Toronto_Mike
Scent of a Woman
Chelsea -0.25 @ 1.975
Chelsea ML @ 2.25
Match is meaningless in terms of standings. Manchester Utd won the title on the weekend with a win at Man City and Chelsea drawing against Arsenal. Man Utd will expect an EXTREMELY rowdy reception at the Bridge. John Terry will hand over the guard of honor to Man Utd for being crowned new the Champions, this process happens every year, the game after a team has been crowned Champions.
Man Utd have not won at the Bridge since 2002. In fact they've only beaten Chelsea twice since 2002. Chelsea have won or drawn the rest of the fixture. But a notable stat is that Chelsea have not loss a single home premiership encounter since 2003. Probably the most dominant home team in all of Europe.
Emotions will run high on this match as its a prequel to the FA Cup Final. Chelsea have had a disastrous season thus far. Losing to Liverpool in the Champs League Semi's, losing to Man Utd for the title and only having the Carling Cup to their name. That is not enough for a club of this stature and the money that has been invested, anything less than a Premiership win is failure. Now, Man Utd will most likely soften the line up to prevent any injury and try to get the Double with a win over Chelsea at Wembley for the FA Cup. Chelsea are also on the same boat, but in reality they must think, does losing to Man Utd really bode well for the fans? The Blues have one more home game before Wembley and i see that as really as the laid back game, stars come out to play, get subbed and thank for the season. But this is still a big match even though the value has been dropped, there is still a lot of pride to be played with.
Questions have surrounded the team spirit of Chelsea and throughout the season the team has been criticized about their team unity. Here is the chance to prove it. They still have a dangerous line up and they still have home field advantage. Utd may have partied too much over the weekend and Chelsea can think about what they did to lose out on the title. Very close race as both teams just were consistant week in and week out.
But in my opinion, Chelsea will want this one a little bit more and will be eager to get 2 wins over Utd in the final weeks of the season to get some sort of revenge.
Prediction: Chelsea 1-0 Manchester Utd
Goal Scorer: Salomon Kalou
Chelsea ML @ 2.25
Match is meaningless in terms of standings. Manchester Utd won the title on the weekend with a win at Man City and Chelsea drawing against Arsenal. Man Utd will expect an EXTREMELY rowdy reception at the Bridge. John Terry will hand over the guard of honor to Man Utd for being crowned new the Champions, this process happens every year, the game after a team has been crowned Champions.
Man Utd have not won at the Bridge since 2002. In fact they've only beaten Chelsea twice since 2002. Chelsea have won or drawn the rest of the fixture. But a notable stat is that Chelsea have not loss a single home premiership encounter since 2003. Probably the most dominant home team in all of Europe.
Emotions will run high on this match as its a prequel to the FA Cup Final. Chelsea have had a disastrous season thus far. Losing to Liverpool in the Champs League Semi's, losing to Man Utd for the title and only having the Carling Cup to their name. That is not enough for a club of this stature and the money that has been invested, anything less than a Premiership win is failure. Now, Man Utd will most likely soften the line up to prevent any injury and try to get the Double with a win over Chelsea at Wembley for the FA Cup. Chelsea are also on the same boat, but in reality they must think, does losing to Man Utd really bode well for the fans? The Blues have one more home game before Wembley and i see that as really as the laid back game, stars come out to play, get subbed and thank for the season. But this is still a big match even though the value has been dropped, there is still a lot of pride to be played with.
Questions have surrounded the team spirit of Chelsea and throughout the season the team has been criticized about their team unity. Here is the chance to prove it. They still have a dangerous line up and they still have home field advantage. Utd may have partied too much over the weekend and Chelsea can think about what they did to lose out on the title. Very close race as both teams just were consistant week in and week out.
But in my opinion, Chelsea will want this one a little bit more and will be eager to get 2 wins over Utd in the final weeks of the season to get some sort of revenge.
Prediction: Chelsea 1-0 Manchester Utd
Goal Scorer: Salomon Kalou
