Lincoln City v Chelsea
Lincoln City

Lincoln City vs Chelsea

, KO: 19:45 , LNER Stadium
Chelsea

Chelsea haven't been playing like world beaters of late and will be looking to avoid a third successive defeat when they take on minnows Lincoln City in the EFL Cup.

The Blues may officially be FIFA's world champions but they've been second best to Bayern Munich and Manchester United in their last two outings.

Plenty of pundits and fans fancied Enzo Maresca's side to make a title push this season after they battered European champions PSG in America.

But Chelsea have won just two of their six games in all competitions this term so Maresca will be looking for more consistency.

It would be a major surprise if they slipped up in Lincoln, even though the League One Imps have made a strong start to their campaign.

Saturday's 3-1 win over Luton made it 10 games unbeaten in all competitions so Lincoln certainly won't be short on confidence as they bid to pull off a major upset.

How the bookies view it: No bad case of the Blues

The bookies can't see Chelsea slipping up in this one, with BoyleSports pricing the Blues at 1/6 for a win in 90 minutes. Lincoln City are 20/1 outsiders and even the draw is big at 13/2.

Head to head: Blowing off the cobwebs

These sides haven't locked horns for over a century, with the last meeting a 0-0 draw in Lincoln back in 1911. That was the eighth time they had faced off, with City winning just once.

Players to watch: Samba star out to break his duck

Summer signing Estevao had to be sacrificed on Saturday after keeper Robert Sanchez's early red card. That could see him start this one and the Brazilian wonderkid is 6/4 at Unibet for his first Chelsea goal.

Ben House goes into this cup tie on a high after scoring twice for Lincoln against Luton. That took the midfielder's tally to four for the season and he's 11/2 at Bet365 for another strike.

Probable line-ups

Maresca is set to ring the changes for this one, with the likes of Estevao, Alejandro Garnacho and Jamie Gittens likely to get some more game-time.

Lincoln should be along similar lines to the side that brushed Luton aside on Saturday.

Lincoln City: Wickens, Darikwa, Reach, Jackson, Bradley, Bayliss, McGrandles, Street, House, Collins, Draper.

Chelsea: Jorgensen, Hato, Acheampong, Adarabioyo, Gusto, Santos, Buonanotte, Fernandez, Gittens, Garnacho, Estevao.

Anything else catch the eye?

It's hard finding some value with Chelsea such heavy favourites but backing the Blues at -2 in the handicap pays a decent 6/5 with BoyleSports.

Maresca's side won't be at full strength but they have so much talent in reserve and fringe players will be desperate to stake a claim.

If the Blues make an early breakthrough they could grab a few goals so a Chelsea win with over 3.5 goals also appeals at 6/5.

I'd imagine the Premier League side will look to kill this game off early and that makes over 1.5 first-half goals another decent option at 21/20 with BoyleSports.

Lincoln City vs Chelsea Betting Tips & Predictions
Chelsea -2 handicap
6/5
Boylesports
Over 1.5 first-half goals
21/20
Boylesports
Estevao anytime scorer
6/4
UniBet
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