Sunday, February 22, 2015

Chelsea - Liverpool (Capital One Cup)

In the second semi-final of the Capital On Cup in England, Chelsea takes Liverpool at "Stamford Bridge" to take their revenge. The odds for the game offered by the leading bookmaker Bet365 are as follows: 1.57 for a home win, with a draw at 4.33 and 6.25 for the victory of the guests. In the first match at "Anfield" last week ended with 1:1. Eden Hazard scored for Chelsea in the first half with a goal from the penalty spot, but Raheem Sterling equalized for Liverpool after a nice individual attack in the second part. Both teams left to decide who would be the first finalist in the tournament for the League Cup in the second match.

Chelsea made a surprise defeat in the tournament for the FA cup over the weekend from Bradford. Blues score their first defeat at "Stamford Bridge" with 4:2 after leading with 2:0. Jose Mourinho used quite reserves in this meeting, but even with this fact Chelsea`s manager expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of his players. Portuguese even afford to characterize the game, as his worst in his coaching career. Now here is the important rematch with Liverpool, which can send them to the final of the League Cup. For this purpose, the Blues will choose the optimal composition for the upcoming meeting. Brazilian Oscar returned to the starting place of John Obi Mikel. Nigerian received a blow to the head at the weekend and is likely to remain on the bench. This change will make the team of Jose Mourinho more attacking, as Cesc Fabregas will operate closer to the defence. Thibaut Courtois returned to the door of Chelsea and Petr Cech will remain on the bench.

Liverpool had problems over the weekend in the tournament for the FA cup. The team reached only a scoreless draw against Bolton at home and will replay the game. The Reds were without their basic players, but now they will be online for the upcoming crucial match against Chelsea. Brendan Rodgers will bet on the same composition, which missed the victory a week ago. Daniel Sturridge is now ready to play, but it will be included in a possible negative result in the second half. Glen Johnson and Joe Allen also cure their injuries, but will not fall into the starting line-up. With injuries are Brad Jones and John Flanagan. Kolo Toure is with his country of Cote d`Ivoire in the Cup of African Nations.

The game is very important for both teams; it can provide them a trophy very early in the season. In this regard, both teams will approach very cautiously and hardly will risking. Therefore, our forecast adviced by football predictions is for under 3.0 goals in the match as a factor for such outcome can be found in leading bookmaker bet365 and it is 1.60.

Prediction Chelsea - Liverpool: over 3.0 goals
Security: 7/10
Odds: 1.60 at bet365

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