Chelsea v Bournemouth Betting Preview – EFL Cup 20th December 7.45pm
Chelsea will be looking forward to having a run at the EFL Cup this season as it’s a good back up considering that they have Barcelona to contend with in Europe and they aren’t going to catch Man City in the league title race. So they should be strong for this one against a Bournemouth side who are struggling for real form and the Cherries have already been picked off by the Blues this season already.
Chelsea v Bournemouth FA Cup Betting Tips
Little surprise that Chelsea are trading as odds on favourites to win this EFL Cup tie. On the weekend they edged out Southampton 1-0 at Stamford Bridge in the league and that improved their home from further. They weren’t all that convincing at Stamford Bridge early in the season, but they have now put together a good streak of form on home soil in all competitions, winning six of their last seven there (D1). The lone draw was against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League. Overall this season at Stamford Bridge in all competitions, Chelsea are W9 D3 L2. It is a little surprising that they have not been full of goals particularly at home and the Blues have scored exactly one goal in four of their last five home fixtures. Chelsea to win by a one goal margin at Betfair is a price of 10/3 and up in the correct score market a Chelsea 1-0 option is a reasonably short price at 7/1.
Boss Antonio Conte will likely take the chance to rest some of his key players as well for this one. Last season they were knocked out in the fourth round by West Ham, so have at least gone a strange further this time around. Considering their tough draw against Barcelona in the Champions League and little chance at the Premier League title, there should be a good focus on this though. Chelsea have already faced Bournemouth this season, taking a 1-0 win down at the Vitality Stadium back towards the end of October. Chelsea have now won each of their last four games against Bournemouth and the win this season takes their overall head to head record to W7 D0 L2 against the Cherries. The two have met in the League Cup twice before, the Blues winning both games 1-0 back in the 1994/95 tournament. A Chelsea/Chelsea half time/full time bet at Betfair is a decent 5/6 option.
Bournemouth have made four previous visits to Stamford Bridge in their history and have a W1 L3 record from that, failing to score in those three losses there. A Chelsea to win to nil at Betfair has to be a favourable option. The Cherries are not exactly carrying red hot form at the moment as they are on a six match winless streak (D3 L3) and in that run of matches they have only managed the four goals as well. Away from home across all competitions so far this season, the Cherries are W3 D2 L5 and they have failed to score in exactly half of their road games. Defensively they haven’t really been to bad this season and that should help keep the score down in this tie. The Cherries took a 2-1 win at Championship strugglers Birmingham to start their EFL Cup campaign, then beating Brighton and Middlesbrough on home soil.
Chelsea v Bournemouth FA Cup Betting Odds
Chelsea 1/3, Draw 5/1, Bournemouth 11/1
Chelsea v Bournemouth FA Cup Predictions
Chelsea look a bit of a banker in this one to get the win on the board and make it through to the next round. They have already taken a win to nil against Bournemouth this season and they are good value to go and pull off a repeat of that on home soil against the Cherries. It should be comfortable progress for the Blues.
