CHELSEA welcome Leicester City to Stamford Bridge on Saturday with both sides desperate to amend torrid results last week.
Thomas Tuchel's side have made something of an underwhelming start to life under new ownership – they have won, drawn and lost one game each.
But after a decent opening day win at Everton, they dominated Spurs and still had to settle for just a point before they crashed to a shock 3-0 crushing at Leeds United last week.
So a win is really imperative if the Blues want to make clear they are back in the running for the title race or at least for the top four.
However, they are facing a Leicester City side who appear to be in turmoil. The King Power Stadium does not look like a happy ship at the moment after a summer of discontent.
They have yet to spend a penny in the transfer market and one point from their opening three matches has led to manager Brendan Rodgers' future being discussed, with last week's loss against Southampton particularly frustrating.
There's an added twist to the game too with Chelsea seeing three bids for Leicester's Wesley Fofana rejected- the last of which was for £70 million and the City player's head seems to have been well and truly turned.
How the bookies view it
Chelsea are heavy odds-on favourites here at a best-priced 5/12 with SBK. Leicester City can be backed at 7/1 with Paddy Power and the draw is 4/1 with bet365.
Recent head to heads
The clubs drew 1-1 at their last meeting in London as can be seen below.
However, Chelsea did win 3-0 at Leicester.
Players to watch
None of Chelsea's strikers have managed a goal yet this season with two defenders and a midfielder having found the net. That surely can't continue though and you would expect Kai Havertz to fancy this game to break that duck. The German is 15/8 to score anytime with bet365.
James Maddison is another player whose future has been speculated about and the former Aberdeen loanee has scored twice already this season. He is 6/1 to make it three at the Bridge with bet365.
Anything else catch the eye?
There are plenty of question marks about Leicester City on and off the pitch and the hosts should be good enough to add to their woes here.
All three of Leicester's games have seen both teams score this season and with Chelsea too short to win, the 2/1 from William Hill on a Chelsea win and both teams to score could be the way to go.
Chelsea have a combined tally of 30 corners after three games, which is some going. Leicester's tally is nine.
They should be able to cover a handicap of four then on the corners count at 23/20 with BetVictor too.
This English Premier League match between Chelsea and Leicester City will be played on Aug 27, 2022 and kick off at 15:00. Check below for our tipsters best Chelsea vs Leicester City prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
