Football betting preview: Chelsea favourites when Leicester City visits

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Competition: England Premier League
Date: Sun 18.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stamford Bridge (41841 seats)

After the first game it's Chelsea - Leicester City 0-1 in points. Who will triumph in this second Premier League game of the season?

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Chelsea form and stats

The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stamford Bridge.

The Chelsea supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Leicester City in Premier League and win 1-0. Before that, Chelsea played out a Uefa Super Cup draw 2-2 when visiting Liverpool.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Chelsea matches with similar probabilities have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats (from one game).

Last season, Chelsea's league statistics were 21 wins, 9 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Premier League. Over these 38 matches they scored 63 goals and conceded 39. Playing at home last season Chelsea managed 12-6-1 (win-draw-lost) with 39 goals and 12 conceded.

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Leicester City form and stats

It might be tough going out on the road again for Leicester City, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Chelsea. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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 0 away wins, 0 draws and 2 home wins.

Let's have a look at how Leicester City performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 7 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 51 and conceded 48 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 8 with 27/28 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Chelsea victories, 3 draws and 2 Leicester City wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

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Leicester City missing players

Chelsea Leicester City
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost 0 1 1
1 1 0 Scored 0 0 0
4 0 0 Conceded 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 100%
 
4 3 0 Corners For (avg) 0 3 7.5
3 3 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 3 3
2.5 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Chelsea Last season Leicester City
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
38 19 7 Played 6 19 38
21 12 4 Won 1 7 15
9 6 2 Drew 1 4 7
8 1 1 Lost 4 8 16
63 39 11 Scored 5 27 51
39 12 4 Conceded 10 28 48
89% 89% 86% Over 0.5 100% 100% 95%
84% 84% 71% Over 1.5 67% 74% 74%
55% 47% 43% Over 2.5 50% 53% 50%
26% 32% 14% Over 3.5 33% 32% 24%
11% 16% 0% Over 4.5 0% 16% 11%
42% 42% 43% BTTS 67% 68% 58%
42% 53% 43% Clean Sheets 17% 21% 26%
26% 16% 29% Failed To Score 17% 11% 21%
 
5.7 6.3 7.4 Corners For (avg) 4 5.4 5.5
3.7 3.8 3.9 Corners Against (avg) 6.2 6.2 5.3
1.3 1.1 1.1 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.8 1.5 1.7
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 3 5
Key stats last season:
  • Chelsea have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Leicester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Chelsea
All Champions League Uefa Super Cup Community Shield International Champions Cup Europa League Premier League Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
31-07-19 CF Salzburg 3 - 5 Chelsea
03-08-19 CF Borussia M'gladbach 2 - 2 Chelsea
11-08-19 PL Manchester United 4 - 0 Chelsea
14-08-19 USC Liverpool 1 - 1 Chelsea
18-08-19 PL Chelsea 15:30 Leicester City
24-08-19 PL Norwich City 11:30 Chelsea
31-08-19 PL Chelsea 14:00 Sheffield United
14-09-19 PL Wolverhampton Wanderers 14:00 Chelsea
22-09-19 PL Chelsea 15:30 Liverpool
28-09-19 PL Chelsea 14:00 Brighton & Hove Albion
Leicester City
All Premier League Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
23-07-19 CF Cambridge United 0 - 3 Leicester City
27-07-19 CF Stoke City 2 - 2 Leicester City
03-08-19 CF Leicester City 8 - 1 Nice
11-08-19 PL Leicester City 0 - 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
18-08-19 PL Chelsea 15:30 Leicester City
24-08-19 PL Sheffield United 14:00 Leicester City
28-08-19 CC Newcastle United 18:45 Leicester City
31-08-19 PL Leicester City 14:00 AFC Bournemouth
14-09-19 PL Manchester United 14:00 Leicester City
21-09-19 PL Leicester City 11:30 Tottenham Hotspur

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Liverpool 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
2 Arsenal 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Manchester City 2 1 1 0 7 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 5 0 5 4
4 Brighton & Hove Albion 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
5 Tottenham Hotspur 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
6 AFC Bournemouth 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Sheffield United 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
8 Everton 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 Manchester United 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
10 Burnley 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
11 Norwich City 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 -1 3
12 Leicester City 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Crystal Palace 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
15 West Ham United 2 0 1 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -5 1
16 Aston Villa 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
17 Newcastle United 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
18 Southampton 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
19 Chelsea 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
20 Watford 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Manchester City 38 32 2 4 95 23 19 18 0 1 57 12 19 14 2 3 38 11 72 98
2 Liverpool 38 30 7 1 89 22 19 17 2 0 55 10 19 13 5 1 34 12 67 97
3 Chelsea 38 21 9 8 63 39 19 12 6 1 39 12 19 9 3 7 24 27 24 72
4 Tottenham Hotspur 38 23 2 13 67 39 19 12 2 5 34 16 19 11 0 8 33 23 28 71
5 Arsenal 38 21 7 10 73 51 19 14 3 2 42 16 19 7 4 8 31 35 22 70
6 Manchester United 38 19 9 10 65 54 19 10 6 3 33 25 19 9 3 7 32 29 11 66
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 16 9 13 47 46 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 6 5 8 19 25 1 57
8 Everton 38 15 9 14 54 46 19 10 4 5 30 21 19 5 5 9 24 25 8 54
9 Leicester City 38 15 7 16 51 48 19 8 3 8 24 20 19 7 4 8 27 28 3 52
10 West Ham United 38 15 7 16 52 55 19 9 4 6 32 27 19 6 3 10 20 28 -3 52
11 Watford 38 14 8 16 52 59 19 8 3 8 26 28 19 6 5 8 26 31 -7 50
12 Crystal Palace 38 14 7 17 51 53 19 5 5 9 19 23 19 9 2 8 32 30 -2 49
13 Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 42 48 19 8 1 10 24 25 19 4 8 7 18 23 -6 45
14 AFC Bournemouth 38 13 6 19 56 70 19 8 5 6 30 25 19 5 1 13 26 45 -14 45
15 Burnley 38 11 7 20 45 68 19 7 2 10 24 32 19 4 5 10 21 36 -23 40
16 Southampton 38 9 12 17 45 65 19 5 8 6 27 30 19 4 4 11 18 35 -20 39
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 9 9 20 35 60 19 6 5 8 19 28 19 3 4 12 16 32 -25 36
18 Cardiff City 38 10 4 24 34 69 19 6 2 11 21 38 19 4 2 13 13 31 -35 34
19 Fulham 38 7 5 26 34 81 19 6 3 10 22 36 19 1 2 16 12 45 -47 26
20 Huddersfield Town 38 3 7 28 22 76 19 2 3 14 10 31 19 1 4 14 12 45 -54 16

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