It has been an up and down season for Chelsea but if Frank Lampard can deliver the FA Cup in his first season in charge and Qualify for next seasons Champions League then it will be considered a success with plenty of optimism for next season with the signings of Hakim Ziyach and Timo Werner plus the promise of more. They sit 3rd in the Premier League currently 1 point ahead of Leicester and Man Utd with 2 games to play. The Blues have won four and lost 2 of the last 6 games since the Premier League restarted. Lampard will be concerned by the amount of goals they are conceded although they did get a rare clean sheet in the win over Norwich on Monday night.

Team News

Chelsea have reached the semi final stage after wins over Nottingham Forest (2-0) and Hull City (2-1) in the 3rd and 4th Round before a 1-0 win over Champions Liverpool in the 5th round and an impressive 1-0 away win at Leicester in the Quarter Finals. Lampard has reported no fresh injury worries from the Norwich win on Monday but has been dealt a major blow with the confirmed news that N’Golo Kante will not be fit to make the squad on Sunday. Lampard is likely to again start with Olivier Giroud after his goal against Norwich and the lack of form of Tammy Abraham.

Betting

Chelsea have a formidable record in FA Cup Semi Finals, they have won 9 of 11 since they beat Wimbledon in 1997, the only teams to beat them in Semi Finals in that period were Liverpool (2006) and Man City (2013). They seem to relish the big stage so the 16/1 on a Blues win with 888Sport (New Customers) looks excellent value. Christian Pulisic is in fine form for Chelsea and has scored 3 goals since the return and looks to be adjusting to life in England now. The American International should enjoy the wide open spaces at Wembley and is 7/2 to score anytime in 90 Minutes with Betfred