Leicester City and Chelsea are playing on the English Premier League schedule on Monday and the game is live from King Power Stadium to finish the week. Chelsea is looking to move up the table, while Leicester City will be looking to take the lead back from Arsenal.
Leicester has Nathan Dyer coming back after he could not play against Swansea and the team doesn't have any major names on the injury report. Chelsea is also relatively healthy and they come in after advancing in the Champions League this week. Chelsea won 2-0 against Porto and has looked better in recent weeks, but they are still in the bottom half of the Premier League table. Chelsea has played well against Leicester over the last stretch of league games and the team could use a positive performance on Monday's away from Stamford Bridge.
Jamie Vardy comes in having had a goal or an assist in his past 13 Premier League games and that will put the spotlight on him against Chelsea. Chelsea has only won once in the last six Premier League games and they will be looking to rebound against one of the best teams in the EPL this season. Chelsea has not put up much of a title defense this year, but they have been able to put up four clean sheets over the past five games in all competitions and that could give them some confidence Monday.
The team kept those against Norwich, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Tottenham and Porto and while they recently lost against Bournemouth, manager Jose Mourinho said that the team is starting to gain form. Former manager Claudio Ranieri has been putting Leicester in strong positions this season and the play of Vardy has the team thinking they can stay on top of the league table for the long term this year.
Arsenal has taken the top of the Premier League table for at least one day with a win and they are in ahead of Man City and Leicester. Manchester United is next ahead of Tottenham and Crystal Palace, while Chelsea comes in down at number 16 on the table for the moment. Chelsea is riding high after the win in the Champions League and now the team wants to keep that going in the EPL and put the last loss behind them.
