Leicester City are in danger of slipping into the Premier League relegation zone this weekend.
The Foxes have picked up just two wins from their opening 11 Premier League fixtures following their return to the top flight.
This leaves Leicester City 15th in the Premier League table and just three points above the relegation zone ahead of their meeting with Chelsea.
Enzo Maresca returns to the King Power Stadium on Saturday and will be looking to get one over on his former side.
The Blues are third in the Premier League right now and are clear favourites for this clash, especially when comparing their excellent attack and Leicester’s leaky defence.
Should Leicester lose, they could end the day sat in the bottom three if results elsewhere don’t go their way.
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Leicester City relegation rival Southampton dealt injury blows
At present, it is Crystal Palace, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Southampton who occupy the bottom three places.
Southampton are 20th but are still only six points off Leicester, meaning they could easily catch them if they put together a decent run of form.
However, the Saints have now been dealt a major double injury blow ahead of the latest gameweek.
Number one goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale and centre-back Jan Bednarek are now set to miss a number of weeks, as confirmed by Russell Martin on Thursday.
He said: “They’ll both be out for this weekend and a number of weeks. Aaron [Ramsdale] has had an operation on his finger, he’ll hopefully be back this side of Christmas.
“Janny B, we spoke really quickly after the game. He was really worried about his knee injury. Thankfully the injury is not as significant as we fear, hopefully a week or two before Aaron.
“They’ve been two of our best players all season.”
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Leicester City must take advantage of Southampton blow
While injuries to any player should never be celebrated, it does present Leicester with a good chance to put some much-needed distance between themselves and a relegation rival.
As Martin suggested, Ramsdale and Bednarek have been very important for Southampton this season and their absences likely mean the Saints will struggle to pick up many, if any, points in the coming weeks.
However, Leicester building up a gap between themselves and Southampton is easier said than done.
Steve Cooper’s men have a rough run of fixtures coming up and have been handed some injury concerns of their own with Abdul Fatawu now out for the season.