Chelsea v Leicester

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Chelsea will be looking to pick up where they left off last time out in the English top flight when The Blues recorded a resounding 4-0 home win over relegation candidates, Southampton, at Stamford Bridge and Enzo Maresca's side will be keen to produce more of the same on Sunday afternoon.

Leicester City slumped to a fourth defeat on the trot in the Premier League last time out in the top flight action after being handed a 2-0 defeat away from home at West Ham, leaving The Foxes sitting second from bottom in the top flight table and now five points adrift of fourth from bottom club Wolves and safety.

Despite picking up just a meagre three wins from their last 11 matches overall in the domestic top flight, which came by way of victories against Wolves, West Ham and Southampton respectively, Chelsea currently occupy fifth place in the Premier League standings and are just one point behind fourth placed Manchester City.

Chelsea have also slipped to five defeats within these previous 11 league matches with losses incurred at the hands of Fulham, Ipswich Town, Manchester City, Brighton and Aston Villa but it is worth pointing out that four of these recent five defeats were inflicted upon Enzo Maresca's side on their travels.

Results on home soil at Stamford Bridge though have been far more encouraging as The Blues have suffered just one loss in their last 12 home games including picking up seven wins.

Leicester City are now seemingly in free-fall in the English top flight as the east midlands club suffered a fourth league defeat on the trot last time out and having previously slipped to losses at the hands of Everton, Arsenal and Brentford as well, the outlook is looking increasingly bleak for Ruud van Nistelrooij's side.

Although The Foxes registered an unexpected but most welcome 2-1 win in the nation's capital against Tottenham towards the end of January, this has proved to be Leicester City's only highlight in an otherwise barren spell of results in recent times in the English top flight.

Indeed, Leicester City have now slumped to 11 defeats within their last 12 league matches overall, five of which have been handed out to the east midlands visitors on the road with losses incurred at Newcastle United, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Everton and West Ham respectively.

The bigger picture shows Leicester City have managed to muster just two wins from their previous 19 encounters in the domestic top flight along with slipping to no fewer than 15 defeats in the process.

Chelsea v Leicester City Verdict

Chelsea may have had problems of their own in recent times but The Blues should have more than enough in their locker to see off a very poor Leicester City outfit on Sunday.

Therefore, our main bet will be BTTS No @ 1.95

Other side bets worth considering:

Chelsea win & BTTS No @ 2.10

Correct Score: Chelsea 3-0 @ 9.00