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Leicester City vs Chelsea. Premier League.

The King Power StadiumAttendance32,186.

Leicester City 2

  • H Barnes (54th minute)
  • B Chilwell (64th minute)

Chelsea 2

  • A Rüdiger (46th minute, 71st minute)

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Jamie Vardy
Image: Jamie Vardy is in line to start

Team news, key stats and ways to follow ahead of Leicester vs Chelsea on Saturday (kick-off 12.30pm).

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A look ahead to a busy weekend of Premier League action, where Manchester City take on Tottenham and Manchester United host Wolves

Team news

Leicester striker Jamie Vardy is set to return to the starting line-up for Saturday's Premier League clash with Chelsea at the King Power Stadium.

After sustaining a glute injury in last week's 4-1 home win over West Ham, Vardy started on the bench for Tuesday's Carabao Cup semi-final second leg defeat at Aston Villa, in which he came on as a 56th-minute sub. He has since trained with no ill effects.

Brendan Rodgers goes into the game without Nampalys Mendy (knee) and Wes Morgan (illness).

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FREE TO WATCH: Highlights from Leicester's win against West Ham in the Premier League

Tammy Abraham faces a late fitness test for Chelsea.

The England forward hobbled out of Chelsea's 2-2 league draw with Arsenal at Stamford Bridge, then missed the FA Cup victory at Hull, but he trained on Friday and could yet be fit to feature.

Tammy Abraham is fouled by David Luiz leading to a red card for the Arsenal defender
Image: Tammy Abraham could return from injury

How to follow

Follow the match in our dedicated live blog, with highlights published on the Sky Sports digital platforms and the Sky Sports Football YouTube channel from 5.15pm.

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  • Leicester City are unbeaten in their last four Premier League games against Chelsea (W1 D3), their best run since a run of five without defeat between April 1999 and February 2001.
  • Chelsea have won five of their last seven Premier League away matches against Leicester (D1 L1), with their only defeat in this run coming during Leicester's title-winning season in December 2015.
  • No team has won more away Premier League games against Leicester at the King Power Stadium than Chelsea (4, level with Liverpool and Spurs).
  • The home team has won none of the last six Premier League meetings between Leicester and Chelsea (D3 L3), with the last home win coming in October 2016 when Chelsea won 3-0 at Stamford Bridge.
  • Leicester have lost two of their last three Premier League home games, though they did win 4-1 against West Ham last time out. The Foxes had lost just one of their previous 15 at the King Power Stadium (W11 D3).
  • From their first six away league games this season, Chelsea won 15 of a possible 18 points (W5 D0 L1), scoring 18 goals in this run. In their last six on the road, they've won 7/18 points (W2 D1 L3), while netting just seven goals.
  • This will be Chelsea's 12th consecutive Premier League matchday starting the day fourth, the longest run in that position since Spurs started 23 consecutive games fourth between December 2005 and May 2006, ending the season fifth after losing 1-2 to West Ham on the final day.
  • Leicester's Brendan Rodgers has faced Chelsea 13 times in his managerial career; no side has he faced more. However, he is winless in all 13 of his meetings with the Blues (D7 L6), only losing more often against Manchester United (9).
  • Leicester's Harvey Barnes has scored in consecutive Premier League matches, having scored in just two of his first 39 appearances in the competition. He's never scored in three consecutive league matches within the top four tiers of English football.
  • Chelsea midfielder Jorginho has a 100% record from the penalty spot for the Blues in the Premier League, scoring four out of four. Since the start of last season, 27% of his touches in the opposition box have been penalties (4 of 15).

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FREE TO WATCH: Highlights from Chelsea's draw with Arsenal in the Premier League

Charlie's prediction

Chelsea are up and down. Is Michy Batshuayi a replacement for Tammy Abraham? No. Could he do a short-term job? Possibly. He is not a link-up player, but more of a penalty-box player and Abraham has more than that. But they have limited options ahead of Deadline Day. Some of the young players have gone slightly off the boil.

Leicester will have had a lot taken out of them over the festive period. They were strong favourites against Aston Villa and failed to make the final. Brendan Rodgers will not like losing cup ties, as he had none of that with Celtic.

Jamie Vardy came on and James Maddison played well, but they do not have balance right. There is a vulnerability at the back for Leicester and they will be questioning themselves. They have more than enough for the top four but both will be more than happy with a point from this one.

CHARLIE PREDICTS: 1-1

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