Chelsea Vs Birmingham City 2012 FA Cup Preview

Friday, February 17th, 2012 at 12:19 pm , filed under UEFA Euro by Craig Farrell

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The English FA Cup football match between Chelsea and Birmingham City kicks off 12:30 GMT on 18 February 2012 at Stamford Bridge, England.

Chelsea is currently doing well in this season, sitting in the fifth position in Premier League, 15 points behind Manchester United, and now playing a FA Cup. The last time Chelsea had fewer points after twenty-five matches in the Premier League than their current total of 43 was way back in 2000/01, when they had 37.

Ramires and Ashley Cole and will miss out with knee and calf injuries respectively. Skipper John Terry could aspect, despite suffering from a knee injury, but new-signed Gary Cahill is likely to deputies.

Birmingham City have beat Chelsea with 1-0 goal-score in the Premier League last season. The team have scored the most goals, 18, in the final 10 minutes of match in the Championship. The two sides have faced each other just once before in the FA Cup rivalry. Chelsea has won with 1-0 score in the fourth round of the 2004-05 campaign.

Chelsea (LDDWD):

Feb ’12 : Everton 2 – 0 Chelsea

5 Feb ’12 : Chelsea 3 – 3 Manchester United

31 Jan ’12 : Swansea City 1 – 1 Chelsea

28 Jan ’12 : Queens Park Rangers 0 – 1 Chelsea

21 Jan ’12 : Norwich City 0 – 0 Chelsea

Birmingham City (DWDWW):

14 Feb ’12 : Birmingham City 0 – 0 Hull City

7 Feb ’12 : Birmingham City 1 – 0 Portsmouth

4 Feb ’12 : Birmingham City 0 – 0 Southampton

31 Jan ’12 : Leeds United 1 – 4 Birmingham City

28 Jan ’12 : Sheffield United 0 – 4 Birmingham City

Probable Starting Line-Up:

Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Luiz, Cahill, Bertrand, Meireles, Lampard, Essien, Sturridge, Torres and Mata.

Birmingham City: Myhill, Carr, Caldwell, Davies, Murphy, Fahey, Mutch, Spector, Elliot, Burke and King.

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