In my opinion Chelsea is the clear favorite of this game and should be able to win comfortably with at least 2-3 goals difference. -1.5 AH on the home side looks like a very good option to play.

Chelsea came for this game in a great mood as they won their last two league matches and for sure they want to go with momentum. Coach M. Pcchettino sounds very motivated before this game, he said: We are going to treat it like a Premier League game. Just because it's the FA Cup and it's a Championship team, we are going to respect Preston. You will see we are going to put in place a starting XI with all the guarantees to perform. Through the FA Cup or Carabao Cup we can achieve that [being in Europe next season]. It's a really important competition for us.’’ I expect a very strong line up on the pitch today.

Chelsea shouldn’t have too big problems with goalscoring. They scored 5 goals in the last two league matches. Their offensive formation is very underrated. Chelsea plays in attack on a really high level. According to the expected goals scored model they should score 39.9 goals in the current season of Premier League (!!!). Only Arsenal have higher numbers in that department.

Preston came here in very bad form as they lost 7 of the last 10 league matches. Their confidence for sure is on a very low level as they lost the last two matches ‘to nil’. In the last 5 rounds they conceded 9 goals so I can imagine at least 2-3 goals conceded also today. On the other hand they should have problems scoring a goal today. According to the expected goals scored model they are the bottom three teams in the Championship. They produced only 21.5 expected goals scored in 26 matches.

I can’t imagine any other result than a big win for motivated Chelsea against out-of -form Preston.

在我看来，切尔西显然是这场比赛的热门，他们应该能够以至少2-3球的差距轻松获胜。主场1.5 AH看起来是个不错的选择。

切尔西带着良好的心情来参加这场比赛，因为他们赢得了最近两场联赛的胜利，当然他们想要带着动力去比赛。主教练M. Pcchettino在这场比赛前听起来很有动力，他说:“我们会把它当作一场英超比赛来对待。只是因为这是足总杯，这是一支英冠球队，我们会尊重普雷斯顿。你将会看到，我们将会安排一个首发阵容，保证所有球员的表现。通过足总杯或卡拉宝杯，我们可以实现(下赛季留在欧洲)。这对我们来说是一场非常重要的比赛。“我希望今天的比赛阵容非常强大。

切尔西在进球方面不应该有太大的问题。他们在最近两场联赛中进了5个球。他们的进攻阵型被低估了。切尔西的进攻水平真的很高。根据预期进球模型，他们本赛季应该打进39.9球(!!)只有阿森纳在这方面有更高的数据。

普雷斯顿带着糟糕的状态来到这里，他们在过去的10场联赛中输掉了7场。他们的信心肯定处于非常低的水平，因为他们在过去的两场比赛中都以0比0输掉了比赛。在过去的5轮比赛中，他们丢了9个球，所以我可以想象今天他们至少也丢了2-3个球。另一方面，他们今天应该有进球的问题。根据预期进球数模型，他们是联赛中排名最后的三支球队。他们在26场比赛中只创造了21.5个预期进球。

我无法想象还有什么结果能比一场对状态不佳的普雷斯顿的大胜更好。