Derby – Chelsea

In one of the most interesting matches of the quarterfinals of the FA Cup on Tuesday evening at Pride Park Stadium Derby meets The Blue machines Chelsea. The odds for the game offered by the bookmaker Bet365 are as follows: 7.00 for a home win, 4.40 for a draw and 1.53 for the victory of the guests. The last time when the two teams played against each other was at the beginning of this year when Chelsea won with 2:0 in the FA Cup match.

Derby missed first place in the Championship over the weekend. Rams lost their visit to Middlesbrough with 2:0 and gave the lead to Bournemouth. On the other hand, the team of Derby is making a great season and has the real chance to return to the Premier League. Team is in the third place and play nice football. The coach Steve McClaren will do anything possible to choose great composition for the game with Chelsea and will try to make the difficult think to please fans of the rams at Pride Park Stadium. Ryan Shotton misses the match because of the penalty. Former Stoke defender was sent off against Middlesbrough and now will be replaced by Jake Buxton, who will play next to Richard Keough in the center of defence. With a hand injury is the defensive player George Thorne.

Chelsea returned to winning ways at the weekend. Blues beated Hull City with 2:0 in their Stamford Bridge. The boys of Jose Mourinho did not allow Manchester City to cut their lead in the standings. In this game for the first time in quite a while Diego Costa scored. We expect that the Brazilian will be in the starting line-up to regain his form. Thibaut Courtois has health problems and will not be risked at Pride Park Stadium. Under the doorframe will be Petr Cech. Azpilikueta will return to left-back defence after being reserve against Hull City. Young Curt Zuma will partner Gary Cahill in the center of defense for Chelsea.

Derby and Chelsea are among the most effective teams in their divisions. Here at Pride Park Stadium both teams will show the attacking power and will meet the expectations of the fans for a lot of goals. Our forecast is over 2.5 goals at odds of 1.70 at bet365.

Against each other:

05/01/2014 FC Derby - Chelsea 0:2

12/03/2008 PL Chelsea - Derby 6:1

11/24/2007 PL Derby - Chelsea 0:2

03/30/2002 PL Chelsea - Derby 2:1

10/28/2001 PL Derby - Chelsea 1:1

07/04/2001 PL Derby - Chelsea 0:4

The soccer prediction for the Chelsea vs. Derby clash of … is that the teams will surely score more than 2 goals.

Security: 7/10

Odds: 1.70 at bet365