Chelsea vs Leicester City

Chelsea hosts Leicester City on Saturday, here is the complete Premier League betting guide for the weekend's highly contested match.

[Chelsea](https://theprideoflondon.com) to score in both halves at +110 odds. The common money seems to have settled on the usual, though, as the odds are set closest to even at 2.5 goals with -160 on the over and +130 on the under. The both teams to score prop (-120 odds) is looking pretty good to me for this reason. Numerous outlets are reporting that Chelsea has struck a deal with the Foxes for [defender Wesley Fofana](https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1563243772107821057?s=20&t=hNqYuUbxfUr2dTD9fHah0Q), a transfer that has been churning in the rumor mill since the window opened. [last weekend’s defeat at Leeds United](https://theprideoflondon.com/2022/08/22/leeds-united-3-0-chelsea-player-ratings-away-day-disaster/). [Leicester City](https://foxesofleicester.com) have already been written off the pitch.

Chelsea host Leicester City on Saturday and The Sporting News will be at Stamford Bridge to bring you live updates throughout the afternoon.

— Chelsea play host to Leicester at Stamford Bridge in London, UK. We'll also be on Wesley Fofana watch in case he's managed to make it here. 90 mins from kickoff: The big team news decision for Tuchel will see a reshuffle at the back following Kalidou Koulibaly's red card against Leeds. “In future, you will just a hear a no comment from me on referees. “The one side is that I got a red card and I behaved in a way that is not appropriate and I regret. There's a VAR check though and it seems Kai Havertz was just offside in the lead up to playing the pass to Loftus-Cheek. The defender is down receiving treatment as a result but looks to be ok to continue. It's not malicious but it was a silly tackle and he's given his marching orders. 34th min: Leicester are enjoying a bit more possession now and win two corners in the space of a minute. 41st min: Chelsea break from Leicester's corner with Loftus-Cheek carrying the ball up the field and playing it to Sterling. 45th min +2: A massive save from Mendy denies Timothy Castagne at the end of the half.

Thomas Tuchel is aiming for his first win at Stamford Bridge this season against a Leicester side who have made a slow start to the season.

Today is his chance to show this and usually we can always rely on him to perform. Last year he came into the side as somewhat of an underdog, the challenger trying to break into the side because nobody knew too much of what he could offer. Leicester have already conceded the most in the Premier League so far with eight goals, only being kept off the bottom by their single point on the opening weekend against Brentford. Thomas Tuchel needs a quick response from his players following last Sunday's horror show at Elland Road, whilst Brendan Rodgers needs to lift the ever souring mood at the King Power amid a challenging summer. The N'Golo Kante derby, no! It's the Wesley Fofana derby, no!

Connor Gallagher kept his place in midfield, with N'Golo Kante still sidelined with hamstring trouble. Dennis Praet, Boubakary Soumare and Youri Tielemans all ...

After the first half had everything but a goal, the second had them in spades! If Leicester were to have scored and equaliser, it would likely have been set up by Tielemams, who provided so much creativity for the Foxes in that second half. He led the way for forward passes in Chelsea's half with 46, whilst winning 77.8 per cent of his duels, more than any other Leicester player. That close-run victory sees Chelsea bounce back from their 3-0 loss to Leeds, with the Blues now sat sixth in the table. Worrying signs for the Foxes, but based on their fight and spirit showed to search for an equaliser, they should be just fine. From then on though, it was all Leicester, with Barnes' superb strike getting them back into the game before they threw everything they had at Chelsea, but just couldn't find an equaliser! Sterling kicked off the scoring almost as soon as the second half kicked off, and doubled Chelsea's lead not long after. Chelsea vs Leicester City Chelsea vs Leicester City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction Follow live coverage as Chelsea face Leicester City in the Premier League today.

Here we go! Chelsea starting lineup (4-3-3) Mendy | Cucurella, Chalobah, Silva, James | Loftus-Cheek, Jorginho (c), Gallagher | Sterling, ...

[Chelsea Twitter account’s graphic](https://twitter.com/ChelseaFC/status/1563511699294273536) seems to suggest. Streaming: none (UK); Peacock (USA); Hotstar (India); SuperSport GOtv (NGA) On TV: none (UK); none (USA); Star Sports Select HD2 (India); NTA Sport 24 (NGA);

Chelsea host Leicester City on Saturday and The Sporting News will be at Stamford Bridge to bring you live updates throughout the afternoon.

