Leicester City will lock horns with Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday night, hoping to pick up a win and lift their first silverware of the season. The Blues will be coming into the match on the back of a disappointing 1-0 loss against eighth-placed Arsenal, whereas the Foxes recorded a 2-1 victory over Manchester United.
The visitors will probably opt for a 5-3-2 formation with a couple of tweaks from their last match as Ricardo Pereira looks likely to make his way back into the starting eleven.
5-3-2 Leicester City Predicted Lineup To Face Chelsea
Defence
Kasper Schmeichel is expected to start in goal for the Foxes. The Danish shot-stopper would hope to put up a strong performance and secure a clean sheet on Saturday.
The FA Cup final might come too soon for Jonny Evans, who has been struggling with a foot injury.
“We’re just going to assess it over the next few days.” – Brendan Rodgers revealed.
“It was just too big a risk for him this evening, he’s still in pain. But he’s very determined to be out there at the weekend for us, so we just have to assess that over the next two or three days.”
As a result, the Irish tactician could choose to field a back five consisting of Timothy Castagne, Caglar Soyuncu, Luke Thomas, Wesley Fofana and Ricardo Pereira as they look to keep things solid at the back on Tuesday.
However, their prime objective will be to keep Timo Werner and Mason Mount quiet throughout the ninety minutes.
Midfield
Youri Tielemans will partner Ndidi at the centre of the park; however, they might be assigned very different roles. The former should take up a more defensive position, shielding the back three, whereas the latter will stay central, dictating play with his ball distribution.
James Maddison will start in the attacking midfield role. The England international would be determined to set up some clear-cut goal scoring chances for the front men.
Nampalys Mendy will have to settle for a place on the bench and might come on in the latter stages of the game if needed.
Attack
Jamie Vardy will lead the charge for the Foxes down the middle. The English striker will fancy his chances of finding the back of the net when he faces off against the Chelsea defence that has kept two clean sheets in their last five matches across all competitions.
Kelechi Iheanacho will take up the secondary striker position. He has been in fine form lately, and he’d to hoping to add to his goal-scoring tally against Tuchel’s side.
