Sunday, May 20th, 2012
The Chelsea v Birmingham City odds naturally have Chelsea as short price favourites to take down this fixture.
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Chelsea need the points to guarantee Champions League qualification, while Birmingham are not yet completely safe from the drop.
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Chelsea: 2/9
Birmingham City: 14/1
Draw: 11/2
Despite the over-riding Torres question and the seemingly likely departure of Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea are actually winnign matches in between their stint as one of the nation’s most watched soaps. Ramires and Alex are expected to miss this game having had to sit out the match with WBA, and Jose Bosingwa could get a defensive outing. They are however, unbeaten in seven league matches, and they looked a comfortable and confident unit when playing with the 4-3-3 system at the weekend, inflicting Roy Hodgson’s first defeat since taking over. If they stick with that, they should win here. For those of you who like to count, it’s 702 minutes in a Chelsea shirt without a goal for Fernando Torres.
Birmingham are without gangly striker Nikola Zigic and are on a tidy little run of their own, with two wins a draw, making it 7 points out of 9, which looks to have given them a nice cushion over the bottom three. However, they haven’t won at Chelsea since the Premier League came into being, and even though they won the return, they tend to find scoring in this contest pretty tricky.
The win is short here, so go for a 2-0 Chelsea victory at 11/2 with Betfred – use our link and you can claim a free £50 bet.