Lavia has started Chelsea’s last 2 Premier League games against Newcastle and Liverpool, he contested 10 duels across these fixtures picking up a yellow card against Newcastle for a foul the referee played advantage for.

He committed a foul against Manchester City on his other start in the Premier League this season, contesting 7 duels against the Premier League champions. Lavia and Moises Caicedo are expected to start in midfield for Chelsea , a pair in their infancy but have shown plenty of promise as a duo who can be solid for the Blues.

He’ll be up against Bruno Fernandes who is averaging 1.08 fouls won per 90 in the Premier League this season, Chelsea have shown a tendency to be a bit careless as evidenced by their 11.2 fouls committed per 90 and 36 yellow cards collected this season – 7 more than any other side.

Lavia averaged 1.13 fouls committed per 90 across 29 Premier League appearances during the 22/23 season after missing the majority of last season with injury, this price is quite generous with Bet365 with Lavia as low as 1.18 to commit a foul on other bookmakers.