Chelsea vs Leicester City Preview & Prediction 18 May 2021

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Chelsea - Leicester City!

Insights:

Chelsea have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Premier League
Leicester City have the most matches over the total-line (22) in Premier League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Chelsea and Leicester City.

Leicester City are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Chelsea form and stats

Chelsea, who have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Premier League, have played 18 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-6-4 (wins-draws-losses).

The Chelsea fans got no joy from their last match, a FA Cup game also here at Stamford Bridge: A 0-1 defeat against Leicester City (placed 3rd). Midfielder N'Golo Kanté was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.52 (out of ten) in that game. Kanté hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 53 successful passes (of 61 total).

Preceding that match was the home Premier League game against Arsenal that was lost 0-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Chelsea's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won zero matches, drawn three and lost zero.

The Chelsea fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 18 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Chelsea have conceded only 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Leicester City form and stats

Leicester City have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 11-5-2 from 18 games.

Leicester City play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Chelsea (placed 4th). Defender Wesley Fofana was the best team player with a rating of 8.33. Fofana won 7 of 9 duels.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Manchester United.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Leicester City playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and one home win.

Leicester are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 33 times in 18 away games so far. Leicester City have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Leicester City - Chelsea 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Chelsea won three, Leicester City won three and four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. Vardy

13 goals

K. Iheanacho

11 goals

H. Barnes

9 goals

Chelsea missing players

Leicester City missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Chelsea				Leicester City
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
36	18	4	Played	P	4	18	36
18	8	1	Won	W	2	11	20
10	6	1	Drew	D	0	5	6
8	4	2	Lost	L	2	2	10
55	29	4	Scored	S	9	33	65
33	17	5	Conceded	C	9	18	44
83%	78%	75%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	94%	97%
67%	72%	75%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	100%	89%	89%
42%	39%	50%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	100%	56%	61%
28%	33%	25%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	50%	17%	28%
14%	17%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	50%	17%	17%
39%	33%	25%	BTTS	BTTS	75%	67%	56%
50%	56%	50%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	28%	31%
28%	33%	50%	Failed to Score	F T	25%	11%	17%

0	0	0	Corners for (avg)	C F	0	0	0
0	0	0	Corners against (avg)	C A	0	0	0
1.2	1.2	1	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	2	1.8	1.6
2	2	1	Red cards	R C	0	0	0

14.2	14.2	10	Shots (avg)	S (	10.5	12.7	12.7
5.3	5.6	3.8	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	4	4.6	4.7
29%	29%	27%	Goal Efficiency	G E	56%	40%	38%

Chelsea			First Half	Leicester City
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
36	18	4	Played	P	4	18	36
16	8	1	Won	W	0	4	10
11	7	2	Drew	D	2	10	16
9	3	1	Lost	L	2	4	10
23	13	1	Scored	S	2	11	26
19	9	3	Conceded	C	6	10	23
72%	67%	50%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	67%	75%
28%	33%	25%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	100%	50%	53%
17%	22%	25%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	0%	8%
0%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	0%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
11%	22%	0%	BTTS	BTTS	50%	22%	22%
67%	67%	75%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	56%	53%
50%	44%	75%	Failed to Score	F T	50%	56%	50%

Chelsea			Second Half	Leicester City
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
36	18	4	Played	P	4	18	36
15	8	2	Won	W	3	11	17
16	6	1	Drew	D	0	5	11
5	4	1	Lost	L	1	2	8
32	16	3	Scored	S	7	22	39
14	8	2	Conceded	C	3	8	21
64%	67%	75%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	83%	81%
42%	39%	50%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	50%	44%	44%
17%	17%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	50%	28%	25%
6%	11%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	25%	6%	14%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	25%	6%	3%
19%	11%	0%	BTTS	BTTS	50%	33%	28%
75%	78%	75%	Clean Sheets	C S	25%	56%	50%
42%	44%	50%	Failed to Score	F T	25%	28%	42%

Key stats in Premier League this season:

Chelsea have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Premier League
Chelsea have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Premier League
Leicester City have the fewest matches under the total-line (13) in Premier League
Leicester City have the most matches over the total-line (22) in Premier League

