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Chelsea vs Norwich City

Competition – FA Cup

Stadium – Stamford Bridge

Date: 17th January 2018

Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT

Chelsea head into this extra fixture with only one thing in mind – a first win in 4 games.

The Blues have been underwhelming recently and their failure to win any of their last four games has seen Liverpool leapfrog them into 3rd place in the Premier League and added this FA Cup replay to their already busy schedule.

They were lucky not to lose to Leicester City at the weekend despite their visitors being reduced to 10 men.

At the moment, the Blues are very blunt on the attack and they desperately need a win to boost their morale.

If Norwich secure an unlikely win in this game, that could the beginning of the end for Antonio Conte.

Chelsea remain unbeaten in their last ten games, but have won only five of those matches.

Norwich head into this game unbeaten in their last five games but their poor run of form between November and December means they are still 13th in the Championship.

They have 3 wins from their last 5 competitive games but where the most improvement has come from is their defence as they have conceded only once in their last 5 and are currently on a run of 3 successive clean sheets.

Although their chances of keeping another one at Satmford Bridge is low, Chelsea’s poor form in the final third makes it very much a possibility.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Chelsea

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D Norwich City 0-0 Chelsea 6 Jan, 2018 English FA Cup
D Arsenal 2-2 Chelsea 3 Jan, 2018 English Premier League
W Chelsea 5-0 Stoke City 30 Dec, 2017 English Premier League
W Chelsea 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion 26 Dec, 2017 English Premier League
D Everton 0-0 Chelsea 23 Dec, 2017 English Premier League

Norwich City

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D Norwich City 0-0 Chelsea 6 Jan, 2018 English FA Cup
W Norwich City 2-1 Millwall 1 Jan, 2018 English League Championship
D Burton Albion 0-0 Norwich City 30 Dec, 2017 English League Championship
W Birmingham City 0-2 Norwich City 26 Dec, 2017 English League Championship
L Norwich City 1-2 Brentford 22 Dec, 2017 English League Championship

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Norwich City 0-0 Chelsea 6 Jan, 2018 English FA Cup
Norwich City 1-2 Chelsea 1 Mar, 2016 English Premier League
Chelsea 1-0 Norwich City 21 Nov, 2015 English Premier League
Chelsea 0-0 Norwich City 4 May, 2014 English Premier League
Norwich City 1-3 Chelsea 6 Oct, 2013 English Premier League

 

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