Topic: 🏆 The Emirates FA Cup - Season 2021/2022 - page 28. (Read 9488 times)

Considering the performances we've seen from Aston Villa ahd Chelsea since the start of the current campaign, I don't think I'm the only who was surprised by not just the result of the English FA Cup game between Aston Villa and Chelsea yesterday at the Villa Park but also the performance of the away team.
I don't want to believe that Chelsea's impressive performance of yesterday can not be sustained going forward and if the manager of the club Mauricio Pochentino can take lessons from the tactical approach of the game, I think the club will have a good ending to the season.

I was the one who said there was no chance for Aston Villa to score a goal in the remaining time of the match which was very close to FT, Villa was able to score 1 goal back even though it didn't mean anything to Aston Villa.
The quality of Villa's game is not that bad. During the match they were able to balance Chelsea's game, but Aston Villa were poor in finishing.

Some people's initial estimates were that it would not be easy for Chelsea to win at Villa Park because Chelsea's consistency was in doubt. In the end, what happened was that Aston Villa couldn't do anything when Chelsea went crazy in front of the Aston Villa supporters who filled Villa Park.
I would also like to congratulate Chelsea.

Congratulations

There is a clear favorite team in most matches here.
Newcastle, Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool shouldn't have a problem advancing to the next stage.
Coventry City, Bournemouth and Manchester United should normally be able to pass. Meanwhile I will not be surprised if one of them fail to do it.
Wolverhampton and Brighton might be challenging since both teams performances aren't far from each others. I can't decide for the moment which team might win but I tends to support Brighton

I am always trying to with safer option when betting on underdogs, and I was right today.

Both bets won!
I knew Bristol could hold on and compete with Nottingham, and they lost only after penalty series.

Chelsea surprised me against Aston Villa, they won easily and now we know all pairs in next round of FA Cup played in the end of this month.
Newcastle have a good chance to progress against average Blackburn, but they had some issues with away matches this season.
FA Cup 1/8 finals:

Coventry vs Maidstone
Bournemouth vs Leicester
Blackburn vs Newcastle
Luton vs Manchester City
Chelsea vs Leeds
Nottingham vs Manchester Utd
Wolves vs Brighton
Liverpool vs Southampton

Looks like Chelsea cup run are more impressive than the league outings. The players seem to turn up in the cup games; does pochetino tactics only function in cup games? Are the Chelsea folks only programmed to perform in cup games ?

What does the future hold for Chelsea in the premier league table ?
Up next is the fa cup 5th round !!!

Chelsea is a more serious team in the FA cup than in their premier league where they have lost so many games they were expected to win, games that their losses made the supporters of the club begin to demand the sack of the new manager of the club. Aston Villa are strong this season, and for Chelsea to defeat them by three goals will give the owners of Chelsea some kinf of solace that they are still making the right decision keeping the coach with the team. Good win for Chelsea, it is just bad that they still have not yet been able to stop themselves from conceding most times when they are about to record a clean sheet from a brilliant performance.

Aston Villa ended up getting a goal against Chelsea at the last minute of the game, or, should I say, in the extra minutes of the game, which ended up with a score of 1-3. Chelsea's performance in today’s game was unexpected because everyone thought that Aston Villa would win Chelsea, which proved us wrong. The game was tough for both teams because their performances were almost the same, but Chelsea tried their best to meet up and be among the last 16 of this season, so I will say a big congratulations to Chelsea for meeting up with the last 16.

Although Chelsea's success in the last 16 was due to goals from Conor Gallagher, who won the first goal in the first 11 minutes; Nicolas Jackson, who also won the second goal with a header; and lastly, Enzo Fernández, who scored an unremarkable goal with a free kick, this brings Chelsea's success to the round of 16. Kudos to all players and nice performance from Chelsea.

I think Aston Villa will beat Chelsea because at Stamford Bridge, Aston Villa was able to hold Chelsea to a draw without scoring a single goal.
I was late and didn't have time to place a bet on this match. Yesterday I analyzed that I would bet on a draw on 1x2 because I was sure both of them would try to score a goal from the first minute of the match.

0-3 is not the result Aston Villa wanted. Of course, it would surprise the public if Aston Villa was unable to score a single goal against Chelsea.
Chelsea's dominance of the game did not allow the remaining minutes of the match to end without a chance that could become a goal for Aston Villa.

Chelsea unexpectedly are leading with 3 goals to 0 against Aston Villa in Villa Park itself which is quite impressive!
Aston Villa used to perform better in English Premier League while Chelsea were struggling. Besides, Aston Villa didn't make a threat to Chelsea goalie at the time that Chelsea are trying to score any available attempt.
With only 20 minutes left in the game, I doubt Aston Villa could score more than a goal here..

Hehe... Chelsea have won by 2 goals. With this temporary win, it looks like Chelsea will refute what you said that they won't achieve anything because they are consistent.
Only 10 minutes between Gallagher's goal and Jackson's goal in this match at Villa Park with the statistics quite impressive.

Chelsea's current performance will actually be able to add another goal in the second half. Palmer still hasn't listed his name on the scoreboard. Nkunku. Sterling is still seen on the bench.
Something the opposite of what you said.

There is no hope for Chelsea to win anything, including a silver medal, and I think that in this match, Aston Villa will definitely send Chelsea home. The difference in performance between the two teams this season is clearly different because Aston Villa has managed to appear consistent and penetrate the competition at the top of the EPL and Chelsea has remained inconsistent since last season.

