Chelsea v Leicester City

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11 Jan 2018
Jamie Vardy, Leicester City
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Chelsea are only without January signing Ross Barkley, who is working towards full fitness and could play in the FA Cup third round replay with Norwich City next week.

Leicester City have Jamie Vardy available after a groin injury, but Wes Morgan and Danny Simpson (both thigh) remain unavailable.

Did you know?

Chelsea have lost only one of their last 11 meetings with Leicester City in the Premier League (W9 D1 L1).

Antonio Conte has won 25 of his opening 30 home PL matches; no manager in the competition has won more of their first 30.

Leicester City have both scored and conceded in 14 of their 22 PL matches this season, more than any other side.

Jamie Vardy has scored more PL goals against "big six" opposition than any other player (22 goals in 41 appearances) since August 2014.

What the managers say 

Antonio Conte: "We have to face the worst team for us in this moment. Leicester are a really good team. They are in really good form. It will very, very difficult for us to win the game."

See: Conte on Barkley fitness

Claude Puel: “We know Chelsea are the champions and they play at home. They have a lot of solutions, players with quality, but we can cause them problems because we have great players also.”

See: Puel on Vardy and Simpson

Referee: Mike Jones
Assistants: Simon Beck, Mark Scholes
Fourth official: Lee Mason

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