Premier League on Betfair: Businesslike Blues do enough to beat Foxes

It's two in two league matches for Diego Costa

Two goals is just enough for Chelsea as the Blues secure second win of the season to underline title favouritism...

Chelsea were red-hot 1.21/5 favourites to defeat Leicester today and though the Premier League favourites got the win everyone expected, it wasn't as easy as the price suggests. 

The Foxes looked an endangered species ahead of the game but for 45 minutes they went toe-to-toe with the west London side. Indeed it took an hour before the Blues could break the deadlock and Jose Mourinho's side could only add one more goal to deny backers of over 2.5 at a low of 1.564/7.  

Diego Costa was the man who separated the sides. The Brazil-born Spaniard has scored in both Chelsea's matches so far and is now 5.04/1 to finish the season as Top Goalscorer. Chelsea are 2.245/4 to win the league. 

Crystal Palace ended a bad week on a poor note, beaten at home by West Ham. Sam Allardyce's Hammers, instructed to be more attacking scored three, conceding just once in reply, to reward their backers at 3.412/5. The Selhurst Park side's caretaker manager Keith Millen is out to 16.5n/a in the Next Crystal Palace Manager market. 

Swansea were widely fancied to get the better of Burnley and while they scored early they were unable to build on their fast start. Nathan Dyer scored the only goal of the game midway through the first half to trigger expectation of more - over 1.5 goals traded at a low of 1.061/18. 

The day's two other games finished goalless with Aston Villa and Newcastle and Southampton and West Brom unable to serve up a net buster between them.