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title: "Leicester City vs Chelsea – Match preview"
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author: "Sam Tabuteau"
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published: "2016-09-20T10:00:49Z"
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# Leicester City vs Chelsea – Match preview

Chelsea will be looking to put their defeat to Liverpool behind them, as they take on Champions Leicester City at the King Power stadium.

The Blues will be hoping that they can progress into the fourth round of the EFL Cup and build up their confidence ahead of a table-topping trip to Arsenal on Saturday.

In the last round, Chelsea fought off League One side Bristol Rovers, with a tight 3-2 win at Stamford Bridge. Leicester meanwhile have not had to play in the cup thus far, having finished last season as Premier League champions – but following a mixed start to the new season, the Foxes will be looking towards the EFL Cup as a trophy that they can get their hands on.

Belgian striker Michy Batshuayi will be hoping to impress Antonio Conte once again, having scored twice in the previous round – whilst energetic winger Victor Moses will be looking to oust Willian as the preferred right-wing option, with another bright performance.

It’s also yet to be seen whether Cesc Fabregas will be given the opportunity to start against Leicester – following his disputed resignation to the bench, ahead of Serbian midfielder Nemanja Matic.

Leicester will almost certainly put out a strong side for Tuesday night’s encounter, with new signings Islam Slimani – who scored twice on his Premier League debut at the weekend and Ahmed Musa possible contenders to start alongside Jamie Vardy.

Chelsea will still be without John Terry, as he recovers from an ankle injury. Long-term injury concern Kurt Zouma is also out.

For Leicester, they will be missing key players in Kasper Schmeichel and Nampalys Mendy – who are both expected to return at the weekend. Matty James, meanwhile it’s still out with an ankle injury suffered a couple of weeks ago – although a return to action is not yet imminent.