Chelsea F.C. welcome the visitors A.F.C. Bournemouth in the English Football League Cup – Quarter-finals. The match will be held on Wednesday, December 19th, at the Stamford Bridge (London).
Chelsea F.C. suffer no loss in 18 home consecutive matches yet. In this season, Maurizio Sarri’s men won in 10 of 13 official encounters at the Stamford Bridge, of which 7 were by a margin of 2+ goals. In their last 3 matches on their turf, they were victorious with a total scoreline of 7:0, winning Manchester City as well. In 10 of 13 home clashes, they scored at least twice. At this, the London team also play safe in defense. They registered only 10 allowed goals on their soil, half of which were netted by Manchester United, Liverpool, and Arsenal. Moreover, the team keep a clean sheet at home in yet 4 matches in a row.
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Following their bright start, A.F.C. Bournemouth, as specialists predicted, have gradually receded, and their recent form has been patchy. As of November, they managed to win only once, their opponent being the EPL outsider Huddersfield that time. Bournemouth’s calendar was by no means easy, but they lost even to Newcastle and Wolverhampton. In their previous losing matches, they scored to the opponents, in the last 2 fixtures, they could not find the net at all though.
Chelsea are considered a clear favorite of the coming meeting, which is very fair. The London outfit are in blistering form, they fashion many openings in each encounter and are fully dominant in clashes with EPL middle-class teams and outsiders. They even downed Brighton, performing well on their pitch, in the first half of the outing, scoring 2 goals there. Considering Bournemouth’s recent fails in defense, the guests can hardly oppose Sarri’s side pressure, especially given that their defenders Adam Smith and Simon Francis have been injured. It will be challenging for the visiting team to net at the Stamford Bridge. Though they possessed in the match against the ‘Wolves’, they failed to convert their advantage of 1 goal. In the Wednesday night match, the ‘Cherries’ will have to defend most of the time, same as they did in the clash with Liverpool, so they are not expected to fashion many openings. The ‘Blues’ did not allow goals on their turf lately, managing even Manchester City’s lethal attack.
Prediction for the match: Chelsea to win with -1.5 handicap.
