The Blues travel to the East Midlands to take on the Foxes at the King Power Stadium on Saturday 20 November with the kick-off being brought forward to 12.30pm. It will be shown live on BT Sport in the UK.

The following weekend Thomas Tuchel’s side will host Manchester United at Stamford Bridge, although that game will now take place a day later on Sunday 28 November. It will be live on Sky Sports and kick-off is at 4.30pm.

The midweek match at the end of November, which did have the Blues scheduled to take on Watford at Vicarage Road on Tuesday 30 November, will be moved due to the game on the preceding Sunday, but the exact date and time will be confirmed when the December TV selections are published in due course.