Comments and predictions for Leicester City vs Chelsea: Easy win for home team

The Premier League returns to action on Saturday night, as Leicester City take on Chelsea at the King Power Stadium.

The match, which will take place at 7:30 p.m. on November 23, Vietnam time, marks an interesting reunion as Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca faces the team he led back to the top flight of English football last season. Meanwhile, Maresca's successor, Steve Cooper, is gradually helping Leicester maintain their form in the Premier League.

Latest Leicester City vs Chelsea squad information

The Stamford Bridge medical department welcomed a familiar name as manager Enzo Maresca confirmed Reece James has a minor hamstring problem and will miss the trip to Leicester.

However, Maresca also said James was the only injury in the squad. Romeo Lavia is expected to return after a hamstring problem, while Cole Palmer, Jadon Sancho and Levi Colwill have trained this week after previous fitness issues.

Wesley Fofana and Malo Gusto are also likely to be available after withdrawing from the France squad, while Lavia could also play a key role given the busy schedules of Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez in South America.

Leicester are also facing a personnel problem, with striker Abdul Fatawu suffering an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury while playing for Ghana and could be out for the rest of the season.

Aside from Fatawu, the hosts are concerned about the condition of Jamie Vardy (back), Bobby Decordova-Reid (Achilles tendon) and Jordan Ayew (knee), but Patson Daka (ankle) is likely to return.

Only Ricardo Pereira (thigh) and Jakub Stolarczyk (ankle) are certain to miss out through injury, while Facundo Buonanotte is suspended for one match after picking up a fifth yellow card against Manchester United.

Leicester City vs Chelsea latest expected lineup

Leicester City:

Hermansen; Justin, Faes, Vestergaard, Kristiansen; Winks, Ndidi, Soumare; El Khannouss, Edouard, Mavididi

Chelsea:

Sanchez; Gusto, Fofana, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Lavia; Madueke, Palmer, Neto; Jackson

Latest football commentary Leicester City vs Chelsea

The big concern ahead of kick-off at the King Power on Saturday night will be how Leicester fans will react to Enzo Maresca. Despite leading the Foxes to the Championship title and back to the Premier League, the 44-year-old’s style of management has not exactly pleased all supporters, especially during a difficult period for the team.

Under Maresca, Chelsea have made a strong impression, surprisingly breaking into the top three of the Premier League, ahead of Arsenal, Nottingham Forest and Brighton & Hove Albion on goal difference. However, the Blues’ form has slowed down a bit, winning just one of their last four league games. Their three winless games have come in tough encounters with Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal – the latter drawing 1-1 with Pedro Neto scoring a fine equaliser.

Coincidentally, the last time Chelsea failed to score away from home in the Premier League was a 5-0 defeat to Arsenal in April. Since then, they have scored in each of their next eight away games, netting 12 goals in total – their best return in the league this season. However, Chelsea have been slow to start after the international break, winning just one of their last seven games since the break, with that win coming against Bournemouth in September.

As for Leicester, manager Steve Cooper is gradually keeping the team in the Premier League after taking over from Maresca. However, their recent results have been quite worrying. The Foxes have not won a game since a dramatic victory over Southampton in October, including two defeats to Manchester United (one in the Carabao Cup), one to Nottingham Forest and a draw with Ipswich Town thanks to a late goal.

Leicester are currently 15th in the table with 10 points from 11 games, three points ahead of Crystal Palace – who are in the relegation zone. However, they have yet to lose two consecutive home games this season. Remarkably, Leicester have scored in all six of their games at the King Power this season, but only in their 4-0 win over Tranmere Rovers in the Carabao Cup did they score more than once.

Head-to-head history is also not on the home team's side, as Leicester have not beaten Chelsea since Youri Tielemans' incredible long-range strike in the 2020-21 FA Cup final. In the last 6 meetings, Leicester have lost 5 and drawn 1, including a 2-4 defeat in the FA Cup quarter-finals last season.

Leicester City vs Chelsea score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the Leicester City vs Chelsea match:

• Sportsmole: Leicester City 0-3 Chelsea

• WhoScore: Leicester City 1-3 Chelsea
• Our prediction: Leicester City 0-3 Chelsea

When and where to watch Leicester City vs Chelsea live?

To watch the Leicester City vs Chelsea match live in the Premier League at 7:30 p.m. on November 23, viewers can watch it on K+ Sport, K+PM or online sports channels. Wish you all have fun watching football.

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