Kick-off: 1230, 20/11/2021
Stadium: King Power Stadium
TV: BT Sport
Chelsea dropped points at home prior to the international break and the Premier League leaders have had a frustrating wait to make amends.
Burnley became the first team other than title contenders Liverpool and Manchester City to take points off Chelsea this season with a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues are still three points clear with eight wins from 11 matches, although they have drifted to 5/2 in the Premier League winner odds.
Leicester have faltered against the Premier League’s top teams so far this season and we fancy an away win at 6/8 as our opening Leicester vs Chelsea prediction.
Leicester Odds
Leicester are struggling to produce the consistency needed to challenge for the European places and are languishing in 12th place having lost as many matches as they have won.
They were under pressure for long periods in a 1-1 draw at Leeds last time out and manager Brendan Rodgers believes it may be the new year before the Foxes are at their best.
He said: “Over the next number of months… We’ve got Wilf Ndidi back and you see what we’re like in the team when he’s in the team, we’re a different animal.
“We’ll get JJ (James Justin) back over the next numbers of weeks, you’ll see what he brings to the team, and then in the early part of the new year we’re hoping we’ll have Wesley (Fofana) back and all of a sudden the dynamic changes.
“We’ve just got to keep pushing, demanding our performance, and then hopefully get through into the new year with our top players back fit and then we can have a real push. That’s the plan.”
Defeats against Manchester City, West Ham, Arsenal and Brighton have highlighted Leicester’s limitations this season and this looks another tough test.
Chelsea have only conceded four goals this season and looking at the Leicester vs Chelsea odds, an away win with under 3.5 goals seems worth the extra risk at 7/5.
Last Leicester line-up: Schmeichel, Soyuncu, Evans, Pereira, Castagne, Barnes, Tielemans, Ndidi, Soumare, Vardy, Lookman.
Youri Tielemans is ruled out with a calf issue and will miss his first Premier League game since December 2019.
James Justin and Wesley Fofana are also injured but Marc Albrighton is fit again.
Chelsea Odds
Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel will not be overly concerned by his side’s failure to beat Burnley.
A Kai Havertz header put Chelsea on course for a fifth straight Premier League win but they failed to make the most of plenty of chances to add a second.
They were made to pay when Matej Vydra equalised late on but Tuchel said after the game: “I stick with my feeling from the sideline, I have proved from all data right now that we played a fantastic match with a great attitude and intensity.
“I’m very happy with where we are and it can happen as it did that somebody else steals a point and is lucky.”
Tuchel will hope to welcome back some of his attacking options from injury against a Leicester defence which has only managed one clean sheet this season.
Chelsea have kept a clean sheet in seven of their eight wins so our final Leicester vs Chelsea prediction is a 2-0 away win at 7/1.
Last Chelsea line-up: Mendy, Rudiger, Christensen, Silva, Chilwell, James, Jorginho, Kante, Barkley, Havertz, Hudson-Odoi.
Romelu Lukaku will miss out as he continues to battle an ankle problem. Mateo Kovacic is also sidelined with a hamstring injury, but Timo Werner could be back in action after his own hamstring issues.
Marcos Alonso is fit after an ankle concern, with Mason Mount back in training after wisdom tooth surgery.
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