Date: Sunday 28th June 2020
Venue: King Power Stadium
Kick-off: 16:00 BST
Most of the country
might have missed it, because despite being a live game it was paid very little
attention, but we pulled off a pretty big result against Man City a few nights
ago. That win has put us within a point of third place in the Premier League,
in fact, breathing right down the necks of today’s FA Cup quarter-final opponents
– or within 1m plus of breathing down their necks anyway.
We led at the break
Thursday night (the half-time break, not the water one), through Pulisic and despite
De Bruyne’s equaliser waking City up and threatening to stamp out any
confidence we might play with, it was only Fernandino’s hand that stopped us
taking the lead again. One red card later, Willian’s penalty rectified that
situation, and BT Sport got back to focusing on Liverpool and their supporters for
the rest of the evening.
Leicester haven’t had the same sort of return from their games since the restart and only managed a draw against Brighton on Tuesday, they’ve also gone out at the quarter-final stage in their past two ties against Chelsea.
Let’s hope it’s not
third time lucky for the Foxes.
MANAGER’S VIEWS
Going
into today’s game, Leicester Manager Brendan Rodgers, says “I obviously
know Frank very well and his coaching staff and they’ve done an excellent job
there. I think that they’ve got very good players. Chelsea is a club that is
set up now and has been for the last 15 years or so, to challenge at the very
highest level of a prize in European football, not just in the English game. So,
there is an expectancy there for them to do that. So, they’ve got really
talented players. Frank’s been the perfect manager for them to go in there and,
connect the supporters with the players. And he’s also managed that very, very
well. It’s a tough game for us.”
Chelsea manager
Frank Lampard, meanwhile, even before our win against City was saying “I think Leicester have been fantastic this season, we know
that. Leicester are one place above us. We set our sights there. Every
game is an opportunity to see the growth of the team, and what a game brings
you never know going into it.”
SQUAD NEWS
For Leicester, Daniel Amartey (ankle) and Ricardo Pereira (Achilles) are out
but Dennis Praet is available again.
For Chelsea, Fikayo Tomori and Callum
Hudson-Odoi both remain out but Jorginho could feature.
TEAMS
LEICESTER (Possible line-up): Schmeichel;
Justin, Evans, Morgan, Fuchs; Perez, Choudhury, Tielemans, Praet, Barnes;
Iheanacho
CHELSEA (Possible
line-up): Caballero; Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger, Alonso; Gilmour, Jorginho,
Kovacic; Loftus-Cheek, Abraham, Pedro
LAST MEETING
Leicester 2-2 Chelsea (1st Feb 2020 – PL)
CURRENT FORM (ALL)
LEICESTER: LLWWDD
CHELSEA: LDWWWW
OTHER STUFF
- Leicester are without a win
in eight previous FA Cup matches against Chelsea
- Leicester have been
eliminated from all 10 domestic cup ties against Chelsea (four League Cup,
six FA Cup)
- Chelsea have lost only two
of their past 20 games against Leicester in all competitions
- Leicester are looking to
reach the FA Cup semi-final for the first time since the 1981-82 campaign
- This is Chelsea’s 18th FA
Cup quarter-final in the Premier League era
- Chelsea have progressed from
six of their past seven quarter-finals
PREDICTION
BBC Sport: Leicester 1-2 Chelsea
90min.com: Leicester 1-2 Chelsea
Sportsmole: Leicester 0-1 Chelsea
