Chelsea vs Leicester City Preview

January 13, 2018
By: Deke Hardman

Saturday’s Premier League action from Stamford Bridge sees champions Chelsea take on previous title winners Leicester City.

The Blues go into the game on the back of back-to-back goalless draws having been held by Norwich City in the third round of the FA Cup last weekend and then by Arsenal in the first leg of their EFL Cup semi-final four days later.

Last time out in the league the also drew with the Gunners, and that result saw them slip back down to third place though a return to winning ways here would see them reclaim second spot with Manchester United not playing until Monday evening.

Antonio Conte has no fresh injury concerns ahead of the game, though new signing Ross Barkley isn’t set to make his debut until the replay against Norwich in midweek.

Alvaro Morata is favourite to get the first goal of the game at 4.0 (3/1) with Sky Bet with Eden Hazard a 4.7 (37/20) chance with Unibet.

The home win is widely available at 1.3 (1.33) with the visitors as highly priced as the 11.0 (10/1) on offer from most firms. The draw can be backed at 6.0 (5/1) with a number of bookmakers.

Claude Puel’s side were also canceled out by lower league opposition in their FA Cup tie last weekend with Fleetwood Town earning themselves a replay against the 2016 Premier League champions.

Five days earlier, they thumped Huddersfield Town by three goals to nil to comfortably remain in eighth place, where they are almost guaranteed to remain this weekend regardless of results elsewhere.

Jamie Vardy, who has recently been linked with a move to Manchester United is set to return after recovering from the hamstring injury which saw him miss the last two matches though defensive duo Wes Morgan and Danny Simpson remain sidelined.

Vardy is 13.0 (12/1) to open the scoring with Sky Bet, with Shinji Okazaki a 15.0 (14/1) chance with Unibet.

Chelsea won by two goals to one at the King Power Stadium back in September, the third time they have beaten the East Midlands outfit in a row with over 2.5 goals in the game and you can back that outcome this time around at a price of 1.83 (5/6).

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