Chelsea vs Preston Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 6th January 2024

The spotlight is on Chelsea and Preston, as the pair go looking to boost their confidence. They face each other on Saturday at Stamford Bridge in the FA Cup.

Chelsea came away with three points from the latest encounter with Preston. It would be a surprise if they fail do to it again, when they face each other on Saturday.

The Blues step into their next home match this coming Saturday having scored a nice average of 1.7 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 17 goals, while also allowing nine goals against. That is an average of 0.9 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet five times in those matches.

Preston scored 14 goals, conceded 23 and managed zero clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

The Blues ran out 0-2 winners the last time these two rivals played each other and are in pursuit of yet another three points this coming Saturday. Rest assured, the latter have their target aimed at getting one back.

Chelsea vs Preston Prediction

Chelsea Form

Chelsea look back on their last three matches with six points to show for their efforts. Against Wolverhampton, they were left empty-handed in a 2-1 defeat, but they avenged themselves by beating Crystal Palace in a 2-1 win. They followed that up with a 2-3 win against Luton in their most recent outing. In their last six FA Cup home matches, Chelsea have four wins, no draws and two defeats. They scored 15 and conceded nine goals.

Preston Form

In their last three matches, Preston won 2-1 win against Leeds, lost 0-1 against Sheffield Wednesday and lost 2-0 against Sunderland. In their last six away matches in the FA Cup, Preston won twice, while also recording zero draws. They endured four defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying 11 goals conceded and ten scored.

Chelsea are far too strong to let a home win slip against Preston, but at the same time, we don't expect the visitors to get over-run. This makes us target the home win in a match with less than three goals.

Chelsea vs Preston Squads

Chelsea Squad

The 51-year-old manager of Chelsea, Mauricio Pochettino, will select the lineup against Preston from the players listed below:

Petrovic, Bettinelli, Sanchez, Disasi, Chilwell, Badiashile, Maatsen, Colwill, Sarr, Gusto, Cucurella, James, Silva, Chalobah, Fofana, Chukwuemeka, Nkunku, Palmer, Gallagher, de Souza, Fernandez, Ugochukwu, Caicedo, Mudryk, Madueke, Lavia, Broja, Jackson, Sterling.

Preston Squad

Here is the full team squad of Preston. The 45 year-old Ryan Lowe will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Cornell, Woodman, Pradic, Hughes, Potts, Ramsay, Cunningham, Whatmough, Storey, Seary, Best, Bauer, Browne, McCann, Whiteman, Holmes, Taylor, Nelson, Lindsay, Froekjaer-Jensen, Osmajic, Mawene, Brady, Ledson, Woodburn, Evans, Jakobsen, Felipe, Stewart, Millar, Keane.

Chelsea vs Preston Team News

Chelsea are sweating on the fitness of no less than ten players before their match this coming Saturday.

Romeo Lavia, Lesley Ugochukwu, Enzo Fernandez, Marc Cucurella, Robert Sanchez, Reece James, Ben Chilwell, Carney Chukwuemeka, Trevoh Chalobah and Wesley Fofana are missing from the squad, Chelsea will field against Prestonthis coming Saturday.

For their upcoming match this coming Saturday, Preston have a nearly complete roster of players, with only two sitting out due to injury.

Robert Brady and Will Keane all face a spell on the sidelines for Preston due to various injuries.

Chelsea vs Preston Lineups

Chelsea vs Preston H2H

The last time the pair played each other Chelsea came away as 0-2 winners, and rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind this coming Saturday. Chelsea have a 100% win rate in the against Preston, who won zero of these matches. The total record reads 2-0-0, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Chelsea vs Preston Results

The scenario of both teams to score came out one time in the last two matches between Chelsea and Preston.

Chelsea vs Preston Betting Tips

Romelu Lukaku has been great for Chelsea lately, hitting the target zero times, which makes him worth considering in the betting market. Preston are optimistic that Andrew Hughes doubles up on the one goal he provided in their past six outings.

Stamford Bridge witnessed Chelsea winning five times in their last 10 matches here, whilst drawing three and losing two as well. Preston claimed two wins, two draw and six defeats in their last 10 games away. Preston have been generous visitors, since they pulled only once clean sheet in their previous 10 away games. Chelsea managedthree clean sheets in their previous 10 matches played at home.

In the last two encounters between Chelsea and Preston over 2.5 goals came out one time, as Chelsea averaged 2.5 goals a game. Preston scored an average of 0.5 goals in these, while both teams scored one time. In their last ten matches across all tournaments, Chelsea saw seven of them finish with more than 2.5 goals, with themselves scoring an average of 1.8 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came out as a winning bet in six of the previous ten outings for Preston, who were on target an average of 0.8 times times per game.