5 reasons why Chelsea could win against Leicester City tonight | Premier League 2020-21

#3 Chelsea's home record under Thomas Tuchel

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Chelsea have been quite formidable at Stamford Bridge under Thomas Tuchel and will look to build on that against Leicester City today. The Blues have lost just thrice at home since the German coach took over. The first defeat at home came against West Bromwich Albion but Chelsea were reduced to 10-men as early as the 29th minute of that match.

Their second defeat at Stamford Bridge came against Porto in the second-leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final tie. Though they lost the game 1-0, the Blues won the tie 2-1 on aggregate. Their third loss at home came against Arsenal last week and the lone goal that Arsenal scored came from a horrendous Jorginho back pass.

Chelsea fans are set to return to Stamford Bridge for the club's final home game of the season. Only Chelsea fans will be allowed inside the stadium and this will be a huge boost for the team.

🗣"Having the fans back is fantastic." Thomas Tuchel says Chelsea fans returning to Stamford Bridge tomorrow will help them in their goal of finishing in the top 4 pic.twitter.com/jkVB9F7uoF

— Football Daily (@footballdaily) May 17, 2021

#2 Thomas Tuchel will have learned from his mistakes

Chelsea v Leicester City: The Emirates FA Cup Final

Thomas Tuchel made a couple of tweaks to his system in the final against Leicester City. He had Cesar Azpilicueta playing at right wing-back while Reece James played at centre-back. The latter was tasked with curtailing the threat posed by Jamie Vardy but it seriously curbed Chelsea's effectiveness going forward.

While Vardy's pace will worry the likes of Azpilicueta and Thiago Silva, Tuchel could just opt to field Kurt Zouma in the backline and push Reece James out to the wing where he belongs.

Tuchel's cautious approach proved to be counter-productive even though James was effective in defense. He used Marcos Alonso on the left-wing instead of Chilwell and as a result, Chelsea did not have pace on the flanks.

Despite Tuchel making some poor decisions, Leicester City were able to score just a single goal. Today is a great chance for Tuchel to learn from his mistakes and play more to their strengths than to the opposition's.

Ian Wright highlights Thomas Tuchel's 'mistake' vs Leicester.https://t.co/Ydd5rH8uKw

— football.london (@Football_LDN) May 15, 2021

#1 Jamie Vardy's form and Leicester City's over-reliance on Tielemans and Iheanacho

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Jamie Vardy has scored just two goals since the turn of the year. He has scored just two goals in his last 25 appearances and this is perhaps the worst run of form the Englishman has experienced since taking the Premier League by storm five years ago.

James Maddison has been in poor form as well and this has caused Leicester to be over-reliant on the likes of Kelechi Iheanacho and Youri Tielemans. If Chelsea can do a better job of containing Tielemans and they can shut Iheanacho out like they did in the FA Cup final, Leicester City will struggle.