EPL: Leicester City v Chelsea preview

Leicester City v Chelsea preview

Leicester and Chelsea are the two most recent winners of the Premier League and they are set to meet at the King Power on Saturday.

Leicester were crowned shock champions in 2016, but they could only finish 12th in the standings last term, while they have lost two of their opening three league matches this season.

However, those defeats have come away against Arsenal and Manchester United, while they won their only home match of the campaign 2-0 against Brighton.

Craig Shakespeare's men have only won one of their last 13 meetings with Chelsea in league and cup, while they are likely to come against former player Danny Drinkwater on Saturday, as he was sold to the West London outfit on deadline day.

The Foxes did manage to hold on to Riyad Mahrez during the transfer window and he could feature, although Adrien Silva's proposed transfer from Sporting Lisbon remains up in the air.

Robert Huth and Kelechi Iheanacho are available for selection, while new signing Aleksandar Dragovic could also feature in the squad following his loan arrival from Bayer Leverkusen.

Chelsea will head into the match having bounced back from their shock opening day defeat to Burnley with back-to-back wins against Tottenham and Everton.

The Blues also won all three meetings with Leicester last season, scoring ten goals in the process, while the signing of Drinkwater and fellow deadline day arrival Davide Zappacosta will certainly boost their cause.

Those two players are likely to start on the bench at the King Power, as is Eden Hazard, who made his return from a broken ankle during the international break with Belgium.

Gary Cahill will not feature, however, as he will serve the final game of his suspension for being sent off against Burnley on the opening day.