{"id":58014,"date":"2022-08-27T13:20:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T13:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/chelsea-vs-leicester-city-premier-league-preview-team-news-how-to-watch\/"},"modified":"2022-08-27T13:20:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T13:20:56","slug":"chelsea-vs-leicester-city-premier-league-preview-team-news-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/chelsea-vs-leicester-city-premier-league-preview-team-news-how-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea vs.  Leicester City, Premier League: Preview, team news, how to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"R3CChU\">The footballing diarrhea that we witnessed last weekend will hopefully have exited our system for good and with appropriately violent force \u2014 sorry, been dealing with a bit of gastroenteritis (I think?) here today \u2014 and now we can get on the steady road to recovery .  Maybe some bland foods.  Lots of fluids of course.  But no rest!<\/p>\n<p id=\"0jDOKD\">No, we definitely cannot afford any form of rest, as the schedule picks up in frequency now.  Another game will follow on Tuesday and twice-weekly fixtures will be the norm until the start of the World Cup in November (save for a two-week international break at the end of September).<\/p>\n<p id=\"Yhuesd\">Leicester City are of course in just as dire need of a win as we are, and they have the narrative force on their side as well \u2014 though neither team will have Wesley Fofana on their side for this one.<\/p>\n<p id=\"K9YIdX\"><strong>Date \/ Time: <\/strong>Saturday, August 27, 2022, 15.00 BST;  10am EDT;  7:30pm IST<br \/><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Stamford Bridge<br \/><strong>Referee: <\/strong>Paul Tierney (ten pitches);  Andr\u00e9 Marriner (VAR)<br \/><strong>Forecast: <\/strong>Overcast but warm<\/p>\n<p id=\"l6xGiE\"><strong>Ten TVs:<\/strong> none (UK);  none (USA);  Star Sports Select HD2 (India);  NTA Sport 24 (NGA);  elsewhere<br \/><strong>Streaming: <\/strong>none (UK);  Peacock (USA);  Hotstar (India);  SuperSport GOtv (NGA)<\/p>\n<p id=\"7wqPO9\"><strong>Chelsea team news:<\/strong> Chelsea have gone a whole week without signing anyone, and while there are several in the pipeline for the remaining handful of days in the transfer window, we come into this game with a slightly smaller squad than we&#8217;ve become used to.  Fortunately, everyone (including Mateo Kova\u010di\u0107) should be available for at least some bench duty other than N&#8217;Golo Kant\u00e9 \u2014 though he&#8217;s obviously a big loss.<\/p>\n<p id=\"SRNSD0\">Thomas Tuchel has hinted at potential tactical tweaks after the debacle at Elland Road, but he seems unlikely to throw his tactical baby out with the bathwater, or something.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n  <span class=\"e-image__inner\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"e-image__image \" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/23974660\/1240470370.jpg\"><\/p>\n<picture class=\"c-picture\" data-cid=\"site\/picture_element-1661606022_3845_332641\" data-cdata=\"{\" asset_id=\"\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/vEbpCYxV_bMq0XyxgGeDPkeB38c=\/0x0:4330x2835\/320x0\/filters:focal(0x0:4330x2835):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/23974660\/1240470370.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/lTtoWRl2WDnw2YCUOk9vo03Hjfw=\/0x0:4330x2835\/520x0\/filters:focal(0x0:4330x2835):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/23974660\/1240470370.jpg 520w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/vmcb3U_Fok1cRRHIE18Jb_W6wLI=\/0x0:4330x2835\/720x0\/filters:focal(0x0:4330x2835):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/23974660\/1240470370.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/T2kiXY95m6keENjtMWh9FP73P1s=\/0x0:4330x2835\/920x0\/filters:focal(0x0:4330x2835):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/23974660\/1240470370.jpg 920w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/OPBRxyRzHIIKS5G_q22t4DFyRnE=\/0x0:4330x2835\/1120x0\/filters:focal(0x0:4330x2835):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/23974660\/1240470370.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/dO3mI8hYsZ5M7c_vZ_vhT59x-J0=\/0x0:4330x2835\/1320x0\/filters:focal(0x0:4330x2835):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/23974660\/1240470370.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/iLdeNyEGv3VoUfA7R_t54ZF_J9Q=\/0x0:4330x2835\/1520x0\/filters:focal(0x0:4330x2835):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/23974660\/1240470370.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/EzI886vY9gM07S-1EHFcaGdiN74=\/0x0:4330x2835\/1720x0\/filters:focal(0x0:4330x2835):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/23974660\/1240470370.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/01H1mcTJwwG8eqTxH51q82BWkjE=\/0x0:4330x2835\/1920x0\/filters:focal(0x0:4330x2835):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/23974660\/1240470370.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1221px) 846px, (min-width: 880px) calc(100vw - 334px), 100vw\" type=\"image\/webp\"><\/p>\n<p><\/source><\/picture>\n<p>    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"e-image__meta\"><\/p>\n<p>        <cite>Photo by Fabrizio Corradetti\/PA Images via Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>    <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"WljQ2W\"><strong>Leicester City team news:<\/strong> Former Chelsea defender Ryan Bertrand has been ruled out indefinitely with a knee problem.  Future Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana has been ruled out until the end of his Foxes career, which should be this weekend.  Ricardo Pereira&#8217;s also out, while James Maddison faces a late fitness test (and also a Newcastle test?).<\/p>\n<p id=\"8xtijb\">Leicester squeaked out a first win of the season midweek in the League Cup, needing penalties to advance past the team third from the bottom (89th of 92) in the English Football League pyramid.  on opening day, they gave up a two-goal lead in the last 30 minutes to draw;  last weekend, they gave a one-goal lead in the last 30 minutes to lose.  In between, they got hammered by Premier League champions Arsenal (wait, they don&#8217;t give out the trophy after three games?!).<\/p>\n<p id=\"QrRSzx\">Underestimating them would be of course a mistake, even if they&#8217;ve yet to make a notable signing this summer \u2014 Danny Ward has stepped in to take over from Kasper Schmeichel, who&#8217;s joined Nice;  Alex Smithies joined as a new backup from Cardiff City.<\/p>\n<p id=\"K0hNPu\"><strong>View from the enemy:<\/strong> The Fosse Posse<\/p>\n<p id=\"jkoPmV\"><strong>Previously: <\/strong>Chelsea had to settle for a 1-1 draw at the Bridge back in May in the penultimate game of the season.  Marcos Alonso scored to cancel out Maddison&#8217;s early goal.  In the reverse fixture, Chelsea won easily, 3-0 at the King Power.<\/p>\n<div id=\"W6QKbm\">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chelsea vs Leicester City | All The Games | 21\/22 Season\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/97Y4C03wtQ8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The footballing diarrhea that we witnessed last weekend will hopefully have exited our system for good and with appropriately violent force \u2014 sorry, been dealing with a bit of gastroenteritis (I think?) here today \u2014 and now we can get on the steady road to recovery . Maybe some bland foods. Lots of fluids of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/chelsea-vs-leicester-city-premier-league-preview-team-news-how-to-watch\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chelsea vs.  Leicester City, Premier League: Preview, team news, how to watch<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50250,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wesley-fofana-asks-to-be-left-out-of-leicester-squad-amid-chelsea-interest\/","url_meta":{"origin":58014,"position":0},"title":"Wesley Fofana asks to be left out of Leicester squad amid Chelsea interest","date":"August 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers is set to leave Wesley Fofana out of his matchday squad to face Southampton on Saturday with the defender asking not to be involved. 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