Chelsea vs Leicester City pre-match info: Away team face a strenuous task at Stamford Bridge

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Thu 19.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stamford Bridge (41798 seats)

The standings tells us that 22 points divide the pair of opponents in this Premier League match. Chelsea own both the points- and home stadium advantage.

Insights:
  • Chelsea have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Premier League
  • Leicester City have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Premier League

For Leicester most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

Leicester City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Watford, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Leicester City.

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Chelsea form and stats

Chelsea have played 17 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-6-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The home supporters witnessed a 0-0 draw vs Liverpool in the FA Cup last time out and are hoping for a victory here. Midfielder Jorginho was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.81 (out of ten) in that game. Jorginho hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 47 successful passes (of 55 total).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Leeds United and winning 3-0.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Chelsea home games with this odds we find 12 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Chelsea as they have a new game in only three days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Watford are visiting.

20 goals have been conceded.

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Leicester City form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Leicester City so far with only 17 points returning home. The records show 4-5-9 (win-draw-lose).

Two trips in a row for Leicester City, whose manager Rodgers could celebrate last time after the win against Watford. As you can tell from the results above, Leicester City was very dominant against Watford, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Maddison, Barnes (2) and Vardy (2) providing the goals. Maddison got a match rating of 9.12 in that game, top player of the team. Maddison scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 40 successful passes (of 47 total).

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Norwich City.

A new game in only three days for Leicester City, the Premier League home match versus Southampton. Busy days.

Leicester has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 27 goals from 18 games. In the opposite end, Leicester City have conceded 35 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other previously this season, with the final score Leicester City - Chelsea 0-3 logged in the official records. Chelsea-Leicester City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Chelsea four wins, Leicester City three wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Leicester CityJ. Vardy
J. Vardy
14 goals
ChelseaM. Mount
M. Mount
11 goals
Leicester CityJ. Maddison
J. Maddison
10 goals

Chelsea missing players

Leicester City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chelsea Leicester City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 17 6 Played P 5 18 36
20 8 3 Won W 0 4 13
10 6 2 Drew D 1 5 9
6 3 1 Lost L 4 9 14
73 34 11 Scored S 5 27 57
31 20 7 Conceded C 14 35 57
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
78% 82% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
53% 53% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 67% 64%
33% 41% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 33% 33%
17% 24% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 17% 17%
47% 59% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 83% 67%
44% 35% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 19%
11% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 11% 17%
 
6.4 7.6 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.1 5.1
4.1 3.9 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.2 5.8
1.6 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
15.6 17.2 17.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11.3 11.8
5.4 5.7 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.9 4.3
37% 35% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 39% 37%
 
