Read the latest odds and betting tips as the Blues travel to Cardiff in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals
Enzo Maresca wants to put his bombshell weekend comments behind him (Getty Images)
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Cardiff vs Chelsea betting tips
Chelsea to win to nil - 10/11 Bet365Estevao to score anytime - 6/4 Ladbrokes
Chelsea travel to face League One side Cardiff City in the Carabao Cup this week, with a place in the semi-finals at stake in the Welsh capital.
The hosts have made a brilliant start to the season in the third tier, rising to top of the table with a four-point lead over Bradford in second, but there is the feeling that their first cup run of the season will likely end this week as they host Chelsea.
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Enzo Maresca’s side enter the match off the back of a good win over Everton at the weekend, but though they sit in fourth in the Premier League at present, there are murmurs of discontent at Stamford Bridge after the Italian dropped bombshell comments that he didn’t feel supported.
A loss here could well spell trouble for the Blues, but they will of course enter the match as firm favourites, with betting sites offering Carabao Cup odds as low as 27/100 for a Chelsea win versus prices of 10/1 for a home victory.
The perceived gulf in class is further apparent in the outright tournament odds, with Chelsea third favourites at 9/2 while Cardiff are 80/1 on several football betting sites.
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Arsenal
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Man City
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5/2
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Newcastle
11/2
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11/2
11/2
5/1
Crystal Palace
12/1
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12/1
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Fulham
16/1
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20/1
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Cardiff vs Chelsea prediction: Blues to breeze through
It’s no surprise that Chelsea enter this match as such heavy favourites given the gap between the two sides, and though Maresca will likely make several changes to his starting side, the Blues’ billion-pound squad depth should prove the difference.
Cardiff do enter the match in decent form, having won all of their last five league games while scoring 14 and conceding six.
Chelsea’s recent performances have been more mixed, including the draw to Bournemouth and the loss to Atalanta, but of course the level of opposition has been much higher.
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In addition, recent clean sheets against Everton, Burnley and Barcelona show that a settled Blues defence should have little problem fending off any Cardiff threat.
While it’s difficult to predict what sort of performance Chelsea will produce given the potential for wholesale changes, the Blues should earn an easy win whatever starting XI they put out, and we think they’ll keep a clean sheet while doing so.
Cardiff vs Chelsea prediction 1: Chelsea to win to nil - 10/11 Bet365
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Cardiff vs Chelsea betting tip: Estevao to score
With Alejandro Garnacho and Pedro Neto having emerged as Maresca’s top wing pairing in recent matches, it is likely that both Jamie Gittens and Estevao will feature in a much-changed Blues line-up.
Estevao, 18, put his name on the map with a superb goal against Barcelona just a few weeks ago, and while he has not emerged as a consistent starter in the Premier League yet, these cup ties are the perfect type of fixture for the Brazilian to get more game time.
Estevao has four goals across seven appearances in cup competitions this term, including three in the Champions League, and scored against Wolves in the previous round of the Carabao Cup.
He started and played 61 minutes of that fourth round tie, and considering he is likely to start again – while also shouldering plenty of the attacking burden – we think he will find the net again in Cardiff.
Cardiff vs Chelsea prediction 2: Estevao to score anytime - 6/4 Ladbrokes
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