Leicester City FC vs. Chelsea FC 1/19/21 - Premier League Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 01/18/2021 at 10:03 AM ET

Leicester City hosts Chelsea on Tuesday in an English Premier League battle between two clubs in the top seven of the top-flight English league table. Leicester City is in third place at 11-2-5 on 35 points with a goal difference of +12. The Foxes defeated Southampton 2-0 in their most recent EPL outing on Saturday. James Maddison scored in the 37th minute and Harvey Barnes added another in stoppage time for Leicester City.

Leicester City has three wins and two draws in its most recent five matches and has scored 11 goals and allowed four over that span. The backline and goalkeeper for Leicester City have two clean sheets in each of their last two matches. Jamie Vardy is the leading goal scorer for Leicester City with 11 and Vardy also is the assists leader with five.

Chelsea is 8-5-5 on 29 points with a goal difference of +12. Chelsea is coming off a 1-0 victory on the road over Fulham on Saturday. Mason Mount scored the only goal of the match for Chelsea in the 78th minute. Chelsea dominated possession throughout the match but struggled to create opportunities as Fulham pulled all of its players back into the box to play defense.

Chelsea has two wins, one draw and two losses over its last five matches played and across that span has scored eight goals and allowed seven. The Chelsea back line and goalkeeper have clean sheets in each of the last two matches. Tammy Abraham is the leading goal scorer for Chelsea with six, while Timo Werner and Ben Chilwell are the leaders in assists with four each.

Over the last five matches played between these two English Premier League clubs,  Leicester City has one win, Chelsea has one win and three have ended in a draw. Both clubs are battling for Champions League play and Leicester City has the advantage sitting in third place while Chelsea is on the outside looking in in seventh place. However, Chelsea defeated Leicester City in the most recent outing in June of last year 1-0 and will do the same on the road again Tuesday with a victory over Leicester City. Final Score Prediction, Chelsea wins 2-1

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