Derby County vs Chelsea FA Cup Betting Tips and Predictions

FA Cup betting tips for Derby County vs Chelsea in the third round on Sunday 5^th January with a match preview and free betting tips as Chelsea look to avoid an upset.

What a great time to be a Derby County fan.  For the first time in about 6 years there’s some real optimism around the club, with manager Steve McClaren hitting the ground running and guiding the Rams into the mix for an automatic promotion place.  What’s more, they now get to test themselves against one of the best teams in Europe in the FA Cup this weekend, as Chelsea come to town.

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It is obvious that we will see squad rotation for this game, possibly from both teams if Derby really want to focus on getting back to the Premier League.  Chelsea have already been beaten in a cup tie this season, by Sunderland in the Capital One Cup, and it showed that they can be overcome if a team really pressurises them. 

Unfortunately for Derby I can’t see Chelsea slipping up twice like that, and bookies seem to agree with odds of 9/20 given out for a Chelsea win.  They have quietly hit form over the last few weeks, and even with star players rested, can ease to victory.  It may well be a game where they have to withstand some early pressure though, as Derby will be energised by the challenge, but eventually Chelsea should win out. A draw at HT with Chelsea winning at FT is priced at 17/5 with Bet Victor.

During the week we finally saw a goal away from home by a Chelsea striker; Fernando Torres notching against Southampton, and maybe we’ll see that group chipping in a bit more.  This may a game that Samuel Eto’o will start, and while his world class ability might have dimmed, he should still be too good for Derby’s defence.  I could see him opening the scoring so he is our first goalscorer betting tip for Derby v Chelsea at odds of 4/1 with Ladbrokes.

As the match will go on, Derby will likely get tired and there’s a good chance of midfielders not tracking the runs of their men, so look out for players like Andre Schurrle, Eden Hazard, or Willian to get free and round off the scoring, Willian makes up our final prediction for the FA Cup tie.

Derby County vs Chelsea Betting Tips

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