Chelsea vs Leicester City

Leicester City news from LeicestershireLive as Brendan Rodgers' side take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League.

Thomas Tuchel will serve his one-match touchline ban during the game and will watch from the stands. Thomas Tuchel's men did win their opening match of the season, 1-0 at Everton, while conceding a late equaliser in a 2-2 draw with Tottenham in their previous home fixture. Chelsea target Wesley Fofana will continue to sit out for Leicester. [Brendan Rodgers](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/all-about/brendan-rodgers)' side are still looking for their first league win of the season. When Stockport fans started singing ‘You’re getting sacked in the morning’ in Rodgers’ direction, some City supporters joined in. Now focus turns back to the league.

There is, however, some positive news for Chelsea supporters. The club are supposedly close to agreeing a deal with their opponents this weekend for defender ...

Leicester's Fofana is not expected to be in contention for this game as he has his head set on a move to their opponents, while Tielemans could face the same fate as he continues to be linked with a departure. The East Midlands club have yet to bring in a single outfield player this summer and could face a mass exodus of their key men in the final week of the window, with the likes of Fofana, Youri Tielemans and This game will not be televised in the UK due to the 3pm fixture broadcast blackout. [Jesse Marsch’s side ran out 3-0 winners in Yorkshire.](https://www.sportbible.com/chelsea) [Thomas Tuchel’s](https://www.sportbible.com/thomas-tuchel) side have faced with huge amounts of criticism since the game, with many lamenting their lack of creativity as they continue to struggle without a natural striker. [Chelsea](https://www.sportbible.com/chelsea) host [Leicester City](https://www.sportbible.com/leicester-city) at Stamford Bridge this afternoon as they look to bounce back from last week’s dismal display against Leeds at Elland Road. [Brendan Rodgers’](https://www.sportbible.com/brendan-rodgers) side have lost their last two Premier League games and are yet to pick up three points this season.

Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea are aiming for an immediate return to winning ways this weekend when they face Brendan Rodgers' Leicester, who are yet to pick up ...

Amazon's 20 live Premier League games will return in the 2022/23 season. Only Harvey Barnes kept his place in the side for the penalty shoot-out victory over their League Two opponents on Tuesday, so 10 changes are expected to be made again. [Betfred ](https://bfpartners.click/o/1uTLBh?site_id=104961)is offering new customers £60 worth of bonuses when you sign up and bet £10 on ANY football match! They also have exclusivity of all UEFA competitions including the Champions League, Europa League, and Europa Conference League. Summer signing Kalidou Koulibaly (suspended) will sit this one out after picking up two bookings in that 3-0 defeat to Leeds, while N’Golo Kante is also ruled out. Sky Sports retain the rights to the bulk of those fixtures with 128 live matches. They also own rights to the Carabao Cup and several international matches. BT Sport hold the rights to 52 live Premier League games. Neither side could find a winner in the second half, meaning the points were shared in this rearranged fixture. [BBC](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/bbc) One, which is also available to stream via BBC [iPlayer](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/iplayer) and the BBC iPlayer app. [Chelsea](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/chelsea-fc) vs [Leicester](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/leicester-city-fc) will kick-off at 3pm on Saturday, August 27 at Stamford Bridge. [Premier League](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/premier-league).

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.

The head coach was fined £35,000 and hit with a one-match touchline ban over his clash with Antonio Conte in the recent derby encounter with Tottenham.

“In future, you will just a hear a no comment from me on referees. We make that order to reflect the lack of merit in the appeal.” But I can accept if I get a red card that there is a touchline ban. And we both got a red card. Tuchel was also ordered to pay the £1,600 costs of the appeal board and the £100 appeal fee. “Finally, we order the appellant to pay the costs of the Appeal Board in the sum of £1,600 and the £100 appeal fee.

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.

There is a first start of the season for Trevoh Chalobah as Chelsea host Leicester City in the Premier League this afternoon.

The young defender is expected to play in the back three alongside Reece James and Thiago Silva, with Edouard Mendy retained in goal. The referee is Paul Tierney and the VAR is Andre Marriner. The defender is the one change from last weekend’s defeat at Leeds United, replacing the suspended Kalidou Kouliably at the back.

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.

Latest Leicester City news from LeicestershireLive brings how to watch the Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge on this afternoon.

[Jordan Blackwell](https://twitter.com/jrdnblackwell/) will be at Stamford Bridge to bring you live build-up, updates, reaction and analysis. [City](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/all-about/leicester-city-fc) go into the game looking for their first win of the Premier League season, having suffered defeats to Arsenal and Southampton while drawing at home to Brentford. [Wesley Fofana to Chelsea: Leicester City 'agree' transfer fee, replacement, and who said what](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/wesley-fofana-chelsea-transfer-leicester-7517461) [Fresh Wesley Fofana transfer update emerges hours before Chelsea vs Leicester City](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-chelsea-fofana-transfer-agreement-7517425) [Brendan Rodgers responds to sack chants from Leicester City fans](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-city-rodgers-stockport-boos-7517073) [How Leicester City will spend the Wesley Fofana money in transfer dash before deadline](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/fofana-transfer-chelsea-leicester-akanji-7516997) [Leicester City hoping for Youri Tielemans clarity amid Arsenal transfer talk](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/tielemans-transfer-arsenal-leicester-rodgers-7516585) Fans in the United States will be able to watch the match on Peacock. Unfortunately, the match will not be shown live on TV in the UK as it falls within the regular 3pm Saturday blackout slot. [comments section](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/article7517709.ece?token=-1205304062&previewAll=true#comments-wrapper)

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);

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 ...

"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.

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.

Sterling's double condemns Leicester to another defeat as the pressure mounts on Brendan Rodgers. Soccer Football - Premier League - Chelsea v Leicester ...

Allowed Sterling to dance in front of him for the opener Grew into the game but also guilty of some poor touches, scuppering a chance with a foul on Justin Raheem Sterling 8 – A hugely important couple of goals for his Chelsea career, not least because they were such different finishes. Recovered from a nasty collision with Mendy at the interval to assist Sterling’s goal From that vantage point, he likely won’t have spotted Kai Havertz’s marginal offside in the build-up to Chelsea believing they had won a penalty when Ruben Loftus-Cheek was bundled over in an arm wrestle with Youri Tielemans. Reece James 7.5 – Coped with the threat of James Justin and came close to scoring with a shot that ricocheted off the outside of the post, before assisting Sterling’s second