Leicester vs Chelsea: League leaders resume action against Foxes

Leicester vs Chelsea: League leaders resume action against Foxes - November 20

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League leaders Chelsea will resume their Premier League campaign with an away clash against Leicester on Saturday, November 20th.

Preview: Leicester vs Chelsea

Currently on top of the table by a three point advantage, Chelsea will hope to temporarily extend that gap to six points when the Blues travel to face Leicester on Saturday afternoon. Thomas Tuchel's men have had an excellent start to their Premier League campaign and will be looking to get back to winning ways following their surprise 1-1 draw with Burnley in their last match prior to the international pause. The draw with Sean Dyche's side ended a seven game winning streak for Chelsea across all comps, but that won't matter much if they can get the job done against Brendan Rodgers's side this weekend.

Next up for Chelsea will be a crunch clash against Juventus, who are the only team who've beaten the reigning Champions League winners so far in this season's tournament. Depending on how things pan out, the Blues could snatch top spot from the Bianconeri should they win next week; so far, the Italian side have picked up a perfect four wins from four ties, despite their own struggles in Serie A.

Leicester, for their part, have really struggled this season, and come into this tie sitting in a very disappointing 12th spot. The Foxes have failed to win their last two Premier League games and had to settle for a draw with Leeds United last time out. Leicester have also struggled to really assert themselves in their Europa League campaign, where they've won just one of their four group stage games.

However, given how congested things are in their quartet, they're not out of contention for a top two berth just yet - so they, like Chelsea, will be hoping to get a positive result here in order to use that as a springboard for their European campaign, which resumes next week. Of major concern is Leicester's leaky back-line - they've shipped 18 goals so far, a stark contrast to the measly four Chelsea have given up in the same period of time.

Team news: Leicester vs Chelsea

Leicester: The hosts have been dealt a huge blow due to an injury to key man Youri Tielemans while he was on international duty; Tielemans is now set to miss the next couple of weeks with a calf injury. Meanwhile, while both Wesley Fofana and James Justin remain on the treatment table, both Marc Albrighton and Ryan Bertrand are making positive progress in their respective recoveries.

Chelsea: Chelsea have been given a major boost with the return of American star Christian Pulisic, who was back in action for the USMNT over the international hiatus. In addition, both Romelu Lukaku and Mason Mount have returned to training but Lukaku isn't likely to be passed fit in time for this upcoming tie. Meanwhile, Mateo Kovacic remains out, while Marcos Alonso has also returned to training and Timo Werner, who continues to struggle to reach the same heights he did at RB Leipzig, looks likely to miss this game.

Match facts: Leicester vs Chelsea

Leicester City are unbeaten in their last three home Premier League matches against Chelsea (W1 D2)
However, the Blues have only lost three of their last 18 Premier League games against Leicester (W10 D5)...
...and the Foxes have lost 14 of their last 16 Premier League games against the current league leaders (D2)
Their last success was back in January 1998, when they beat Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford
Chelsea have won their last three away games sans conceding a goal, and will be hoping to make it four in a row for the first time since December 2008