Chelsea travel to face Leicester City on Wednesday with victory on their minds, knowing that they are just six points away from sealing their first Premier League title since 2010. There is much at stake for the home side as well since they have boosted their chances of surviving in the top flight. Chelsea have won all their last five Premier League games against Leicester. If the Foxes win the match it will be their first five-game winning streak in the top flight since 1964.
The Foxes have done wonders over the last few weeks, they pulled themselves off the bottom of the table and are now sitting one point clear of the relegation zone after picking up four consecutive wins. They are not safe yet though, and snatching at least a point against Chelsea could prove decisive at the end of the season. Leicester boss Nigel Pearson might choose to field a weakened side against Chelsea in order to focus on the matches against lesser opponents.
Chelsea secured a goalless draw at Arsenal last weekend in the last tough test of the season, at least on paper, for the Blues. Jose Mourinho's men have not been playing brilliantly lately but they have kept getting the points, and that's all that matters when you want to win titles. Chelsea need just two more wins to wrap up the title, which means they could celebrate this weekend. The Blues are still without Diego Costa and Loic Remy, so Didier Drogba should lead the attack once again.
Probable line-ups:
Leicester City: Schmeichel - De Laet, Huth, Morgan, Albrighton - King, James, Drinkwater, Konchesky - Wood, Kramaric
Chelsea: Courtois - Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta - Matic, Fabregas, Cuadrado, Willian, Hazard - Drogba
My prediction: Chelsea to win 2-1.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Leicester win - 5.75 Draw - 3.80 Chelsea win - 1.70
rikimartin4444_115925 8 years ago
I watched this match and I noticed a couple of details that are evidence that Mourinho is a top coach. In the first half he played cautiously, drew attention to defense and attack all down to individual attacks. When they conceded a goal at the end of the first half, he changed his tactics. He sent Fabregas closer to the...
I watched this match and I noticed a couple of details that are evidence that Mourinho is a top coach. In the first half he played cautiously, drew attention to defense and attack all down to individual attacks. When they conceded a goal at the end of the first half, he changed his tactics. He sent Fabregas closer to the opponent goal and played offensively. It was worth it to them and they deservedly won. Now they are one victory from the title and I think they deserve this year.
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mdacic 8 years ago
Chelsea is the best team in English Premier league and they play like that. Even if racing for title is almost over they continue to winning and I think that they fully deserve title. After this win they are close to official be first and Jose Mourinho can be satisfied because his first goal of this season was to return...
Chelsea is the best team in English Premier league and they play like that. Even if racing for title is almost over they continue to winning and I think that they fully deserve title. After this win they are close to official be first and Jose Mourinho can be satisfied because his first goal of this season was to return trophy of premier league to Chelsea.
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timidi 8 years ago
Another great game for Chelsea and another great game for John Terry. He scored winning goal and he was great all the match. Now after this win Chelsea need only three more points to celebrate the title and they can do it in next match at home. So I expect big celebration for the weekend for blue side of London.
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sharpe 8 years ago
For my biggest surprise Leicester City is out of the relegation zone, almost in the end of the season. Will be very tough for them to take something from this game but obviously it's not going to be a failure for Chelsea if they didn't win this one but I'm sure that Mourinho won't be letting his players to underestimate...
For my biggest surprise Leicester City is out of the relegation zone, almost in the end of the season. Will be very tough for them to take something from this game but obviously it's not going to be a failure for Chelsea if they didn't win this one but I'm sure that Mourinho won't be letting his players to underestimate the game.
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seculla 8 years ago
If Chelsea beat Leicester City tomorrow they will win the trophy in Premier League. On the other side Leicester City will want to get some points because they will have hard fight to stay in Premier League for the next season. Anyway I'm pretty sure that Chelsea will win without any bigger problem and that they will "raise"...
If Chelsea beat Leicester City tomorrow they will win the trophy in Premier League. On the other side Leicester City will want to get some points because they will have hard fight to stay in Premier League for the next season. Anyway I'm pretty sure that Chelsea will win without any bigger problem and that they will "raise" the trophy tomorrow.
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mdacic 8 years ago
I think that this match is more important for Leicester City than for Chelsea but that doesn't mean that Chelsea don't want to win here. They are so close to title, they need two more wins to be sure on first place and if they won here they could celebrate title in next fixture at home. Leicester is in battle for survival...
I think that this match is more important for Leicester City than for Chelsea but that doesn't mean that Chelsea don't want to win here. They are so close to title, they need two more wins to be sure on first place and if they won here they could celebrate title in next fixture at home. Leicester is in battle for survival but I think that they must looking for some points in some other match because Chelsea is too strong.
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