Leicester City vs Chelsea Preview

April 29, 2015
By: Deke Hardman

Jose Mourinho

Wednesday evening’s Premier League action comes from the King Power Stadium where Leicester City face league leaders Chelsea.

The Foxes go in to the game on the back of Saturday’s 1-0 win over bottom of the table Burnley – their fourth straight victory.

Their recent run of forms means that they have remarkably taken more points in April than their opponents, and another win here would move them four points clear of the bottom three with just four games left to play.

James Vardy, who has three goals in his last five games, will be assessed ahead of kick off as he needed a pain killing injection to play at the weekend, while David Nugent and Jeffrey Schlupp are also doubtful though Chris Wood could feature after being recalled from a loan spell at Ipswich Town.

Leandro Ulloa is 11.0 (10/1) to get the first goal of the game with a variety of firms, while Esteban Cambiasso can be backed at 26.0 (25/1).

The away win is as highly priced as the 5.25 (17/4) on offer from Bet 365, with the same firm offering 3.8 (14/5) for the draw while the away win is widely available at 1.8 (4/5).

Jose Mourinho’s men could have clinched the title with victory this evening if they had won at Arsenal on Sunday though they only managed to draw.

However, that stalemate extended the Blues’ unbeaten run to fifteen games, with their shock FA Cup fourth round defeat to Bradford City their only loss since New Year’s Day.

Top scorer Diego Costa is rated at 50/50 to play, while there is also a question over whether or not Oscar will feature but Loic Remy is definitely out with a calf problem.

Eden Hazard is priced at 6.5 (11/2) to open the scoring with Paddy Power, while Didier Drogba is a 7.0 (6/1) shot with the same firm.

Goals from Costa and Hazard secured a 2-0 win for Chelsea when the sides met at Stamford Bridge back in August – their seventh straight win over the East Midlands side, and they can be backed at 3.1 (21/10) with Sky Bet to win to nil this time around.

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