Chelsea v Leicester live stream: Blues target Wesley Fofana out amid transfer speculation as visitors seek first win – kick-off time, team news and how to follow

Chelsea host Leicester in the Premier League today as both clubs look to get their seasons going.

The Blues have only won one league game so far, while the Foxes have picked up just a point from their first three matches.

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Chelsea have spent a huge amount in the transfer window, but they aren't done yet and have ongoing negotiations for Wesley Fofana, Anthony Gordon and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Fofana will miss the game at Stamford Bridge after the Blues had a third offer for the centre-back rejected.

The Frenchman is currently training with Leicester's Under-21s as he pushes for a move to Chelsea.

But on the pitch, both teams need a win from this to put a bad opening spell behind them.

Chelsea v Leicester: Date and how to follow

This Premier League clash will take place on Saturday, August 27.

Kick-off at Stamford Bridge is at 3pm.

Unfortunately, this fixture will not be televised on UK screens due to the 3pm blackout in English football.

Highlights will be available on the Sky Sports website and app shortly after the end of the match and then later on Match of the Day.

talkSPORT will have updates from west London as part of GameDay Live from 3pm.

Adrian Durham will take you through all the goals from the Premier League, EFL and beyond, including Chelsea v Leicester.

marvelbet369.com will also be on hand for all the best post-match reaction.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

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Chelsea v Leicester: Team news

Chelsea: Mendy, James, Silva, Chalobah, Loftus-Cheek, Cucurella, Jorginho, Gallagher, Mount, Havertz, Sterling

Subs: Arrizabalaga, Kovacic, Pulisic, Broja, Hudson-Odoi, Chilwell, Ziyech, Azpilicueta, Ampadu

Leicester: Ward, Castagne, Amartey, Evans, Justin, Soumare, Praet, Tielemans, Dewsbury-Hall, Barnes, Vardy

Subs: Soyuncu, Albrighton, Iheanacho, Perez, Daka, Mendy, Ndidi, Iversen, Thomas

Referee: Paul Tierney

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Chelsea v Leicester: What has been said?

Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers on Fofana: “An offer has gone in and has been rejected.

“That will be the club’s decision. It’s ultimately over my head, when he goes, what the valuation is, and whether the clubs can find an agreement.

“He’s not training with the first team. He’s training with the Under-21s so he can get his football fitness and keep working. It’s so important at this stage to control any sort of distractions that may be there.

"I can only pick players who give that full commitment to play for the first team. If not, he trains with the Under-21s.

“He’s a good kid, Wesley, it’s just been a real challenging situation for him. I’ve had it a number of times in my career where players can cope with it and get on and want to help their team-mates.

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"There are others that can’t deal with the distraction. That distracts them, it’s not quite right, and then they miss a training session."

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Chelsea v Leicester: Match facts

• Chelsea have won two of their last three Premier League games against Leicester (D1), after a six-game winless run against the Foxes (D4 L2).
• Leicester have won just one of their last 10 Premier League away games against Chelsea (D4 L5), with the Foxes not scoring more than once in any of these 10 meetings.
• Chelsea will go into this match in the bottom half of the Premier League, the first time they’ll do so for a league game since September 2020 vs West Brom (drew 3-3). Excluding games played on MD1, the Blues have lost none of their last 20 games when starting in the bottom half (W11 D9) since a 2-1 defeat to Leicester City in December 2015 in José Mourinho’s last match in charge.
• Leicester City have won just two of their last 15 Premier League away games (D5 L8) and have kept just one clean sheet in their last 27 on the road. Their two victories in the former run came against Burnley and Watford, both of whom were relegated at the end of the campaign.
• Thomas Tuchel has been in charge of 60 Premier League games as Chelsea manager. The Blues have conceded 34 goals in the most recent 30 of those – twice as many as they did in the German’s first 30 league matches in charge (17). Chelsea are yet to lose back-to-back Premier League fixtures under Tuchel, something they will look to avoid against Leicester after losing 3-0 to Leeds last time out.
• Leicester are looking to avoid failing to pick up a win in any of their opening four games of a league season for the first time since 2010-11 in the Championship (first five), while they last did so in the Premier League in 2003-04 (first four).
• Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers has faced Chelsea more times in his managerial career than any other opponent (20). However, the Northern Irishman has won just two of those 20 meetings (10%), his lowest win rate against any club he has faced more than twice as a manager in all competitions.
• Against Leeds, Chelsea defender Kalidou Koulibaly became the first Blues player to be sent off in the Premier League since Reece James last August, also in their third game of the season. Indeed, six of Chelsea’s last nine red cards in the league have been within their opening five games of a season.
• Conor Gallagher made his first Premier League start for Chelsea in their 3-0 defeat to Leeds, making him the second player to start a game for three different teams in the last three seasons (West Brom & Crystal Palace also), along with Jesse Lingard. Gallagher hasn’t scored in any of his last 15 league appearances, attempting 14 efforts at goal without success.
• Leicester’s James Maddison has either scored or assisted in each of his last seven Premier League appearances. The last midfielder to score or assist a goal in more consecutive appearances in the competition was Mesut Özil (eight in December 2015), and the last English midfielder to do so was David Beckham (eight in September 2000).