Chelsea and Leicester City will clash on Saturday the 27th of August at 3:00 pm in the 4th week of the Premier League. The match will take place in London at the Stamford Bridge. The encounter will be officiated by Paul Tierney.
Chelsea sits in the 12th place in the standings with 4 points. It comes from a 3-0 loss against Leeds United in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won once, drawn once, and lost once.
Leicester City occupies the 19th place in the league with 1 points. It comes from a 1-2 loss against Southampton in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has drawn once and lost twice.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Chelsea
Chelsea has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 3-5-2 and 3-4-2-1 (1 times or 33.33% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Thomas Tuchel is expected to play against Leicester City with the following players: E. Mendy, T. da Silva, C. Azpilicueta Tanco, B. Chilwell, R. James, M. Cucurella, J. Frello Filho, R. Loftus-Cheek, M. Mount, K. Havertz and R. Sterling.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Chelsea would be 27.73.
Thomas Tuchel will probably not be able to employ M. Alonso Mendoza, M. Kovačić and A. Broja because of injury.
N. Kanté will definitely miss the match.
Thomas Tuchel will not be able to have the presence of K. Koulibaly who is suspended.
Leicester City
Leicester City has mostly adopted the 3-5-1-1 line-up most used during the season (2 times or 66.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-1-1 (2 times) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Brendan Rodgers is expected to play against Chelsea with the following players: D. Ward, J. Justin, J. Evans, D. Amartey, T. Castagne, O. Ndidi, Y. Tielemans, H. Barnes, K. Dewsbury-Hall and J. Vardy.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Leicester City would be 27.60.
There are doubts about the presence of J. Maddison.
R. Bertrand, W. Fofana and R. Barbosa Pereira will definitely miss the match.
