Premier League LIVE: Build-up to Leicester City v Chelsea (12:30 GMT kick-off) plus six other games

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  • After going six games unbeaten 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) and have won their last two visits by an aggregate score of 6-1.

  • Leicester are winless in their last 13 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 those 13 games , an average of 2.7 per

  • Chelsea have won just one of their last seven Premier League games immediately following 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 so far this term away from home.

  • Wilfred Ndidi has had more touches in the opposition box (33) and provided more assists (4) in the Premier League than any other Leicester player this season. His four assists come 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 pair of teammates in the Premier League so far this season (17).

  • Cole Palmer has been directly involved in 10 goals in just five Premier League games against the promoted side for Chelsea (6 goals, 4 assists), averaging a goal or assist every 43 minutes in such matches.

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

  • No player has been directly involved in more goals from 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).