Leicester City defender Jeffrey Schlupp in fitness battle to face Chelsea tonight in EPL

Ghana defender Jeffrey Schlupp is a doubt for Leicester City’s league match against Chelsea on Wednesday after picking up a calf injury.

The versatile player missed Saturday's 1-0 win at Burnley, which lifted the Foxes out of the bottom three for the first time since November.

Leicester are chasing a fifth straight win.

Manager Nigel Pearson hopes Schlupp and two other players will be available to face the champions-elect.

"We have picked up some injuries in games, like Nugent and Schlupp. We will have to assess them to see if they are available for this game or the weekend,” Pearson said after the weekend’s win.

"On top of that we have Vardy's situation, having to have injections. We have other knocks.”

Schlupp has scored three goals in 28 appearances on his debut season in the English top-flight.