Queens Park Rangers will travel to Stamford Bridge on Saturday without suspended Rio Ferdinand, who has been handed a three-match ban by the FA for comments that he made on social media. However, last time out QPR won even without Ferdinand, 2-0 at Aston Villa on Monday. Those three points lifted the Rangers off the bottom of the table but they will face a daunting task on Saturday against the Premier League leaders after failing to pick up any points on the road so far this season.
QPR were heavily defeated both at Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United, so apparently they will face an uphill struggle to keep a clean sheet against the Blues, who could welcome back top scorer Diego Costa. The Spaniard missed Chelsea's last four games but while he was away Didier Drogba has scored both at Manchester United last week and in the Capital One Cup against Shrewsbury in midweek.
Cesar Azpilicueta will be out for the Blues as he serves the final game of his own three-match ban. Jose Mourinho will also have to do without Ramires and Loic Remy, both injured. Joey Barton, Jordan Mutch and Alejandro Faurlin are still injured for QPR while Nedum Onuoha and Alex McCarthy will have to pass late fitness tests. It's worth pointing out that the last meeting between these two sides at Stamford Bridge was surprisingly won by QPR. However, they have failed to score in six of their last seven away matches in the league while Chelsea have kept 10 clean sheets in their last 12 home matches.
Probable starting line-ups:
Chelsea: Courtois - Ivanovic, Terry, Cahill, Luis - Matic, Fabregas - Hazard, Oscar, Willian - Costa
QPR: Green - Isla, Dunne, Caulker, Yun - Fer, Sandro, Henry - Vargas, Hoilett, Austin
My prediction: Chelsea to win 2-0.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Chelsea win - 1/6 Draw - 15/2 QPR win - 20/1
mdacic 9 years ago
I think that matches like this is most important for a title. Derby matches are important but e all know that team who lose less points in games like this they won title. And chelsea is great for that. They know how to win matches like this without much fatigue and they should be thankful to mourinho for that
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mico.femic.1 9 years ago
chelsea has always played good football and have always been among the favorites. have good players and play quality football . nice to watch them while they play and always show themselves to be the best. as until now repeatedly shown and will show . although it could be even better and need a little work on that and it...
chelsea has always played good football and have always been among the favorites. have good players and play quality football . nice to watch them while they play and always show themselves to be the best. as until now repeatedly shown and will show . although it could be even better and need a little work on that and it will be the best. it never was a favorite but I always gladly watched their football .
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Daniel Anderson 9 years ago
Once again Chelsea has proved how good they are this season.This was not very good match for them but they again managed to win comfortably.They are team that knows in every moment of the game what they need to do to score,or when they are leading,what they need to do to secure victory.
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schuber26 9 years ago
Johnny you didn't think that Queens Park Rangers can score a goal in away. And to be honest I didn't think it too. I predicted a 3-0 or 4-0 difference winning to Chelsea against QPR. But I can say that there is no easy match for top teams in Premier League. Austin is in good form in my opinion he will play in a big team...
Johnny you didn't think that Queens Park Rangers can score a goal in away. And to be honest I didn't think it too. I predicted a 3-0 or 4-0 difference winning to Chelsea against QPR. But I can say that there is no easy match for top teams in Premier League. Austin is in good form in my opinion he will play in a big team next year. If Chelsea beats Liverpool in the next round I surely say that they will be the PL champions. They are very decent. Most scored goals (26) and the number of conceded goals aren't the best but 10 is okay. If Costa won't get injury they have the best chances to get the PL trophy in the end of season.
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kkole 9 years ago
Another close prediction by johnny :) And I didn't believe to QPR can score but Austin is in great form and he can score against every team in premier legue. But in this match QPR show us that he can do a lot this year and they should easy stay clear of relegation special with teams like liecester or burnley
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explosio4 9 years ago
Another typical win for Chelsea and Mourinho. They played as much as they need to beat a weak team QPR. Great news for Chelsea fans is that Diego Costa has recovered from injury and will be ready for the next challenge. Another interesting thing is that Eden Hazard continued his series of flawless with penalties. I think...
Another typical win for Chelsea and Mourinho. They played as much as they need to beat a weak team QPR. Great news for Chelsea fans is that Diego Costa has recovered from injury and will be ready for the next challenge. Another interesting thing is that Eden Hazard continued his series of flawless with penalties. I think this is his 17 penalty that turned into a goal, and without error. This effect is to be respected.
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mitarbp 9 years ago
Wow what a spectacular match.Chelsea has justified my expectations.The goal gave Oscar was really phenomenal. However, Chelsea is not alone at the top of the table, so they will have to cope with Southampton which is this year in great shape. Based on the play by QPR showed i think they have not the quality to play in the...
Wow what a spectacular match.Chelsea has justified my expectations.The goal gave Oscar was really phenomenal. However, Chelsea is not alone at the top of the table, so they will have to cope with Southampton which is this year in great shape. Based on the play by QPR showed i think they have not the quality to play in the Premier League.
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Franjo ?iDo 9 years ago
Chelsea is bif favourite in this match, that's clear. Queens Park Rangers is not playing good this season and they are one of candidats for second league, there is no chemistry in their team, they have solid players, but something is wrong in their team. Chelsea is playing amazing, they have great team and I think that...
Chelsea is bif favourite in this match, that's clear. Queens Park Rangers is not playing good this season and they are one of candidats for second league, there is no chemistry in their team, they have solid players, but something is wrong in their team. Chelsea is playing amazing, they have great team and I think that they will win title in England this season..
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Shumar4life 9 years ago
Mourinho knows how to win this kind of matches without losing to much fitness for his players. Like I said here yesterday, Redknapp is not such good manager like everybody says, and I think that main reason why they have problems on the start of the season is his managers quality. Today Chelsea is just to much good for...
Mourinho knows how to win this kind of matches without losing to much fitness for his players. Like I said here yesterday, Redknapp is not such good manager like everybody says, and I think that main reason why they have problems on the start of the season is his managers quality. Today Chelsea is just to much good for QPR, and they will easily beat them
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explosio4 9 years ago
This should be an easy win for Chelsea. In great shape they have an amazing roster and brilliant Mourinho on the bench. Diego Costa is back in the starting eleven and we expect him to score. Defence has incorporated and I think it will not concede today. QPR will not score today. Prediction 3-0.
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VlahovicNovo 9 years ago
Big favorite in this match is Chelsea.They are very strong and Dirgo Costa is big treasure of this team.On other way is QPR who are solid team but i think today they not chance for one point.I think Chelsea will win easely.
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