Chelsea take on the visitors Hull City at “Stamford Bridge” in the fight of the 1/8 final stage of the English FA Cup. The game will be played in London on Friday, February 16th.
The FA Cup is the only trophy which Chelsea may win in this season as the club has lost all chances to defend its champion’s title of the English Premier League, besides, “The Pensioners” have been knocked out from the Carabao Cup already and have miserable opportunity to succeed in the UEFA Champions League after the upcoming meeting with Barcelona on the 1/8 final stage. Last Monday Chelsea have earned convincing 3:0 victory over West Bromwich within the English Premier League after two back-to-back humbling failures. Concerning, the FA Cup the club easily passed over Newcastle Utd in the previous round, having beaten them with 3:0 scoreline.
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At the moment Hull City desperately fight for saving their place in the Championship for the next season, sitting now on the 21st position there with 29 points gained after 31 rounds behind and being one point away from the relegation zone. Thus, “The Tigers” are more concerned now about their situation in the English second division rather than their successful performance in the FA Cup. It means that in the forthcoming match Nigel Adkins will actively use rotation and leave a number of line-up players on the bench like he did in the previous winning tackles against Blackburn and Nottingham. However, it should be noted that “The Tigers” have lost five out of seven latest games conducted on the road in all tournament.
Chelsea excel Hull City not only in football class, but also in a motivation aspect. Besides, the Londoners have failed only once in 10 recent encounters played on this stage while “The Tigers” recorded 16 defeats in 19 cup clashes against the Premier League representatives plus lost four recent head-to-heads at “Stamford Bridge”. Thus, Chelsea are likely to get a confident triumph in the forthcoming fight.
Prediction for the match: Chelsea to win with -1.5 Asian handicap.
