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Leicester City vs Chelsea: Premier League – BBC Sport
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Leicester City vs Chelsea: Premier League – BBC Sport

  • After a six-game unbeaten run against Chelsea in the Premier League between 2018 and 2021 (W2 D4), Leicester have now lost four of their last five against the Blues (D1).

  • Chelsea have lost just one of their last seven Premier League away games against Leicester (W4 D2), winning their last two visits by an aggregate score of 6-1.

  • Leicester are winless in their last thirteen Premier League games against teams that start the day in the top four of the table (D3 L10) since a 1-0 win against Liverpool in December 2021. They have conceded 35 goals in these thirteen games , an average of 2.7 per game.

  • Chelsea have won just one of their last seven Premier League games immediately after an international break (D3 L3), beating Bournemouth 1-0 earlier this season.

  • 10 of Chelsea’s 19 Premier League points this season have come in away games (53%). They are one of only four teams to have earned more than 50% of their points away from home so far this season.

  • Wilfred Ndidi has had more touches (33) and provided more assists (4) in the Premier League than any other Leicester player this season. His four assists came from just nine chances created.

  • Chelsea duo Cole Palmer (12 chances created) and Noni Madueke (5) have created more chances for each other than any other team-mate in the Premier League so far this season (17).

  • Cole Palmer has been directly involved in ten goals in just five Premier League appearances against promoted sides for Chelsea (6 goals, 4 assists), averaging a goal or assist every 43 minutes in such matches.

  • Chelsea’s Moisés Caicedo has initiated more open sequences of play that have ended in one shot than any other player in the Premier League this season (18).

  • No player has been directly involved in more goals from loss of possession in the Premier League this season than Chelsea’s Cole Palmer (5 – 2 goals, 3 assists). Meanwhile, only Savinho (12) has created more chances from a carry than Palmer’s teammate Pedro Neto (11).