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Manchester City	36	26	5	5	76	29	18	12	2	4	38	17	18	14	3	1	38	12	47	83
2	Manchester United	36	20	10	6	70	42	18	9	3	6	37	27	18	11	7	0	33	15	28	70
3	Leicester City	36	20	6	10	65	44	18	9	1	8	32	26	18	11	5	2	33	18	21	66
4	Chelsea	36	18	10	8	55	33	18	8	6	4	29	17	18	10	4	4	26	16	22	64
5	Liverpool	35	17	9	9	61	41	18	9	3	6	27	20	17	8	6	3	34	21	20	60
6	West Ham United	36	17	8	11	56	46	18	9	4	5	29	22	18	8	4	6	27	24	10	59
7	Tottenham Hotspur	35	16	8	11	61	41	17	9	3	5	32	18	18	7	5	6	29	23	20	56
8	Everton	35	16	8	11	46	42	17	5	4	8	23	27	18	11	4	3	23	15	4	56
9	Arsenal	36	16	7	13	50	38	18	7	4	7	22	21	18	9	3	6	28	17	12	55
10	Leeds United	36	16	5	15	57	53	18	7	5	6	25	20	18	9	0	9	32	33	4	53
11	Aston Villa	35	14	7	14	49	41	18	6	4	8	27	26	17	8	3	6	22	15	8	49
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	12	9	14	35	47	18	7	4	7	20	23	17	5	5	7	15	24	-12	45
13	Southampton	36	12	7	17	47	63	18	8	3	7	28	23	18	4	4	10	19	40	-16	43
14	Crystal Palace	35	11	8	16	37	59	17	5	5	7	16	27	18	6	3	9	21	32	-22	41
15	Burnley	36	10	9	17	33	51	18	4	6	8	14	24	18	6	3	9	19	27	-18	39
16	Newcastle United	36	10	9	17	43	62	18	5	5	8	25	33	18	5	4	9	18	29	-19	39
17	Brighton & Hove Albion	36	8	14	14	37	42	18	3	9	6	19	20	18	5	5	8	18	22	-5	38
18	Fulham	36	5	12	19	26	50	18	2	4	12	9	26	18	3	8	7	17	24	-24	27
19	West Bromwich Albion	35	5	11	19	32	68	17	3	6	8	13	34	18	2	5	11	19	34	-36	26
20	Sheffield United	35	5	2	28	18	62	18	4	1	13	11	27	17	1	1	15	7	35	-44	17

Chelsea:

Leicester City:

Leicester City
Leicester Mercury - (local newspaper)

Premier League:

NewsNow Premier League

England:

English Football Association

Table

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Manchester City	36	26	5	5	76	29	18	12	2	4	38	17	18	14	3	1	38	12	47	83
2	Manchester United	36	20	10	6	70	42	18	9	3	6	37	27	18	11	7	0	33	15	28	70
3	Leicester City	36	20	6	10	65	44	18	9	1	8	32	26	18	11	5	2	33	18	21	66
4	Chelsea	36	18	10	8	55	33	18	8	6	4	29	17	18	10	4	4	26	16	22	64
5	Liverpool	35	17	9	9	61	41	18	9	3	6	27	20	17	8	6	3	34	21	20	60
6	West Ham United	36	17	8	11	56	46	18	9	4	5	29	22	18	8	4	6	27	24	10	59
7	Tottenham Hotspur	35	16	8	11	61	41	17	9	3	5	32	18	18	7	5	6	29	23	20	56
8	Everton	35	16	8	11	46	42	17	5	4	8	23	27	18	11	4	3	23	15	4	56
9	Arsenal	36	16	7	13	50	38	18	7	4	7	22	21	18	9	3	6	28	17	12	55
10	Leeds United	36	16	5	15	57	53	18	7	5	6	25	20	18	9	0	9	32	33	4	53
11	Aston Villa	35	14	7	14	49	41	18	6	4	8	27	26	17	8	3	6	22	15	8	49
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	12	9	14	35	47	18	7	4	7	20	23	17	5	5	7	15	24	-12	45
13	Southampton	36	12	7	17	47	63	18	8	3	7	28	23	18	4	4	10	19	40	-16	43
14	Crystal Palace	35	11	8	16	37	59	17	5	5	7	16	27	18	6	3	9	21	32	-22	41
15	Burnley	36	10	9	17	33	51	18	4	6	8	14	24	18	6	3	9	19	27	-18	39
16	Newcastle United	36	10	9	17	43	62	18	5	5	8	25	33	18	5	4	9	18	29	-19	39
17	Brighton & Hove Albion	36	8	14	14	37	42	18	3	9	6	19	20	18	5	5	8	18	22	-5	38
18	Fulham	36	5	12	19	26	50	18	2	4	12	9	26	18	3	8	7	17	24	-24	27
19	West Bromwich Albion	35	5	11	19	32	68	17	3	6	8	13	34	18	2	5	11	19	34	-36	26
20	Sheffield United	35	5	2	28	18	62	18	4	1	13	11	27	17	1	1	15	7	35	-44	17