9.1 9.2 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 17.2 15.4 15.1
3.2 3.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.8 5.4 5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Leicester City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Chelsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chelsea have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Chelsea have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Premier League
  • Chelsea haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Leicester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leicester City have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Premier League
  • Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 37 28 6 3 96 24 18 14 2 2 55 13 19 14 4 1 41 11 72 90
2 Liverpool 36 26 8 2 89 24 18 14 4 0 46 8 18 12 4 2 43 16 65 86
3 Chelsea 36 20 10 6 73 31 17 8 6 3 34 20 19 12 4 3 39 11 42 70
4 Tottenham Hotspur 37 21 5 11 64 40 19 13 1 5 38 19 18 8 4 6 26 21 24 68
5 Arsenal 36 21 3 12 56 45 18 12 2 4 30 16 18 9 1 8 26 29 11 66
6 Manchester United 37 16 10 11 57 56 19 10 5 4 32 22 18 6 5 7 25 34 1 58
7 West Ham United 37 16 8 13 59 48 19 9 5 5 33 26 18 7 3 8 26 22 11 56
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 15 6 16 37 40 19 7 3 9 20 25 18 8 3 7 17 15 -3 51
9 Leicester City 36 13 9 14 57 57 18 9 4 5 30 22 18 4 5 9 27 35 0 48
10 Brighton & Hove Albion 37 11 15 11 39 43 18 4 7 7 16 22 19 7 8 4 23 21 -4 48
11 Brentford 37 13 7 17 47 54 18 7 3 8 21 19 19 6 4 9 26 35 -7 46
12 Crystal Palace 36 10 15 11 47 43 18 6 8 4 26 17 18 4 7 7 21 26 4 45
13 Aston Villa 36 13 5 18 49 50 18 6 4 8 28 28 18 7 1 10 21 22 -1 44
14 Newcastle United 36 11 10 15 40 61 18 7 6 5 24 27 18 4 4 10 16 34 -21 43
15 Southampton 36 9 13 14 41 61 18 6 7 5 22 22 18 3 6 9 19 39 -20 40
16 Everton 36 10 6 20 39 59 18 8 2 8 24 23 18 2 4 12 15 36 -20 36
17 Leeds United 37 8 11 18 40 78 19 4 6 9 19 38 18 4 5 9 21 40 -38 35
18 Burnley 36 7 13 16 32 50 18 5 6 7 17 23 18 2 7 9 15 27 -18 34
19 Watford 37 6 5 26 33 75 19 2 2 15 17 46 18 4 3 11 16 29 -42 23
20 Norwich City 37 5 7 25 23 79 18 3 3 12 12 38 19 2 4 13 11 41 -56 22

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  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 37 28 6 3 96 24 18 14 2 2 55 13 19 14 4 1 41 11 72 90
2 Liverpool 36 26 8 2 89 24 18 14 4 0 46 8 18 12 4 2 43 16 65 86
3 Chelsea 36 20 10 6 73 31 17 8 6 3 34 20 19 12 4 3 39 11 42 70
4 Tottenham Hotspur 37 21 5 11 64 40 19 13 1 5 38 19 18 8 4 6 26 21 24 68
5 Arsenal 36 21 3 12 56 45 18 12 2 4 30 16 18 9 1 8 26 29 11 66
6 Manchester United 37 16 10 11 57 56 19 10 5 4 32 22 18 6 5 7 25 34 1 58
7 West Ham United 37 16 8 13 59 48 19 9 5 5 33 26 18 7 3 8 26 22 11 56
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 15 6 16 37 40 19 7 3 9 20 25 18 8 3 7 17 15 -3 51
9 Leicester City 36 13 9 14 57 57 18 9 4 5 30 22 18 4 5 9 27 35 0 48
10 Brighton & Hove Albion 37 11 15 11 39 43 18 4 7 7 16 22 19 7 8 4 23 21 -4 48
11 Brentford 37 13 7 17 47 54 18 7 3 8 21 19 19 6 4 9 26 35 -7 46
12 Crystal Palace 36 10 15 11 47 43 18 6 8 4 26 17 18 4 7 7 21 26 4 45
13 Aston Villa 36 13 5 18 49 50 18 6 4 8 28 28 18 7 1 10 21 22 -1 44
14 Newcastle United 36 11 10 15 40 61 18 7 6 5 24 27 18 4 4 10 16 34 -21 43
15 Southampton 36 9 13 14 41 61 18 6 7 5 22 22 18 3 6 9 19 39 -20 40
16 Everton 36 10 6 20 39 59 18 8 2 8 24 23 18 2 4 12 15 36 -20 36
17 Leeds United 37 8 11 18 40 78 19 4 6 9 19 38 18 4 5 9 21 40 -38 35
18 Burnley 36 7 13 16 32 50 18 5 6 7 17 23 18 2 7 9 15 27 -18 34
19 Watford 37 6 5 26 33 75 19 2 2 15 17 46 18 4 3 11 16 29 -42 23
20 Norwich City 37 5 7 25 23 79 18 3 3 12 12 38 19 2 4 13 11 41 -56 22

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