclays Premier League, of those 5 reached the break in advantage in all and won in the late 90 ‘in all. In 20 games in the competition, never managed to turn the board in the 12 games in which he suffered the first goal. There are 1 highlights in the last 10 home games in this competition: he suffered 5 of his 10 goals between minutes (76’-90 ‘).
Leicester City come to this game after having won a 1-2 win at Everton’s home, adding to their third consecutive game without proving the taste of defeat. Highlight for the two goals that were scored by Musa. In this confrontation held in their domains coach Claudio Ranieri should keep the team in the usual tactical system, that is, the 4-3-3, with Okazaki being the most offensive reference. It is important to note that Jamie Vardy is the team’s top scorer with 5 goals in total, however, it is doubtful for this match due to injury. Apart from this player, the Italian coach will not be able to count on Ulloa, Hamer and King, all injured, aside from the fact that Mahrez, Amartey and Slimani will be disputing the African Cup of Nations.
Chelsea
The visiting team is currently in 1st place with 49 points, after 16 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, he won at home to Stoke by (4-2). In the last match, lost out to Tottenham by (2-0). This is a team little affected by the house factor, since it has achieved similar results at home and abroad. The team arrives in this match after a home win with Peterborough United by (4-1). In the championship, Chelsea claimed 22 points out of 30, after 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in their last 10 away games. In the matches played out in the league, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-1, which occurred in 5 of their 10 matches. His attack has marked regularly, since he has managed to achieve in 9 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 20 games for the Barclays Premier League, suffered the first goal 6 times but managed to turn the score in 3.
The Chelsea side arrive to this match with a 4-1 win at home against Peterborough, and this game is valid for the FA Cup third qualifying round, with goals scored by Pedro (two goals), Willian and Batshuayi . Usually the Antonio Conte tactics involved 3-4-3, selecting take-out battles and attacks against the others. We can also highlight the player Fàbregas who is the main organizer, being this owner of great quality in the pass and also in the game vision. Already the Spanish Diego Costa is the best scorer of Chelsea with 14 goals in total. For this duel the coach will not be able to count on Terry, suspended, outside Marcos Alonso and David Luiz who are injured.
Prediction: Chelsea Win @ 1.75