Wembley awaits and our run-up to the FA Cup final continues with plenty of facts and figures about the Blues and the Foxes...
Chelsea vs Leicester head to head
Last meeting in the FA Cup
Biggest win for each team
Leicester 0-4 Chelsea - 2003/04 (PL)Chelsea 4-0 Leicester - 1924/25 (Div Two), 1957/58 (Div One), 1994/95 (PL)Leicester 4-0 Chelsea - 1924/25 (Div Two)
Chelsea stats
Chelsea are playing our 25th game at the new Wembley Stadium when it has been classed as a neutral venue, six more than any other side (this does not include games against Tottenham when we were the away team).Chelsea have won the FA Cup eight times under eight different managers. Thomas Tuchel is looking to make it nine.Tuchel is the first German manager to reach the FA Cup final.Chelsea have won 18 (including one on penalties) of our last 20 FA Cup ties, losing to Man Utd in 2019 and Arsenal in last season’s final.
FA Cup scorers
Abraham 4, Ziyech 2, Havertz 1, Hudson-Odoi 1, Mount 1, Werner 1, own goal 1
Semi-final line up
Saturday 17 AprilChelsea 1 Manchester City 0Team (3-4-2-1): Arrizabalaga; Azpilicueta (c), Thiago Silva (Zouma 87), Rudiger; James, Kante, Jorginho, Chilwell; Ziyech (Emerson 78), Mount (Pulisic 70); Werner (Havertz 78)Scorer: Ziyech 55
Since the beginning of 2018, we have won three and lost three penalty shoot-outs. We lost our one this season 5-4 away at Tottenham in the Carabao Cup.
Milestones
Leicester stats
Since his debut in the FA Cup in January 2016, Kelechi Iheanacho has scored more goals in the competition (first round onwards) than any other player, netting 14 times in 19 games.No player has scored more goals in this season’s FA Cup than Kelechi Iheanacho (four), who has scored a third of the Foxes’ goals on their way to the final netting in the fifth round, quarter-final and the only goal in the semi-final.
Leicester will be appearing in the final of a major cup competition for the first time since 2000 when they beat Tranmere 2-1 at Wembley in the League Cup final.The Foxes are targeting four consecutive FA Cup wins against top-flight sides for the first time.The Foxes have lost 10 of their previous 15 games played at Wembley Stadium.Leicester have won four of their past five penalty shoot-outs, all in the League Cup.
FA Cup scorers
Iheanacho 4, Tielemans 2 (1 pen), Albrighton 1, Barnes 1, Justin 1, Maddison 1, Perez 1, Under 1
Leicester’s last FA Cup line-up
Semi-final, Wembley, Sunday 18 AprilLeicester City 1 Southampton 03-4-1-2: Schmeichel (c); Fofana, Evans, Soyuncu; Castagne, Nditi, Tielemans, Pereira (Albrighton 60); Perez (Maddison 69); Iheanacho, VardyScorer: Iheanacho 55Attendance: 4,000
Brendan Rodgers, who won the Scottish FA Cup with Celtic, could become the first manager to win both the English and Scottish FA Cup since Sir Alex Ferguson achieved it with Aberdeen and Man Utd.