Football tips: Leicester City vs Chelsea - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: England Premier League
Date: Sun 12.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Power Stadium (32262 seats)

Leicester City will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 20 points behind Chelsea.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Leicester City form and stats

Leicester City have played 18 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-2-8 (wins-draws-losses).

The fans are hoping that Leicester City will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Premier League game against Manchester City. Ahead of that match, Leicester City won a home game hosting Arsenal (3-0).

Leicester City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 24 goals in 18 matches. 20 goals have been conceded.

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Chelsea form and stats

Playing away, Chelsea have won 9 games, drawn 2 and suffered 7 defeats so far this season. Chelsea has drawn their two previous away games.

Chelsea won their last game, 3-0 versus Watford played at home. Before that, Chelsea travelled to Eintracht Frankfurt and returned home with a draw after the Europa League game finished 1-1.

Chelsea are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 24 away goals from 18 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Chelsea have conceded 27 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Chelsea - Leicester City 0-1 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Leicester City won 2, Chelsea won 6 and 2 draws.

Top Goalscorers

J. Vardy
18 goals / 4 assists
E. Hazard
16 goals / 15 assists
Pedro
8 goals / 2 assists

Leicester City missing players

Chelsea missing players

Leicester City Chelsea
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
37 18 5 Played 6 18 37
15 8 2 Won 2 9 21
6 2 0 Drew 1 2 8
16 8 3 Lost 3 7 8
51 24 6 Scored 4 24 63
48 20 6 Conceded 9 27 39
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 83% 94% 92%
76% 78% 80% Over 1.5 67% 89% 86%
51% 50% 60% Over 2.5 50% 67% 57%
24% 17% 0% Over 3.5 17% 22% 27%
11% 6% 0% Over 4.5 0% 6% 11%
59% 50% 40% BTTS 33% 44% 43%
24% 28% 20% Clean Sheets 33% 28% 41%
19% 28% 40% Failed To Score 50% 33% 24%
 
5.6 5.8 5.6 Corners For (avg) 5.3 5 5.7
5.3 4.4 4.8 Corners Against (avg) 2.3 3.6 3.7
1.7 1.9 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.3 1.6 1.3
5 2 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Chelsea is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

Leicester City
All Premier League Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
03-03-19 PL Watford 2 - 1 Leicester City
09-03-19 PL Leicester City 3 - 1 Fulham
16-03-19 PL Burnley 1 - 2 Leicester City
30-03-19 PL Leicester City 2 - 0 AFC Bournemouth
06-04-19 PL Huddersfield Town 1 - 4 Leicester City
12-04-19 PL Leicester City 0 - 1 Newcastle United
20-04-19 PL West Ham United 2 - 2 Leicester City
28-04-19 PL Leicester City 3 - 0 Arsenal
06-05-19 PL Manchester City 1 - 0 Leicester City
12-05-19 PL Leicester City 14:00 Chelsea
Chelsea
All Champions League Community Shield International Champions Cup Europa League Premier League Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
11-04-19 EL Slavia Praha 0 - 1 Chelsea
14-04-19 PL Liverpool 2 - 0 Chelsea
18-04-19 EL Chelsea 4 - 3 Slavia Praha
22-04-19 PL Chelsea 2 - 2 Burnley
28-04-19 PL Manchester United 1 - 1 Chelsea
02-05-19 EL Eintracht Frankfurt 1 - 1 Chelsea
05-05-19 PL Chelsea 3 - 0 Watford
09-05-19 EL Chelsea 19:00 Eintracht Frankfurt
12-05-19 PL Leicester City 14:00 Chelsea
16-05-19 CF New England 00:10 Chelsea

  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 37 31 2 4 91 22 19 18 0 1 57 12 18 13 2 3 34 10 69 95
2 Liverpool 37 29 7 1 87 22 18 16 2 0 53 10 19 13 5 1 34 12 65 94
3 Chelsea 37 21 8 8 63 39 19 12 6 1 39 12 18 9 2 7 24 27 24 71
4 Tottenham Hotspur 37 23 1 13 65 37 18 12 1 5 32 14 19 11 0 8 33 23 28 70
5 Arsenal 37 20 7 10 70 50 19 14 3 2 42 16 18 6 4 8 28 34 20 67
6 Manchester United 37 19 9 9 65 52 18 10 6 2 33 23 19 9 3 7 32 29 13 66
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 16 9 12 47 44 19 10 4 5 28 21 18 6 5 7 19 23 3 57
8 Everton 37 15 8 14 52 44 19 10 4 5 30 21 18 5 4 9 22 23 8 53
9 Leicester City 37 15 6 16 51 48 18 8 2 8 24 20 19 7 4 8 27 28 3 51
10 Watford 37 14 8 15 51 55 18 8 3 7 25 24 19 6 5 8 26 31 -4 50
11 West Ham United 37 14 7 16 48 54 19 9 4 6 32 27 18 5 3 10 16 27 -6 49
12 Crystal Palace 37 13 7 17 46 50 18 4 5 9 14 20 19 9 2 8 32 30 -4 46
13 AFC Bournemouth 37 13 6 18 53 65 19 8 5 6 30 25 18 5 1 12 23 40 -12 45
14 Newcastle United 37 11 9 17 38 48 19 8 1 10 24 25 18 3 8 7 14 23 -10 42
15 Burnley 37 11 7 19 44 65 18 7 2 9 23 29 19 4 5 10 21 36 -21 40
16 Southampton 37 9 11 17 44 64 18 5 7 6 26 29 19 4 4 11 18 35 -20 38
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 37 9 9 19 34 56 18 6 5 7 18 24 19 3 4 12 16 32 -22 36
18 Cardiff City 37 9 4 24 32 69 19 6 2 11 21 38 18 3 2 13 11 31 -37 31
19 Fulham 37 7 5 25 34 77 18 6 3 9 22 32 19 1 2 16 12 45 -43 26
20 Huddersfield Town 37 3 6 28 21 75 19 2 3 14 10 31 18 1 3 14 11 44 -54 15

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