Pre Match Leicester v Chelsea

[Jeff]

Head-to-head

• Leicester's solitary victory in their past six home league games against Chelsea was 2-0 in January 2021 (D2, L3).
• Their most recent competitive win versus Chelsea was in the 2021 FA Cup final at Wembley.
• Chelsea won this season's reverse fixture 2-1 in August and are looking to complete their first league double over Leicester since 2016-17.

Leicester City

• Leicester could suffer five consecutive defeats in all competitions for the first time since a run of six from November to December 2014.
• The Foxes have failed to register a shot on target in their last two league fixtures and they've gone four top-flight matches without scoring for the first time since a run of six from January to February 2017.
• They are the only team not to have kept a Premier League clean sheet since the World Cup.
• Leicester have dropped a league-high 19 points from winning positions this season.
• They have suffered 15 top-flight defeats this season, one shy of their most in a Premier League campaign four years ago.
• Brendan Rodgers has never suffered 16 league defeats or more in a season in his managerial career.
• Rodgers has only beaten Chelsea twice in 21 attempts as a manager in all competitions (D9, L10).
• James Maddison has been directly involved in 21 goals in his last 21 Premier League starts, scoring 13 and setting up eight.

Chelsea

• Chelsea's current 10-match winless away streak in all competitions is their longest since going 17 without victory from April 2000 to January 2001.
• The Blues scored just four goals in those 10 games, their fewest over such a span of away fixtures since August to December 1993.
• Their Premier League fixtures have only produced 49 goals this season, the fewest of any side.
• Raheem Sterling has scored twice in each of his two most recent league appearances against Leicester, including Chelsea's 2-1 win in August. He's never scored away against them in eight appearances.
• Graham Potter's final game as Brighton head coach was a 5-2 Premier League home victory against Leicester in September.

 

[Lako42]

Those Leicester comments are outrageous.

 

[SJN-Fox]

Referee: Andre Marriner.
Assistants: Simon Long, Natalie Aspinall.
Fourth official: Jarred Gillett.
VAR:Graham Scott.
Assistant VAR: Timothy Wood.

 

[Brown Nose]

Referee: Andre Marriner.
Assistants: Simon Long, Natalie Aspinall.
Fourth official: Jarred Gillett.
VAR:Graham Scott.
Assistant VAR: Timothy Wood.

We've never lost a game refereed by Marriner since BR has been manager.

 

[Jenks]

I am going to the game tomorrow screaming the name of Gary Lineker. He is now my God.

 

[Brown Nose]

This is Chilwell and friends flying from London to Leicester yesterday. My hatred for everything the PL stands for grows by the day.

 

[Brown Nose]

Meanwhile, at the brand new £120m training centre, City decide to not use their extraordinarily expensive state of the art indoor pitch to train on.

 

[TommyK]

Nailed on home win.

 

[jb5000]

Meanwhile, at the brand new £120m training centre, City decide to not use their extraordinarily expensive state of the art indoor pitch to train on.

Meanwhile meanwhile, people suggest that the facilities at the brand new £120m training centre have made the players soft. Lads can't win

 

[Brown Nose]

Meanwhile meanwhile, people suggest that the facilities at the brand new £120m training centre have made the players soft. Lads can't win

Or both can be true.

 

[Graz]

Win it for Lineker.

Then Maddison to nail the post match interview (on Sky, obvs)