Seeking to get their push for a top-four finish back on track in the Premier League, Chelsea take on Ipswich Town at Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon.
Following a bright start to the season, the Blues have struggled for consistency since the turn of the year, most recently playing out a drab 0-0 draw with London rivals Brentford.
Despite that stalemate across town, Enzo Maresca’s men still come into the weekend occupying fourth place in the top flight standings.
The capital club were on Europa League Conference duty on Thursday evening, cruising to a 3-0 win away from home against Legia Warsaw.
As for Ipswich, they suffered a damaging defeat in their fight for survival when losing 2-1 at home to Wolves last weekend, in a game that brought up two of my Portman Road plays.
That latest body blow has left the Tractor Boys teetering on the brink of a quickfire return to the second tier or English football.
How the bookies view it: Blues to cruise to victory
Unsurprisingly, Chelsea are heavy 2/7 favourites on Boylesports to bank all three points at Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon.
Three of Ipswich’s four Premier League wins this season have come away from home but another road success on Sunday is an unfancied 8/1 (Boylesports) while a share of the Stamford Bridge spoils is also deemed unlikely at 9/2 (Boylesports).
Head to head: Tractor Boys targeting double
Ipswich can draw some confidence from the fact that they got the better of Chelsea in this season’s reverse fixture thanks to a 2-0 victory. The Tractor Boys are a towering 50/1 (Boylesports) to win by the same scoreline on Sunday.
Players to watch: Fernandez to fire?
Enzo Fernandez has registered a minimum of one shot on target in five of his last six Premier League appearnces, making a repeat on Sunday afternoon an attractive option at 11/8 with UniBet.
At the other end of the park, Ipswich’s leading marksman Liam Delap also looks worthy of interest to land at least one on-target effort here at 8/11 on Bet 365.
Predicted line-ups
Chelsea will be unable to call upon the services of injured defender Wesley Fofana for the remainder of the season, while midfielder Romeo Lavia could also miss out again this weekend.
As was the case last time out, Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna is again likely to be without injured quartet Arijanet Muric, Chiedozie Ogbene, Samuel Szmodics and Wesley Burns.
Chelsea: Jorgensen; Gusto, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucurella; Fernandez, Caicedo; Sancho, Palmer, Neto; Jackson
Ipswich: Palmer; Tuanzebe, O'Shea, Burgess, Townsend; Morsy, Cajuste; Philogene, Broadhead, Enciso; Delap
Anything else catch the eye?
Backing both teams to get on the scoresheet looks well worthy of support at 4/5 on Boylesports.
Each team has obliged in 20 of Ipswich’s 31 Premier League games this season, including 11 of their 15 outings away from home.
It’s also worth noting that a bet on BTTS would have paid out in 10 of Chelsea’s 15 top flight home games this season so far.
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