Premier League preview: Leicester City vs Chelsea

Genius Sports Report
January 19, 2021

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🏆 @FCKobenhavn are back-to-back champions of Denmark. They have been ruthlessly clinical in front of goal:

🔹 60 goals (most)
🔹 53.9 xG (most)
🔹 6.1 goals over expected (most)
🔹 5.8 shots on target per game (most)
🔹 26.6 touches in opp. box per game (most)

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🔹 12 goals
🔹 53 shots
🔹 24 on target
🔹 8.9 xG
🔹 3.1 goals over expected
🔹 5.6 xA
🔹 20.8% conversion
🔹 4.4 touches in opposing box (per game)

In all of the above metrics, @FCKobenhavn‘s Viktor Claesson sits in the 95th percentile of all #sldk players (at least).

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🔵 #LCFC win: 49%
⚒️ #WHUFC win: 27%
🤝 Draw: 24%

That point at Newcastle might just come back to save Dean Smith’s @LCFC today. But they’ll need all three points against West Ham, and a favour from Bournemouth.

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Leicester face Chelsea

Leicester host Chelsea at the King Power Stadium hoping to go top of the Premier League this evening with a win. They can go top before Manchester City and Manchester United play tomorrow.

Leicester form

Leicester sit third in the table, just two points off Man United in top spot. They beat Southampton 2-0 on Saturday with James Maddison and Harvey Barnes on the scoresheet.

Leicester City’s English midfielder James Maddison (R) shoots to score the opening goal of the English Premier League football match between Leicester City and Southampton at King Power Stadium. (Photo by ALEX PANTLING/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

It was just their fourth home win from nine games with the majority of their points taken away from home

Brendan Rodgers’ side have lost just once in their last 10 in all competitions, winning seven of those matches.

Chelsea form

Chelsea lie seventh and trail Leicester by six points. Frank Lampard’s side have scored and conceded the same amount of goals (33-21) as the Foxes this season, but it has not translated into points.

Mason Mount’s goal gave the Blues an important 1-0 win against Fulham, their first win in four league games. It was also their first away league win in four, after three successive defeats.

Mason Mount of Chelsea celebrates after scoring their side’s first goal during the Premier League match between Fulham and Chelsea at Craven Cottage. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

Head-to-head

Leicester are unbeaten in their last five Premier League games against Chelsea, though four of them have been draws. However, Chelsea have lost just one of their last eight away league games against Leicester (W5, D2).

Featured image: James Maddison of Leicester City celebrates after scoring their sides first goal whilst keeping a social distance from Youri Tielemans of Leicester City during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Southampton at The King Power Stadium. (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)