Written by billythekid
A cheerful date to recollect, Financial institution Vacation weekend Sunday thirtieth April 2023. The day our aspect beat Leeds United for the second time in our historical past at Dean Courtroom, the final time was within the season once we received the Championship, that sport additionally completed 4-1. However this end result, roughly, ensures that our membership will likely be within the Premier League for the 2023-24 season, which was towards all of the ‘consultants’ forecasts initially of the season.
Our subsequent sport is on Saturday at 3 pm at Dean Courtroom towards Chelsea. This is perhaps a superb time to play Chelsea as towards Arsenal they have been second finest. Chelsea improved a bit within the second half however Arsenal could have taken their foot off the peddle as that they had the sport sewn up by half-time.
Earlier within the season when AFCB met Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, Graham Potter was their supervisor they usually beat us 2-0. Since that victory Chelsea beneath Potter received 3 league video games, they drew 5 and misplaced 5. The final defeat was at residence on the first April towards Aston Villa, Potter noticed his aspect overwhelmed 0-2. A day later he was sacked by Chelsea after solely seven months within the job.
Interim supervisor Bruno Salter took the subsequent sport which was three days later, additionally at residence at Stamford Bridge, their opponents have been Liverpool, the sport resulted in a 0-0 draw. On the sixth April Chelsea appointed their outdated participant and supervisor Frank Lampard as caretaker supervisor till the top of the season. Lampard was beforehand in cost from the 4th July 2019 till January 2021 when he was sacked.
Since his return Frank Lampard has seen his aspect lose 4 Premier League video games and two Champions League video games. The primary sport was 1-0 away in Wolverhampton and the opposite two have been at residence at Stamford Bridge the place they went down 1-2 to Brighton and 0-2 towards Brentford. The 2 Champions League defeats have been 0-2 away towards Actual Madrid and 2-0 at residence towards the identical aspect. Chelsea’s most up-to-date league sport was on Tuesday night time away towards fellow London membership Arsenal, it completed 3-1 to the Gunners.
Our report at residence towards Chelsea is combined. After they got here right here final time with Lampard as supervisor, the sport resulted in a 2-2 draw. Our scorers have been Jefferson Lerma and Josh King, for Chelsea they have been Marcos Alonso. That was the one time we now have drawn with them residence and away. In opposition to Lampard’s Chelsea, AFCB have taken 4 factors out of 6.
In all league video games at Dean Courtroom, AFCB have Received 2, Drawn 1, Misplaced 3.
In all competitions, AFCB have W 5, D 1, Misplaced 11.
AFCB v ChelseaAFCB Win
Draw
Chelsea Win
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AFCB Group Information
Chris Mepham missed the Leeds United sport with a thigh damage. Kieffer Moore needed to depart the sphere with a head damage on Sunday, so they’re wait and see. In any other case the 4 we learn about.
AFCB Participant To Watch
Dominic Solanke has 2 objectives and three assists within the final 4 video games. He has a complete of 6 objectives and seven assists this season within the league.
Chelsea Group Information
Chelsea made two big-money signings in January. Argentinian midfielder Enzo Fernandez for a payment of £106.8 million from Benfica, broke the British switch report of £100 million paid by Manchester Metropolis for Jack Grealish from Aston Villa. The second massive signing was £88.5 million for winger Mykhailo Mudryk from Shakhtar Donetsk. They made six different signings, one who’s on mortgage.
They’ve “a quantity out with accidents, Mason Mount, Armando Broja, Marc Cucurella, Kalidou Koulibaly, Reece James and Marcus Bettinelli.
Chelsea Participant To Watch
N’Golo Kante, a participant Chelsea have missed for a lot of the season via damage. Got here again in April and step by step getting again to type, he was Chelsea’s finest participant at Brentford lately. Raheem Sterling has a behavior of scoring towards our membership. Their main scorer is Kai Havertz with 7 objectives. In opposition to Arsenal, younger Noni Madueke who scored Chelsea’s objective appeared their finest participant on the night time.
The Referee
John Brooks is our referee once more for the Chelsea sport. He has taken three of our video games to this point this season. Residence video games within the league towards Southampton and Liverpool, plus the League Cup sport towards Newcastle United.
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Smidsy stated…
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