This is the first Premier League fixture after the international break. Leaders Chelsea travel to 12th placed Leicester and can go six points clear at the top if winning. Chelsea would have expected a better lead than that but lost a lead at home to Burnley in their last Premier League fixture. They are unbeaten in their eight games and including penalty shoot-outs had won seven in a row before the draw with Burnley. Chelsea are unbeaten away from home in the Premier League this season. Four games have been won with one draw and just a single goal conceded. That was the Mo Salah penalty at Anfield, so Chelsea are yet to concede from open play away from home so far this term.
Leicester City will want to see some improvement after the international break. They are down in the bottom half of the table and five points behind the top four. City trail Chelsea by 11 points and over 90 minutes have gone four games without a win. In the Premier League, only two of their last eight games have been won. They have defensive problems to deal with because the last ten Premier League fixtures have seen them fail to keep a clean sheet. Home form was a problem last season and it's not that great this time around. Only one of the last four home league games has been won and six goals conceded in the last three.