Chelsea vs Leicester City prediction and betting tips on March 17, 2024
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Game Prediction
There will also be the rounds in the Premier League over the weekend in England. At the same time, the main event will be the quarter-finals in the FA Cup. A couple of them have been shifted to Sunday and the representatives of different divisions, Chelsea and Leicester City, will play against each other a little earlier. Are the hosts really much stronger now? The expert department of the website has made a prediction for the confrontation on March 17, 2024.
Chelsea can still save the season only in this format
“The Blues”, after a forced change of ownership, sharply declined both in the performance and in the results. Still, everyone remembers that they won the Champions League, which is the main continental trophy, in 2021, and they slipped to the bottom of the Premier League table in the previous season. And, what’s even worse, it’s not possible to noticeably improve the performance now – the club is far not only from the quartet of leaders, but even from the European tournament zone. The victory over Newcastle does not improve the situation. The last chance to rehabilitate itself in front of the fans is the play-off confrontations. Speaking about the EFL Cup, the team managed to reach the final, but Liverpool turned out to be better there, scoring the only goal at the end of the extra time. As for the current FA Cup, the team has already overcome Aston Villa and Leeds, but it will obviously be difficult now.
Leicester looks busy with its other main task
“The Foxes” will forever be associated with the sensational championship of Ranieri’s era. Still, even under the leadership of Rodgers, the ambitions were satisfied by entering the European arena and winning the cups... And then there was a disastrous previous season with a rather natural relegation. Maresca came in the summer with the clear goal of returning to the elite division, and the team confidently won the lion’s share of the Championship with him. Still, “the Foxes” failed, losing several matches in a row, at the turn of winter and spring. And only the struggle with Sunderland brought the victory. Then there was only a draw in the confrontation with Hull – 2-2. It is noteworthy that the team beat Bournemouth in the extra time of the away cup game in the midst of the higher mentioned unsuccessful period.
Previous head-to-head matches
“The Blues” allowed “the Foxes” to draw only 1 out of 5 previous matches. For instance, they were stronger twice a cycle ago.
Free prediction for the match Chelsea vs Leicester City on March 17:
“The Pensioners” are considered as the clear favourites of the following battle. Still, they are capable of “conceding out of the blue”, so we bet on “total: over 3.0” (odd: 1.81).