FA Cup holders Chelsea look to continue their defence of the famous trophy when they head to Everton for their fourth round tie at Goodison Park on Saturday lunchtime. Chelsea go in as evens favourites to win the match with Bet 365 bookmakers, while Everton can be backed at odds of 13/5. The draw looks tempting though at industry best priced odds of 5/2 as three of the last five meetings between the two has ended in stalemate.
Everton should welcome back Phil Jagielka to the heart of their defence, but Louis Saha is a doubt and Tim Cahill, Yakubu and James Vaughan are all out for one reason or another. In their absence much will rest on the shoulder of Jermaine Beckford to score the goals and he looks decent value to add to his season tally of five goals at 5/2 as anytime scorer on Saturday with B3565.
David Moyes men tend to produce the good against the bigger sides and they are on a decent run of form as they are unbeaten in their last four. In fact they have only lost one of their last nine - drawing five of them. While they have also been in the goals despite the paucity of attacking talent at their disposal, with their last three games witnessing fourteen goals. Chelsea have also been amongst the goals as they have scored thirteen in their last three, including seven against Ipswich in the FA Cup, and over 2.5 goals on Saturday is currently offered at evens by Bet 365.
Chelsea have kept three clean sheets in a row and another this weekend is a 7/4 bet, while Everton have failed to keep a clean sheet in seven and that doesn't look likely to change on Saturday with the Everton clean sheet available at odds of 3/1.
Chelsea, fourth in the Premier League, have managed to arrest their alarming slump in form with three consecutive wins, although they will have to do without the services of Frank Lampard, Yossi Benayoun, Yuri Zhirkov, Alex, and Gael Kakuta who has gone on loan to Fulham. Even so, it has been the return to form of Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba that has raised hopes at Stamford Bridge, and Anelka to score first could be the way to go. The Frenchman has scored three goals in his last three matches and is available at odds of 6/1 to score first with Bet 365, which looks great value when you consider Chelsea have scored first in five of their last six games and Everton have conceded first in four of their previous six.
The draw looks a tempting result this weekend with both sides in decent form and Everton's 'never say die' attitude could be good enough to earn them a replay again the reigning champions. The 1-1 can be backed at odds of 11/2, while Everton's last two matches have ended 2-2 and another 2-2 is available at a really good looking price of 14/1 with Bet365.com. Alternatively, the result/total goals market of a draw and over 2.5 goals is available at 12/1.
Everton v Chelsea Form
Check the season's statistics for both Everton and Chelsea plus the odds ahead of Saturday's match.
Everton v Chelsea Tips
Tip #1: Everton and Chelsea to draw @ 5/2 with Bet365.com
Tip #2: Nicolas Anelka to score first @ 6/1 with Bet365.com
Tip #3: Over 2.5 goals in the match @ evens with Bet365.com
Match Betting
13/5 Everton
5/2 Draw
Evens Chelsea
Correct Score Odds
9/1 Everton 1-0
16/1 Everton 2-0
11/1 Everton 2-1
10/1 Draw 0-0
11/2 Draw 1-1
14/1 Draw 2-2
13/2 Chelsea 1-0
17/2 Chelsea 2-0
15/2 Chelsea 2-1
First Goalscorer Odds
9/2 Didier Drogba
6/1 Nicolas Anelka
7/1 Daniel Sturridge
7/1 Florent Malouda
7/1 Salomon Kalou
15/2 Louis Saha
8/1 Jermaine Beckford
9/1 Victor Anichebe
10/1 No Goalscorer
10/1 Magaye Gueye
12/1 James Vaughan
Odds supplied by Bet365.com, plus over 100 other markets on this match, including live betting in-running.
Posted: Friday, 28th January 2011
Author: Chris James
Tags: fa cup, everton, chelsea, nicolas anelka, bet365,
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