Chelsea and Crystal Palace will meet in the semi-final of the FA Cup. The match will take place on April 17 in London at Wembley, starting at 18:30 Moscow time. Chelsea v Crystal Palace: forecastbet, odds, statistics.
Chelsea
Chelsea had a very emotional first half of the week. The Blues beat Real Madrid in Madrid but were still eliminated from the Champions League.
The decisive goal was Karim Benzema in overtime. But at the same time, anyone will agree that in the second leg Thomas Tuchel completely outplayed Carlo Ancelotti. One can only guess what happened to Chelsea at the beginning of the month, when they first lost to Brentford with a devastating score, and then lost at home to Real Madrid.
Last week, just before the Real Madrid game, Chelsea destroyed Southampton by scoring six goals once morest the weakest team in the Premier League.
In the FA Cup, Chelsea have beaten the lower divisions in previous rounds. Oddly enough, the match once morest Plymouth turned out to be the most intense, Tuchel’s team managed to score the winning goal only in extra time.
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace, meanwhile, beat Everton 4-0 in the FA Cup quarter-finals.
And this victory did not come as a surprise. Patrick Vieira’s team is having a strong spring season.
All predictions for the Premier League
In 15 previous matches, Crystal Palace only three defeats. In March, in addition to a big victory over Everton, the London club drew with Manchester City, and this month started with a 3-0 defeat of Arsenal.
Crystal Palace have only conceded two goals in their previous five matches.
Forecast and rate
You can bet on Chelsea in this match for 1.60draw bookmakers offer for 4.25and the victory of “Crystal Palace” – for 6.05.
Chelsea beat Crystal Palace twice earlier this season in the Premier League, but in the context of the upcoming match, this is hardly worth paying attention to.
Firstly, Chelsea may not have time to fully recover following 120 minutes in Madrid, and secondly, Crystal Palace are now in order, as evidenced by matches with no less dangerous opponents.
Rate – both teams to score + match total over 2.5 per 2.48.
You can also consider bet on goal «Crystal Palace» for 1.72.