“The one side is that I got a red card and I behaved in a way that is not appropriate and I regret. “What is hard to accept is the context, that I don’t think I started the aggression, and that it started earlier. And for a firm handshake at the end of the match one coach is banned, this is very hard to accept – but I have to accept it. There's a VAR check though and it seems Kai Havertz was just offside in the lead up to playing the pass to Loftus-Cheek. 34th min: Leicester are enjoying a bit more possession now and win two corners in the space of a minute. The defender is down receiving treatment as a result but looks to be ok to continue. The defender has been strongly linked with a switch to Chelsea and it seems the clubs have now agreed a fee of around £75m for his transfer. 41st min: Chelsea break from Leicester's corner with Loftus-Cheek carrying the ball up the field and playing it to Sterling. Sterling gets an inch of space on the left side of the box and curls one into the top corner. He runs to the back post unmarked and taps in from two yards out. James with the assist, a lovely cross in between the keeper and the defender to pick out Sterling for his second of the game. 82nd min: Rodgers looks to the floor as another Leicester corner comes to nothing.

Chelsea took all three points off Leicester City in a 2-1 home win after going down to 10 men. Here are the player ratings from today's game.

Came on at halftime and made an impact. Gallagher has failed again to make an impact in this Chelsea squad. A rock at the back despite his age still. Mendy got beat at the near post which he will probably be disappointed about but was there when called upon. Sterling then had two to his name when the winger was at the end of a Reece James cross, doubling Chelsea's lead. Mendy - 6

Raheem Sterling scored his first goals for Chelsea since signing from Manchester City this summer, as Thomas Tuchel's side beat Leicester City 2-1 on Saturday ...

"Youri Tielemans has made a couple of great balls, Jamie [Vardy] his timing was excellent and he would normally put the chances away, but he was getting the chances. [Raheem Sterling](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/156366/Raheem-Sterling) scored his first goals for [Chelsea](/football/team?id=363) since signing from [Manchester City](/football/team?id=382) this summer, as Thomas Tuchel's side beat [Leicester City](/football/team?id=375) 2-1 on Saturday despite being down to 10 players. Leicester remain in 19th place, with one point. "We just started the second half too passively, we weren't aggressive enough. The challenge was a clear yellow card and gave us a huge disadvantage. Speaking on Gallagher's red card, Tuchel added: "You can't make the [second] challenge if you have a yellow card after 20 or 25 minutes.

Match report and highlights as 10-man Chelsea survive a desperate Leicester fightback to win 2-1 at Stamford Bridge; Conor Gallagher sent off in first half ...

"We started well and looked a threat in the game. There's no doubt we should have taken at least a point." "We're disappointed with the goal that was disallowed. Sterling (3pts), Tielemans (2pts), James (1pt) It was a great header." But Sterling had other ideas and came roaring out of the blocks for the second half. [Play Fantasy Premier League and see more stats here.](https://fantasy.premierleague.com/) "It's not purely his fault," said Tuchel. Brendan Rodgers was left to rue the host of chances his team squandered, as well as a Barnes goal that was ruled out in the first half for what looked a soft foul on Mendy. "It's not good enough how we take set pieces and on top of it we give chances away and are sloppy in the coverage, we are bad in decision-making. Despite seeing his team hold on for victory, Tuchel was in no mood to let Gallagher off the hook after the match, saying: "Today he is responsible for what he did and he knows this was a huge mistake. However, Sterling scored both his first and second Chelsea goals to lift the mood at a nervous Stamford Bridge and, while Harvey Barnes quickly hit back for the Foxes, the home side were able to hold on and move back into the top half of the Premier League.

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"Youri Tielemans has made a couple of great balls, Jamie [Vardy] his timing was excellent and he would normally put the chances away, but he was getting the chances. [Raheem Sterling](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/156366/Raheem-Sterling) scored his first goals for [Chelsea](/soccer/team?id=363) since signing from [Manchester City](/soccer/team?id=382) this summer, as Thomas Tuchel's side beat [Leicester City](/soccer/team?id=375) 2-1 on Saturday despite being down to 10 players. Leicester remain in 19th place, with one point. "We just started the second half too passively, we weren't aggressive enough. The challenge was a clear yellow card and gave us a huge disadvantage. Speaking on Gallagher's red card, Tuchel added: "You can't make the [second] challenge if you have a yellow card after 20 or 25 minutes.