Chelsea vs Manchester United Preview

April 1, 2013
By: Deke Hardman

FA-cup

Stamford Bridge provides the setting for Easter Monday’s FA Cup Quarter Final replay between holders Chelsea, and the competitions most successful side, Manchester United.

The hosts go in to the game on the back of Saturday’s 2-1 defeat a Southampton, a result which saw them slip to fourth place in the Premier League.

Rafael Benitez could have Juan Mata available, after the Spaniard missed out two days ago through injury, though Gary Cahill is doubtful.

Demba Ba is widely available at 7.0 (6/1) to open the scoring, while Frank Lampard is a 9.0 (8/1) with most firms.

Chelsea are slight favourites to win the match at a best price of 2.55 (31/20) with Bet 365, with United available at 2.9 (19/10) with William Hill. The draw is a 3.6 (13/5) shot with Bet Victor.

Alternatively, you could back the hosts at 1.83 (5/6) to qualify for the semi-finals, just ahead of their opponents who are 2.0 (1/1).

The visitors maintained their fifteen point lead at the top of the Premier League with a 1-0 win at Sunderland on Saturday lunchtime, and remain on course for a record fourth league and cup double.

Sir Alex Ferguson will be without Rafael, who picked up a knock in the weekend victory, with Darren Fletcher the clubs only other absentee.

Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney are all set to return having been rested for the trip to the North East.

Robin Van Persie is favourite to get the first goal of the game at 6.0 (5/1) with Rooney a 7.5 (13/2) chance.

This is the fourth time the sides have met this season. The original tie three weeks ago ended 2-2, while the two meetings before featured no less than fourteen goals, including nine in the 120 minutes of Chelsea’s League Cup fourth round win on October 31st.

United came out on top on a controversial evening at Stamford Bridge in the league three days earlier, winning 3-2 against the hosts, who ended the game with nine men.

In fact, the last five meetings between the sides have feature at least four goals, so you may be tempted to take advantage of Bet Victor’s offer of 2.8 (9/5) for that run to continue.

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