Chelsea vs Manchester City Preview

February 20, 2016
By: Deke Hardman

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Sunday’s FA Cup action concludes at Stamford Bridge where Chelsea take on Manchester City.

The Blues, who have won this trophy four times in the last decade beat Scunthorpe United and MK Dons to book their place in the fifth round of this years competition.

They go into the game on the back of Tuesday evening’s Champions League defeat to Paris Saint Germain, and with them out of contention in the league, this tournament arguably presents them with their best chance of landing silverware this season.

Captain John Terry will miss the game after picking up a hamstring injury in last weekend’s win over Newcastle United and recent signing Alexandre Pato is still short of match fitness though Oscar could start after returning from a calf problem midweek.

Top scorer Diego Costa is priced at 5.5 (9/2) with Betfair to get the first goal of the game, with Oscar a 8.5 (15/2) chance with Ladbrokes.

The home win is 1.83 (5/6) with a variety of firms, with the visitors as highly priced as the 4.75 (15/4) on offer from a number of bookmakers. The draw can be backed at 3.9 (29/10) on offer from Bet 365.

Manuel Pellegrini’s side, who knocked out Norwich City and Aston Villa in rounds three and four respectively, go in to this game on the back of back-to-back league defeats to title rivals Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur.

With the first leg of their Champions League last sixteen tie against Dynamo Kyiv approaching, the away side are expected to rest a number of first team players so youngsters such as Bersnant Celina and Manuel Garcia could be given a run out.

Kelechi Iheanacho, who scored a hat-trick in that win over Villa three weeks ago, is 10.0 (9/1) to open the scoring with Betfair, with Wilfried Bony an 11.0 (10/1) chance with the same firm.

The four meetings between City’s 3-0 win over the Blues back in August featured less than three goals, and you can back under 2.5 this time around at 1.95 (19/20) with Betfair.

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