English Premier
2010-03-21 - Blackburn vs Chelsea
A Sports Betting Pick by Cruiser
Analysis:After being knocked out by Inter Milan in the Champions League, Chelsea will look to the Premiership to get their sights on the Premiership. They will have to be at their best as Blackburn have a good record at Ewood Park this season losing just twice there all season. Blackburn are staying away from the relegation battle thanks to their home for m it has to be said.
As it stands, Blackburn goes into this match being 10 poin ts clear of the bottom three in 12th position and will feel they can break into the top half with a good performance to the end of the season.
Back when these two sides met in December, they knocked Chelsea out of the Carling Cup winning on penalties after these two sides were deadlocked at 3-3.
The setback for Blackburn is that they will miss the services of Paul Robinson for around a month after the goalkeeper was substituted with a torn calf muscle in the defeat to Tottenham. Jason Brown came on at White Hart Lane and could start against Chelsea although Mark Bunn has been recalled from his loan spell with Sheffield United as cover here.
Meanwhile, Ryan Nelsen (knee) and Lars Jacobsen (hernia) are still out injured, while Gael Givet (groin) is also out and on-loan striker Franco di Santo cannot play against his parent club here.
However, David Dunn came through the encounter against Spurs and will start once again.
As for Chelsea, they were beaten 1-0 at home after goin g down to Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan in the Champions League. Carlo Ancelotti was dissappointed at how their attack performed as they failed to score against the Italian side.
Now Ancelotti will turn his sights to the FA Cup and Premiership as the look to the domestic front for trophys. As it is now, Chelsea are currently two points behind league leaders Manchester United and will hope that Liverpool can get a point or cause an upset against Manchester United in the earlier kickoff.
As for the team news, third-choice goalkeeper Ross Turnbull will once again start this match as Petr Cech and also Hilario are still out with injuries.
The likes of Michael Essien, Ashley Cole and Jose Bosingwa are still out so we can not expect to see much changes from the side that were beaten by Inter Milan. Joe Cole will hope to see some action as he bid for a place in the World Cup.
Take Chelsea to win and give the 1 1/4 ball here.
Cheers and good luck,
Cruiser
The Statistics :
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Pick :
Chelsea 2-0
BEST BETTING TIP :
Take Chelsea to win this match.
Gooner’s Statistical Value Bet
Take Chelsea and give the 1 1/4 ball here.
