Chelsea vs Leicester City: Tuchel’s team ride crowd wave to Premier League top four – tactical analysis

Just three days after meeting in the FA Cup final, where Leicester City defeated Chelsea to win their first-ever FA Cup, these two teams faced each other in a pivotal clash in the Premier League. Both these teams are striving to reach the top four and thereby attain a place in next seasons Champions League, with Liverpool waiting to pounce on any lapses and sneak into the top four themselves. Thomas Tuchels side may have considered themselves unlucky to have lost the FA Cup final, given the two big saves made by Kasper Schmeichel towards the end of that match, as well as their disallowed equalizer, and that defeat would have acted as motivation for this rematch to ensure that the Blues did not lose out to the Foxes again. Our tactical analysis of this match will look at both sides tactics and approach to this crucial encounter.

Lineups

Tuchel made a couple of changes to the side that took to Wembley three days ago  Edouard Mendy returned in goal, with Ben Chilwell replacing Marcos Alonso at left-back, and Christian Pulisic coming in for Hakim Ziyech.

Brendan Rodgers was forced to make one alteration, as Marc Albrighton replaced the injured Jonny Evans, with Timothy Castagne moving into the back three. Kelechi Iheanacho was also on the bench despite his stellar goalscoring form, as James Maddison started with Ayoze Perez behind Jamie Vardy instead.

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