Chelsea v Leicester League Cup Predictions & Betting Odds – 20th September 2016

Blues to bounce back against Foxes

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Chelsea v Leicester Betting Preview – League Cup 20th September

Chelsea will be looking to hit back with a positive response after they suffered their first league loss of the season under Antonio Conte against Liverpool on Friday night. The Blues looked a bit flat in that one and lessons will have to be learned from that. The Blues travel to the King Power on Tuesday night as they turn their attention to the League Cup. This could be a good chance for them to bounce back too with Leicester likely to shuffle their pack because of their new interest in the UEFA Champions League this season. Something will have to give for the Foxes.

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Chelsea v Leicester Betting Tips

A great looking tie in the third round of the League Cup on Tuesday to get stuck into. Chelsea will be looking for far better after a pretty slack performance in their defeat against liverpool on Friday night in the Premier League. Antonio Conte will have to have learned some Premier League lessons from that game. They were terrible at the back, clearly missing John Terry and they lacked that spark going forward in the match as well. Diego Costa still managed to get himself on the scoresheet though and he is in cracking form right now. If he makes the starting eleven for this one, he’s worth a goal scorer punt. But it’s more likely that Michy Batshuayi will get a run out after strangely not coming on the field against Liverpool when the Blues were chasing an equaliser.

Batshuayi was on the scoresheet twice for the Blues in the last round, when Chelsea struggled to put Bristol Rovers away at Stamford Bridge. The Blues got out of that tie against the League One outfit with a 3-2 win only. The Blues only managed a loss and a draw against Leicester in the Premier League last season, the game at the Bridge ending in a 1-1 draw. However, looking at the recent head to head, Chelsea have lost just one of their last ten meetings against the Foxes in all competitions now, so they are strong there. It’s worth having a punt on Both teams to score in the match at 8/13 as that has happened in five of the last six meetings between the two clubs. The last time they met in the League Cup, Chelsea won 4-3 at home and over 2.5 goals in this one is a price of 3/4.

What a week it has been for Leicester who have really kicked into top gear after a slow start to the season. They landed a 3-0 win on the road at Club Brugge in their first ever UEFA Champions League game in midweek and then they showed no sign of a European hangover as they beat Burnley 3-0 at the King Power back in the Premier League on Saturday. Because of their extra involvement in Europe this season though it is more than likely that Ranieri will be shuffling his players around and won’t send out a full strength side in his one. They skipped the last round of the League Cup because of their European involvement. It may be worth looking at the likes of Leo Ulloa or Ahmed Musa in the goalscorer markets for this one.

The Foxes have hit the back of the net in five of their last six meetings with Chelsea across all competitions. They have gone up against Chelsea five times before in the League Cup though and they have won just one of those in a W1 D1 L3 record from that. As correct score options for this League Cup fixture you have a price of 8/1 on a Chelsea 2-1 win while the shortest price on a Leicester win is a 2-1 scoreline at 10/1. There really should be goals in this one, you have Leicester who aren’t likely to be at full strength and a Chelsea defence which doesn’t look capable of a clean sheet at the moment. It could be an exciting night at the King Power.

Chelsea v Leicester Betting Odds

Chelsea 23/20, Leicester 9/4, Draw 12/5

Chelsea v Leicester Predictions

This could be a great fixture. It is just worth running with the Blues on this one. Conte will be demanding more from his players after their loss on the weekend, and Leicester will have to take a break with bigger fish to fry this season. It’s worth looking over 2.5 goals, looking for both teams to score and Chelsea to take the win. This is a genuine shot at silverware for them this season.

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