Leicester vs Chelsea 2018 FA Cup 1-2 Highlights

Leicester City vs Chelsea - Competition: English FA Cup

Chelsea set up a semifinal meeting with Southampton after downing Leicester City team in their quarterfinal tie.

Leicester City 1-2 Chelsea (FA CUP)
42' Alvaro Morata 0-1 // 76' Jamie Vardy 1-1 // 105' Pedro Rodriguez 1-2

Date: 18 March 2018
Kick-off Time: 16:30 GMT
Venue: King Power Stadium, Leicester 




 

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Arsenal vs Chelsea English FA Cup Final Highlights 2-1 27/05/2017

Arsenal vs Chelsea
Competition: English FA Cup Final
Date: 27 May 2017 - Kick-off Time: 17:30 BST
Venue: Wembley Stadium, London 

The Blues played a good match, but this time the luck was by Arsenal's side. The English FA Cup final between Chelsea and Arsenal was a big success to Arsenal, who beated Chelsea at Wembley Stadium. The result of the match was 2-1 for Arsenal. 

Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea "English FA Cup Final"    
4' Alexis Sanchez 1-0 // 76' Diego Costa 1-1 // 79' Aaron Ramsey 2-1

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Leicester City vs Derby County FA Cup - 08-02-2017

Leicester City vs Derby County - Competition: English FA Cup
 

Leicester City team are completely unrecognisable from the team that won the EPL last term. The Foxes have lost 3-0 in three of their last five matches in all competition, with the only non defeat being a 2-2 draw at Pride Park in the original match of this FA Cup tie. Furthermore, they have only scored one goal in their last seven league matches. In the previous East Midlands derbies, Leicester have won three of the last four meetings and five of the last 10, losing just once.
Claudio Ranieri has revealed he will make changes to the side as he looks to bring fresh legs in ahead of a big run of games in their bid to beat the drop. The Italian manager could be without Islam Slimani and Leonardo Ulloa with the latter unlikely to play anyway after falling out with the club. Midfielder Daniel Amartey is available after returning from the AFCON duty. New signing Molla Wagué played 90 minutes for the club’s Development Squad on Monday evening, but is ineligible for this competition.

Derby County team enter this match on the back of a 1-0 narrow defeat to Newcastle at the weekend. Prior to that they recorded a convincing 3-0 win over Ipswich Town courtesy of strikes from Tom Ince, Darren Bent and Craig Bryson. They are 8th in the English Championship table, 3 points outside the top six. The Rams' away form is hit-and-miss and also their recent trips to face fellow promotion hopefuls Leeds and Norwich City have ended in defeat. Furthermore, they have lost each of their last five away games against Leicester.
Manager Steve McLaren has a depleted squad and will have to reshuffle his pack. Craig Bryson is a major doubt while midfielder Will Hughes will be a big absences for the Rams as he has recently joined Max Lowe, James Wilson, Craig Forsyth and George Thorne on the sidelines. Striker David Nugent could feature after he injured his knee during on debut against Leeds United in January.

 

Date: 8 February 2017
Kick-off Time: 19:45 GMT
Venue: King Power Stadium, Leicester 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Everton vs Chelsea 12-03-2016 English FA Cup

Everton vs Chelsea - Competition: English FA Cup
 

Everton team are 12th with 10 games left in the Barclays Premier League and were beaten in the COC semi-finals. They enter this clash on the back of last weekend's 3-2 home loss to West Ham when they threw away a two-goal lead and missed penalty. Martinez is coming under pressure with Everton in the bottom half of the table
Everton have a number of fitness doubts for the match, including Bryan Oviedo with a chest infection. Kevin Mirallas is suspended following his red card against the Hammers while Tyias Browning remains sidelined until the end of the season. Leighton Baines and Gerard Deulofeu could both come into the starting XI. Aaron Lennon is doubtful and will undergo a late fitness test.

Chelsea FC are still unbeaten under Guus Hiddink in domestic competitions. Anyway, they did suffer a second 2-1 defeat on Wednesday when a reverse against PSG sent them out of the Champions League. In English FA Cup the Blues have beaten Scunthorpe United and MK Dons 2-0 and 5-1 respectively, they booked their place in the last eight with another 5-1 success against a weakened Man City.
Captain Terry returns to contention after a six-match absence with a hamstring problem. Striker Diego Costa is undergoing treatment for a hip problem which forced him off last time out and he is a doubt for the trip. Hazard is also carrying a knock and may not be risked. Hiddink must decide between Bertrand Traore, Loic Remy and Alexandre Pato to lead the line as the perennially injured Radamel Falcao remains out along with Kurt Zouma. Kenedy is expected to get the nod at left-back again.
Everton have won just one of their last five meetings with Chelsea in all competitions, although that did come earlier this season when the Toffees recorded a home victory in September against a struggling Chelsea. Later this season these two sides recorded a 3-3 draw in January's English Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge.

