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Match Preview: Leicester to send off dream season against former champions Chelsea

A guard of honor for Leicester at Stamford Bridge? Who could've imagined we'd end up here.

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Location: Stamford Bridge, London, England

Kick-off time: 15:00 PM GMT, 10:00 AM Eastern, 07:00 AM Pacific

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Leicester City will wrap up their title-winning season on Sunday and receive the guard of honor at Stamford Bridge against former Premier League champions Chelsea. The phrase gets tossed around too loosely nowadays, but you certainly couldn't have written a script like this at the start of the season.

Leicester fans should give Eden Hazard his own guard of honor after scoring an 84th-minute equalizer in Chelsea's 2-2 draw with Tottenham that guaranteed Leicester would be champions. Securing the title without even playing on the day allowed Leicester to prepare for a party of ages this past Saturday that included a 3-1 drubbing of Everton and the Foxes lifting their first top-flight title in the club's 132-year history.

A season of domestic accomplishments, both individual and team, were cemented on Wednesday at the Leicester City 2015-16 Play Awards with Riyad Mahrez being named Player of the Season along with N'Golo Kante earning Players' Player of the Season honors. Jamie Vardy was named Premier League Player of the Season on Friday to add another major individual award for the Foxes alongside Mahrez' PFA Player of the Year award.

But one remaining Premier League award that will most certainly be up for grabs on Sunday is the Golden Glove, which is currently being contested by four keepers on 15 clean sheets going into this season's final weekend. Kasper Schmeichel is in the mix with David De Gea, Petr Cech and Joe Hart, and the award would cap off an excellent season for the Danish international. You could see it in his body language against Everton that he was annoyed to give up that late consolation to Kevin Mirallas this past weekend.

Chelsea captain John Terry is suspended for this weekend's match, which could've been his final match at the Bridge if he wasn't offered a one-year contract on Friday. It would be tough for the 35-year-old defender to reject the offer, as ending his 18-year career with Chelsea on suspension doesn't seem his style. I get the feeling that we haven't seen the last of the Chelsea captain.

Prediction: 1-0 Leicester (Vardy). Schmeichel's 16th clean sheet of the season secures the Danish internaional at least a share of the Golden Glove, capping off a euphoric season for Leicester City Football Club.