Chelsea 1-0 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 9 March 2025

Result

Chelsea 1-0 Leicester City

Premier League · Sunday 9 March 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Chelsea 1-0 Leicester City: match report

Chelsea beat Leicester City 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 9 March 2025. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Marc Cucurella of Chelsea in the 60th minute.

Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 5th on 46 points from 27 and Leicester City 19th on 17 points from 27. Chelsea went on to finish that season 4th with 69 points, and Leicester City 18th with 25.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leicester City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to M. Caicedo of Chelsea (8.3), ahead of Marc Cucurella (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Chelsea wins, 4 draws and 1 for Leicester City.

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-L-L-W-L and Leicester City's L-L-L-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Missed penalty · Cole PalmerChelsea
  • 60'Goal · Marc CucurellaChelsea · 1-0
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Josh AcheampongChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 5, draws 4, Leicester City 1.

Team news

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Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)

Robert Sánchez, Wesley Fofana, Tosin Adarabioyo, Levi Colwill, Marc Cucurella, Enzo Fernández, M. Caicedo, Jadon Sancho, Cole Palmer, Christopher Nkunku, Pedro Neto

Leicester City line-up (3-4-2-1)

Mads Hermansen, Wout Felix Lina Faes, Conor Coady, Luke Jonathan Thomas, James Justin, Wilfred Ndidi, Boubakary Soumaré, Victor Kristiansen, Patson Daka, Bilal El Khannouss, Jamie Vardy