In this week 18 match on the 19th of January, Leicester City will play host to Chelsea in a Premier League match. 2nd placed Leicester City is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Southampton. James Maddison scored the first goal for Leicester City in the 37th minute, then Harvey Barnes added another in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Youri Tielemans In the end, Southampton couldn’t muster any offence and Leicester City ran away with the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Leicester City should be reasonably happy with their performance, while chelsea is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Fulham. Mason Mount struck first for Chelsea in the 78th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Fulham couldn’t manage to score, and Chelsea took the shutout win. Chelsea is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
Chelsea and Leicester City last played eachother at the King Power Stadium on Sat Mar 21st. Chelsea was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Ross Barkley struck first for Chelsea in the 63rd minute on a feed from Willian, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Leicester City couldn’t muster any offence and Chelsea ran away with the shutout win.
For Chelsea, their top scorers are Callum Hudson-Odoi and Mason Mount, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Leicester City is glad to have Harvey Barnes in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored four goals
Brendan Rodgers’s Leicester City squad will be without James Maddison, Dennis Praet, Ricardo Pereira, Jamie Vardy and Cengiz Ünder, while Hakim Ziyech and Reece James are unavailable to play for Frank Lampard’s team.