Fresh from claiming the biggest win of his Chelsea career so far, Graham Potter takes his Blues side to the King Power Stadium for Saturday's clash with a confidence-sapped Leicester City. The visitors saw off Borussia Dortmund 2-1 on aggregate in the Champions League last 16 in midweek, while Brendan Rodgers's men went down 1-0 to Southampton last time out. At a ground where they famously put nine past Southampton only three and a half years ago, Leicester were stunted by the Saints at St Mary's, failing to turn 65% possession into anything meaningful as they slumped to another painful defeat.
A solitary Carlos Alcaraz strike in the 35th minute was all that was needed to separate the two sides on the night, condemning the Foxes to a fourth straight defeat - including three Premier League defeats in a row - during their latest discouraging spell of form. As well as witnessing his side fail to find the back of the net or even the target, Rodgers was subjected to chants from the fans calling for his departure, as Leicester languish in 15th in the Premier League table - just two points clear of the drop zone and a further 10 adrift of a top-half spot.
The security of Graham Potter's job has also been a hot topic in the Premier League managerial landscape, but the Englishman has surely got some of the Blues' disgruntled fans back on his side by masterminding a thoroughly-deserved success over Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League. In an all-too familiar sight for Blues supporters, the ball seem destined to not cross the line at Stamford Bridge, but Raheem Sterling's strike and a retaken Kai Havertz penalty saw Chelsea erase a 1-0 deficit from the first leg and book their spot in the quarter-finals. Now basking in the success of back-to-back wins following last week's top-flight triumph over Leeds United, Potter may be starting to vindicate the board's decision to keep him on, but Wesley Fofana's game-winning header against the Whites did little to improve Chelsea's 10th-placed standing in the Premier League table. Chelsea will also have confiedence going into the game having come from a Champions League triumph that saw them qualify to the quarter final stages of the competition.