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Chelsea vs Leicester City predictions: FA Cup tips and odds
Tom McGarry’s Chelsea vs Leicester City betting tips include 17/10, 23/20 and 59/50-priced selections, with the hosts backed to impress
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Our betting expert has three Chelsea vs Leicester City tips for Sunday’s FA Cup quarter-final (12.45pm kick-off). Scroll down for the analysis behind his selections.
Chelsea vs Leicester betting tips
- Chelsea to win and both teams to score @ 17/10 with BetMGM
- Nicolas Jackson to score anytime @ 23/20 with BetMGM
- Bet builder – Cole Palmer and Patson Daka over 0.5 shots on target each @ 59/50 with BetMGM
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Pochettino’s Blues to win thriller
Chelsea and Leicester City meet in an FA Cup quarter-final tie at Stamford Bridge on Sunday in a repeat of the 2021 final.
A second-half Youri Tielemans strike was enough for the Foxes to claim a 1-0 victory in that Wembley showpiece three years ago, but both these sides have since had something of a fall from grace.
Chelsea are currently languishing in the bottom half of the Premier League standings, while City are in a battle to bounce straight back to the top flight after last season’s relegation.
Whether an FA Cup run is a wanted distraction or not, both teams are now just a win away from a Wembley semi-final, so there will be plenty at stake this Sunday lunchtime.
Chelsea, since losing the EFL Cup final to Liverpool at the end of February, have been involved in three high-scoring contests, beating both Leeds United and Newcastle United 3-2 on home soil and drawing 2-2 at Brentford.
Attack has certainly been the best form of defence for Mauricio Pochettino’s Blues of late, as they have scored in eight of their past nine matches across league and cup but are without a clean sheet over the same period.
Leicester should certainly have the attacking tools to hurt their hosts. The Foxes are the joint leading scorers in the Championship this term, averaging two goals per game.
At one stage, they were running away with the second-tier title, but a run of only one win in five league games means they are now facing a battle to secure an instant return to the Premier League.
Boss Enzo Maresca had been rotating his side for the FA Cup even when the Foxes were cruising in the league and that approach is unlikely to change now.
That could hand Chelsea the initiative on Sunday in what is likely to be an open and entertaining clash.
Chelsea vs Leicester tip 1: Chelsea to win and both teams to score @ 17/10 with BetMGM
Jackson finding his feet with flurry of goals
The jury has been out on Chelsea forward Nicolas Jackson since he arrived in west London from Spanish outfit Villarreal last summer, but the signs are that the Senegal international is now getting to grips with life at Stamford Bridge.
He is heading into this game having scored in three successive matches, taking his tally for the season across all competitions to 12. Only Cole Palmer has more for the Blues in 2023-24.
The FA Cup has also been a competition that Jackson has enjoyed, with a goal in both his appearances to date – the fourth-round replay 3-1 win at Aston Villa and the 3-2 home success against Leeds in the last 16.
Another cup goal could be on the cards for the 22-year-old on Sunday.
Chelsea vs Leicester tip 2: Nicolas Jackson to score anytime @ 23/20 with BetMGM
Palmer and Daka to be in the thick of the action
It has been a dream first season in a Chelsea shirt for Palmer, who is not only the club’s leading scorer with 13 goals across all competitions, but he has also earned senior international recognition with England.
The 21-year-old has been included in Gareth Southgate’s squad for this month’s friendlies against Brazil and Belgium, and he can celebrate that by playing a key role on Sunday and getting at least one shot on target.
Palmer is averaging more than one shot on target per game in the Premier League and he has also stepped up from the spot on several occasions, scoring more penalties than any other player in the top flight this season.
At the other end of the pitch, Leicester forward Patson Daka should also have at least one shot on target at Stamford Bridge.
The Zambia international has seven goals in just 14 Championship appearances this term – and after starting on the bench against Hull City last time out, he is likely to come into the starting line-up for this one, if Maresca rotates his XI as expected.
Chelsea vs Leicester tip 3: Bet builder – Cole Palmer and Patson Daka over 0.5 shots on target each @ 59/50 with BetMGM
Chelsea vs Leicester odds
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