Premier League: Chelsea vs Leicester City preview

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August 22nd, 2014
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Chelsea have the chance to add more goals to their impressive start to the season as they will face a second newly-promoted side in the space of five days on Saturday when they host Leicester City at Stamford Bridge. The Blues recorded a 3-1 away victory at Burnley on Monday, fighting back in superb fashion from 1-0 down on 13 minutes. Diego Costa scored on his debut while fellow new signing Cesc Fabregas delivered an impressive performance.

Leicester had a good start as well as they snatched a 2-2 draw at home against Everton, coming back from behind twice. Danny Drinkwater got injured during that match though and he could miss Saturday's match against Chelsea. Marc Albrighton and Jamie Vardy are in doubt while central defender Matthew Upson remains sidelined with a foot injury.

Petr Cech could be on the bench again for Chelsea as Mourinho preferred Thibaut Courtois as his number one on Monday. New signing Filipe Luis might be on the bench again as Cesar Azpilicueta will most likely be the first-choice left back.

Probable starting line-ups:

Chelsea: Courtois - Ivanovic, Terry, Cahill, Azpilicueta - Matic, Fabregas - Schurrle, Oscar, Hazard - Costa

Leicester: Schmeichel - De Laet, Moore, Morgan, Konchesky - Mahrez, Hammond, King, Knockaert - Ulloa, Nugent

My prediction: Chelsea to win 3-0.

Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:

Chelsea win - 1/5 Draw - 13/2 Leicester win - 16/1

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