Top Four Safe for Chelsea as They Host Leicester City on Thursday Night
Chelsea vs Leicester City - 19/05/2022
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We have three fixtures to look forward to in the English Premier League on Thursday the 19th of May including the meeting between Chelsea and Leicester City.
The game will be played at Stamford Bridge and the hosts begin the week in 3rd place on 70 points while the visitors are in 9th on place on 48 points.
Chelsea come into the match having suffered a huge disappointment in the FA Cup final on Saturday.
They took Liverpool all the way to penalties having played out a 0-0 draw after 90 minutes and extra-time. However, it was Liverpool who prevailed on penalties, winning their second shootout against Chelsea at Wembley Stadium this season having beat The Blues in the League Cup final.
Chelsea will need to raise themselves following that defeat and the loss means they have recorded just a single victory from their 5 most recent matches in all competitions.
There was a defeat in the Premier League at Everton plus draws against Manchester United away and Wolverhampton Wanderers at home. The only victory from their last 5 games was at home against Leeds United in the Premier League.
Home form in the Premier League shows Chelsea have been inconsistent of late and they have won 1, drawn 1 and lost 2 of their last 5 league fixtures at Stamford Bridge.
Both teams have scored in 3 of their last 4 home Premier League games and there have been over 2.5 goals in those 3 matches.
Leicester City make the trip to Stamford Bridge on the back of an excellent 5-1 win at Watford. Having fallen a goal behind early in the game, The Foxes came back superbly to score 5 goals.
That was the second successive victory in the Premier League for Leicester City following the convincing 3-0 win at home over Norwich City.
However, away form in the Premier League has been poor and Leicester City have recorded just a single victory from their 6 most recent away league games. In fact, Leicester City have won only 2 of their last 13 away league matches.
Trends show both teams have scored in each of Leicester City’s last 5 away Premier League games. They have seen over 2.5 goals in 3 of their last 5 away league fixtures.
Looking ahead to the team news and Chelsea are without the injured duo of Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ben Chilwell. Thiago Silva, Kai Havertz, and Timo Werner are doubts.
Leicester City travel without the injured trio of Wilfred Ndidi, Ricardo Pereira, and Ryan Bertrand . Danny Ward played in goal on the weekend but Kasper Schmeichel could return for this game.
Arsenal’s defeat at Newcastle United means Chelsea can relax going into this match. A point would be enough to secure third place but Thomas Tuchel will want to end a difficult season on a high.
We expect to see Leicester City find the back of the net but for Chelsea to win their penultimate home game of the season.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
EPL
403426
1
2 - 1
2.76
19°
1.40
1.40
4.50
7.50
no
no
no
1 - 1(1 - 1)
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