 

Everton last 5 matches:

06/02/16 Stoke City 0 – 3 Everton
13/02/16 Everton 0 – 1 West Brom
20/02/16 Bournemouth 0 – 2 Everton
01/03/16 Aston Villa 1 – 3 Everton
05/03/16 Everton 2 – 3 West Ham United

Chelsea last 5 matches:

21/02/16 Chelsea 5 – 1 Man City
27/02/16 Southampton 1 – 2 Chelsea
01/03/16 Norwich 1 – 2 Chelsea
05/03/16 Chelsea 1 – 1 Stoke City
09/03/16 Chelsea 1 – 2PSG

 

Date: 12 March 2016
Time: 17:30 GMT
Venue: Goodison Park, Liverpool 

 

You can watch the match here: Link 1 , Link 2 [Live Scores]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Chelsea vs Manchester City 21-02-2016 English FA Cup

Chelsea vs Manchester City
Competition: English FA Cup
Date: 21 February 2016 - Time: 16:00 GMT
Venue: Stamford Bridge, London

Chelsea team come into this game on the back of a 2-1 defeat to Paris-SG in the first leg of the last 16 tie of the UCL, the first loss under new manager Guus Hiddink. In EPL, the Blues are in 12th position in the table, they are an incredible 20 points off the top of the table and also 14 points off the top four. As consequence, the FA Cup presents their best chance of ending the season with a trophy.
John Terry will not win his fitness race in time to feature, Kurt Zouma suffered a serious knee injury last week and this means that Branislav Ivanovic will start as central back. New signing Alexander Pato is still short of match fitness. Matic was suspended for that defeat in Paris and will return to the starting XI here. Ruben Loftus Cheek will also be hoping for some game time here.

Man City have suffered back-to-back home defeats against their title rivals Leicester City (1-3) and Spurs (1-2) in Premier League. Those results have left the former Premier League champions in fourth position in the table, but they are still just six points off the summit. They will fly to Ukraine to face Dynamo Kiev just 24 hours after Sunday's showdown and will also face Liverpool in the final of the League Cup next weekend. Hence, this FA Cup tie could not have come at a worse time for Pellegrini's men.
The Citizens are missing Kevin De Bruyne, Samir Nasri, Jesus Navas and Fabian Delph while the likes of Wilfried Bony, Eliaquim Mangala and Bacary Sagna could return from their respective injuries to make the bench. Vincent Kompany may also be rested with City carefully managing his return to the first team. With only 13 senior players available to play, youngsters such as Kelechi Iheanacho, Bersant Celina, Brandon Barker, Aleix Garcia and Manu Garcia are all expected to play at some stage.
Chelsea were beaten 3-0 at Man City in the only clash between the two teams this season and the Blues have only won one of the last five matches between the two sides in all competitions.

Probable lineups:

Chelsea: Begovic – Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Cahill, Baba – Matic, Fabregas – Willian, Oscar, Pedro – Diego Costa.

Manchester City: Caballero – Zabaleta, Otamendi, Demichelis, Kolarov – Fernandinho, Fernando – Celina, Garcia, Sterling – Iheanacho.

You can watch the match here: Link 1 , Link 2 [Live Scores]

 

 

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Arsenal vs Aston Villa 30-05-2015 English FA Cup Final

Arsenal vs Aston Villa
Competition: English FA Cup Final.
Match date: 30 May 2015
Kick Off Time: 17:30 BST
Venue: Wembley Stadium, London, UK.

Probable lineups:

Arsenal: Szczeszny – Bellerin, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Monreal - Coquelin, Cazorla - Ramsey, Ozil, Sanchez - Giroud.

Aston Villa: Given - Hutton, Okore, Vlaar, Cissokho - Cleverley, Westwood, Delph, Grealish - Benteke, Agbonlaho.

Arsenal ended third in the EPL and achieved direct qualification for next season's UEFA Champions League but ended the season with just one win from their final four games. They will be hopeful of completing a successful defence of the trophy that they won with a dramatic 3-2 victory over Hull City 12 months ago.
Players Alex Oxlade Chamberlain and Mathieu Debuchy have both returned to training but may not be match fit to feature, along with Mikel Arteta. Jack Wilshere and Theo Walcott are pushing for a start, but it remains to be seen if Wenger will change his lineup ahead of the crucial clash. Danny will miss the match after failing to recover from a knee injury.
Aston Villa won't enter the match in great form as they recorded an embarrassing 6-1 defeat to Southampton and a final-day loss at the hands of already-relegated Burnley.  They finished one place above the relegation zone, with Sherwood's appointment in February proving crucial to the club securing survival. Anyway, a victory in the English FA Cup final would see the Villans qualify for the 2015-2016 Europa League at the expense of Southampton.
Player Kieran Richardson will hope to overcome a calf strain in time to start at left-back. Goalkeeper Shay Given is set to be fit while Ciaran Clark and Kozak remain sidelined. Elsewhere manager Tim Sherwood must choose between Okore and Baker at the back and N'Zogbia and Agbonlahor  up front.
The Gunners are undefeated in 30 of their last 33 matches against Aston Villa in all competitions and have won the two matches between the sides this season by an aggregate score of 8-0. Arsenal's previous three trips to Wembley have all gone to extra-time.
As to possible goalscorers, Christian Benteke has scored 10 times in his last nine matches for Aston Villa while Olivier Giroud has failed to score in his last eight appearances for Arsenal.

Arsenal last 5 matches:

04/05/15 Hull City 1 - 3 Arsenal

11/05/15 Arsenal 0 - 1 Swansea City

17/05/15 Manchester United 1 - 1 Arsenal

20/05/15 Arsenal 0 - 0 Sunderland

24/05/15 Arsenal 4 - 1 West Brom

Aston Villa last 5 matches:

25/04/15 Manchester City 3 - 2 Aston Villa

02/05/15 Aston Villa 3 - 2 Everton

09/05/15 Aston Villa 1 - 0 West Ham

16/05/15 Southampton 6 - 1 Aston Villa

24/05/15 Aston Villa 0 - 1 Burnley

You can watch the match here: Link 1 , Link 2 [Live Scores]

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