Chelsea Strong Favourites As They Travel To Hull

Premier League

Football
Published: 21/03/2015

Hull City will look to pull away from the relegation zone tomorrow though must do so against the Premier League`s table toppers Chelsea. Tomorrow`s hosts currently sit in 15th position in the top tier of English football, three points better off than Burnley who occupy the final relegation spot. Whilst the side`s poor goal difference means that Steve Bruce`s men would not rise even a spot with a surprise home win over Chelsea, they would put six points between themselves and the dreaded drop zone. A defeat would see them liable to fall further down the Premier League table.

Jose Mourinho`s visitors, conversely, have three points over second place Manchester City with two games in hand. Whilst a win would take them six points clear at the top of the league, they would still get another chance to extend their lead even if they dropped points at the KC Stadium.

The two clubs last met in December in the reverse fixture at Stamford Bridge. It was the home team who got the better of Hull on this occasion, Chelsea scoring two without reply. The result was sealed with a goal in either half, Eden Hazard providing the opener with the game only seven minutes young before Diego Costa doubled up for the London side on the 68th minute.

Eleven-to-two (bet365, paddy Power, Totesport, william hill) says that Chelsea will run out the 2-0 winners for the second time over City whilst a Blues win to nil can be backed at the best price of 11/10. This is available at most bookmakers. Hazard is a 6/1 (Betvictor, Coral, paddy Power, Stan James) shout to open the with Costa up for grabs at 15/4 (Spreadex) to net the last goal of the match.

Indeed, the visitors are the favourites to claim all three points tomorrow. Most bookies have a price of 1/2 on Mourinho`s men winning by any means at the KC Stadium. In opposition however, Hull are available for support at the best price of 8/1 (bet365, Betvictor) and a draw can be picked up at 7/2 (bet365, Betbright, betfair, boylesports).

The Tigers are unbeaten in three at home in the Premier League and have won three of their last five home encounters. Bruce`s side have also only failed to score on one occasion in this period and are available at 11/10 (888sport, betfred, betway, unibet) to score over 0.5 times tomorrow.

Six of the seven goals that they have bagged in this five game period have come from both Nikica Jelavic and Dame N`Doye, the pair having hit three a-piece. Jelavic has broken the deadlock twice in this five game period and is 11/1 (bet365, paddy power, Stan James) to provide the opener once again. Alternatively, N`Doye can also be backed at 11/1 (Bet365, betfair, paddy power) but this time to be the last goalscorer after providing the closing goal in two of these five home matches.

Chelsea, who are unbeaten in eight Premier League matches, have picked up a total of 10 points from their last five on the road. They will be buoyed, however, by the fact that they have not dropped a point in their last three in this period.

Mourinho`s men are prolific scorers, having bagged 12 goals in these relevant games. Leaving aside their embarrassing 5-3 defeat at the hands of Tottenham, they have conceded just two in their last four away from Stamford Bridge. The London club can be picked up at odds of 11/4 with Coral to hot over 2.5 goals past the Tigers whilst 11/10 with a number of bookmakers says that the visitors will be able to win to nil.

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