{"id":652552,"date":"2025-03-08T11:49:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T16:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=652552"},"modified":"2025-03-08T11:49:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T16:49:38","slug":"leicester-predicted-lineup-vs-chelsea-march-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/03\/08\/leicester-predicted-lineup-vs-chelsea-march-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicester Predicted Lineup vs Chelsea for March 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fifth defeat in a row came for Leicester City last time as Graham Potter’s West Ham side cruised to a two-nil victory. This Sunday, March 9, Ruud van Nistelrooy\u2019s side will take on former manager Enzo Maresca. Here is the Leicester predicted lineup to take on the inconsistent Chelsea side at Stamford Bridge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leicester Predicted Lineup vs Chelsea for Premier League Clash<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

How Leicester City Have Lined Up Recently<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Last time out, the Foxes set up in their familiar 4-2-3-1 system, which saw minor changes from the <\/span>last<\/span> few weeks. In between the sticks, Mads Hermansen reprised his role as the Foxes’ shot-stopper. Wout Faes and Jannik Vestergaard made up a centre-back partnership, with the Dane scoring an own goal just before half-time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Victor Kristiansen started off the left of a back four, whilst James Justin returned from injury to complete the defence. Meanwhile, the physical double pivot of Wilfred Ndidi and Boubakary Soumar\u00e9 also started, but the Frenchman was replaced after the hour mark for Harry Winks.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More:<\/span><\/strong> Leicester City Loan Roundup<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Facundo Buonanotte made his first start in weeks against the Hammer, with Bobby Decordova Reid on the opposite flank. Despite starting, Reid didn\u2019t have much <\/span>of an<\/span> impact and was replaced by the direct Stephy Mavididi. In the centre, Bilal El Khannouss continued in the central attacking midfielder role, with Jamie Vardy leading the line in front of him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leicester City\u2019s Recent Form and Tactics<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

After Van Nistelrooy\u2019s side was defeated by late goals against Manchester United and Arsenal, they looked to be on an upward trajectory. However, back-to-back defeats to Brentford and West Ham really highlights this side’s flaws. Now sitting 19th and five points from safety, the Foxes’ relegation looks more and more likely.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A dominant first-half display from the home side saw them two goals to the good and with a staggering 67% in possession. The second half did see a bit more competition, with 50% possession for both sides and Leicester firing eight shots towards the goal. However, Potter’s side was still in cruise control and didn’t offer any clear-cut chances, which is shown by an XG of just 0.29.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>How Leicester City Can Improve for The New Year and Survive Relegation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Under Van Nistelrooy, Leicester are struggling in defence and attack. The loss made it six out of their last seven games in the league without a goal, which is a stark contrast to under Steve Cooper. This lack of quality in both boxes has become synonymous with the side, that looks destined to return to the Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leicester City Injuries to Consider<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

As <\/span>revealed by\u00a0<\/span>the Dutchman<\/span><\/a>, there are<\/span> no new injuries <\/span>to his squad<\/span>. Full-backs Woyo Coulibaly and Ricardo Pereira return from injury and will add competition to James Justin. Abdul Fatawu is now the only injured player in the senior squad having been sidelined since November.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leicester Predicted Lineup vs Chelsea<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

GK: Mads Hermansen<\/span><\/p>\n

RB: James Justin<\/span><\/p>\n

RCB: Wout Faes<\/span><\/p>\n

LCB: Caleb Okoli<\/span><\/p>\n

LB: Victor Kristiansen<\/span><\/p>\n

DM: Harry Winks<\/span><\/p>\n

DM: Wilfred Ndidi<\/span><\/p>\n

RW: Facundo Buonanotte<\/span><\/p>\n

AM: Bilal El Khannouss<\/span><\/p>\n

LW: Stephy Mavididi<\/span><\/p>\n

ST: Jamie Vardy<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A fifth defeat in a row came for Leicester City last time as Graham Potter’s West Ham side cruised to a two-nil victory. This Sunday, March 9, Ruud van Nistelrooy\u2019s side will take on former manager Enzo Maresca. Here is the Leicester predicted lineup to take on the inconsistent Chelsea side at Stamford Bridge. Leicester […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5391,"featured_media":649727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11,15,1831],"tags":[9936],"class_list":["post-652552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-chelsea","category-leicester-city","category-starting-line-up","tag-leicester-city-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652552"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":652588,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652552\/revisions\/652588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}