Even though Chelsea has got a new coach, namely Pochettino, the results are still the same and this mega project is not running properly. Everyone already knows the winner of the round of 16 match against Aston Villa and what's more, this is a home match for Aston Villa. I think Chelsea will again concede quite a lot of goals.

Don't dare bet on Chelsea winning because until the last match Chelsea have not shown any signs they can beat a team like Aston Villa who are experiencing good form this season.

This is the FA Cup and not the Premier League. Maybe the focus of Aston Villa and Chelsea is somewhat different. If we look at Aston Villa's position in the Premier League standings, Aston Villa's focus on the FA Cup will not be 100% because Unai Emery wants to make achievements so that Villa can qualify for the Champions League next season.
Chelsea's last meeting with Aston Villa ended in a draw, perhaps playing at Villa Park, Unai Emery will take advantage of this momentum to advance to the next round.


Don't know how because Chelsea's performance makes it difficult to make predictions.

Aston Villa vs Chelsea tonight. Mauricio Pochittino is under pressure as the results haven't improved and only going in the wrong direction. They've conceded 4 goals in the last 2 games which were losses. Chelsea will face Aston Villa again in the FA Cup as the previous game ended 0-0 at Stamford Bridge. Can Chelsea stay in the completion and keep their fans hopeful of a silverwear, this season?

I like your Bristol City handicap but would have gone for an outright progress (if not 1x2). Avoiding that though, prefer to see Villa get a win but 2/1 doesn't sit well with me either.

Leeds... it grinds on me that they had to get three goals in ET. Ruined this pretty thing I was banking on:

After today matches with know that Coventry, Southampton and Leeds are going in next round of FA Cup, but Leeds had to do it in extra time.

Two more matches are played tomorrow Nottingham vs Bristol City and interesting match between Premier League teams Aston Villa and Chelsea.
Nottingham is huge favorite according to odds but I think there is value betting on Bristol City with asian handicap.

My Bets: Bristol City (+1.5) AH; Bristol City (+1) AH
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/england/fa-cup/nottingham-vs-bristol-city-65b78391aafd2b000143a276

FA Cup replay matches of the fourth round will resume in two days and Coventry City, Leeds United, Nottingham Forest are expected to win.
Southampton are superior than Watford but who knows what could happen in this game in particular.
Now for Aston Villa and Chelsea, the situation is quite complicated. Chelsea used to be better in the past but their results this season are quite disappointing. In the other hand, Aston Villa are doing better in English Premier League that's why they have better odds than Chelsea in my opinion.

I confess that when Liverpool signed Darwin Núñez I was wondering if it was a good signing, mainly because at the time when Diogo Jota and Luis Díaz were injured I didn't see great things coming from Darwin Núñez but from what I see today, it seemed to me That was his phase of getting used to the team, now that he knows the team very well he is playing very well and looking at the performance of Liverpool's attack, they are doing very well without Salah. This is very good in my opinion, because Liverpool cannot go through the same thing they went through last season due to many injuries to important players. This season we need to win a lot of games and achieve a lot of things. at least so far I see that we can still win the Fa Cup, we just need to be lucky to see Manchester City eliminated

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From what I see, Manchester United has managed to score a lot of goals in the last few games, in the last few games Manchester United managed to come away with at least 2 goals scored, that is a big improvement in their attack and I sincerely hope that they are also eliminated early, it would be very complicated Eventually Liverpool would play against Manchester United, I even wondered why Marcus Rashford wasn't called up to play, it took me time to read the news that he had a problem and that the Manchester United coach didn't want to comment on the problem. Honestly, Manchester United is a team that from time to time has been in the news for the wrong reasons. I hope Marcus Rashford leaves Manchester United, in my opinion he is a great player but if he continues at Manchester United he won't have room to shine much

I am following Ipswich in Championship and until recently they played amazing considering they came from lower division last season, but I think they got tired and have limited number of good players.
They are not reliable at the moment so I am not so much surprise to see them out of FA Cup, maybe that is better for their chances to play in Premier League next season.
I wont take anything from Maidstone, congrats for historic win.

One more match in FA Cup left for tomorrow Blackburn vs Wrexham.
Blackburn is favorite in this match but they are not in good form with only one win from last nine matches in all competitions.
Wrexham is doing good in League Two and I think they can score in this match.

My Bet: Over 2.5 goals
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/england/fa-cup/blackburn-vs-wrexham-659d0c25b14b990001c0fb16

He's improving, yeah. Still probably not good enough for LFC, but now we've got options - so if he continues like this I don't mind him being a part of rotation.
I'd still sell him, so I hope he continues scoring and a club with bad scouting comes and gets him. I really fear how bad he'll be in a different type of football - Klopp's style is the only one where he can excel and he hasn't really done that.


This was actually quite bizarre, Ipswich had something like 6.5 xG compared to Maidstone's 0.85.
Happens occasionally, and you can't really blame them for the performance.

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Dominant Liverpool once again, Anfield was buzzing - hope it continues like this every home game until the end of the season. We probably get Southampton home next, they play a repeat vs. Watford.

In other news, a strong United team struggling against Newport

Nunez haters, feel free to tell me I'm wrong about my main man. 21 goal involvements this season, per 90 minutes he is only behind Salah, Haaland. 1 goal/assist per 90 minutes. That's value!


Sorry casperBGD I got to lay it on as well. The odds were quite good, almost fell for it really, but I knew somewhere deep down you would f* up.

I know this probably isn't as bad as Maidstone kicking out Ipswich but you probably would have lost to them anyway!