Huddersfield is Chelsea’s rival seeking rehab on Tuesday 12 December in one of the scheduled matches for the first day of the seventeenth round of the English Premier League season 2017/2018. Scheduled to kick-off at 6pm (GMT), the clash takes place at Kirklees Stadium in Huddersfield.
The recent performance of Huddersfield
The owners of the house succeeded on Saturday, December 9, to interrupt a sequence of four defeats. Also playing at Kirklees Stadium, they beat Brighton 2-0. They went up to 18 points (five wins, three draws and eight losses) to reach 12th place in the Premier League. They are five ahead in the comparison with West Ham, eighteenth placed, which opens the relegation zone.
The Huddersfield home campaign is slightly higher than the overall performance. With three wins in the last four matches, he is the ninth best entrant of the tournament with 14 points (four wins, two draws and two losses) accumulated.
To face Chelsea, United States coach David Wagner will be able to count on Dutch midfielder Rajiv van La Parra (13 matches in English Premier League 2017/2018, one goal). After being sent off in a 2-1 defeat at home to Manchester City, he was suspended for three matches. The punishment is already paid and the player released to act. Must be related among the holders.
There is still doubt, however, about defender Michael Hefele (a game, no goal) and midfielder Philip Billing (seven games, no goal). They are injured and depend on a new evaluation from the medical department to see if they can be available to Wagner.
The current form of Chelsea
Chelsea had 72 hours of nightmare. The first negative news happened on the four lines. Also on Saturday, the team faced West Ham in the London classic for the Premier League. In the opponent’s possession, it took 1 to 0.
With this, saw their difference in comparison to Manchester City, who defeated Manchester United, by 2 to 1, sixteenth round, increase to 14 points. With 32 (ten wins, two draws and four defeats), Chelsea are third in the Premier League.
The second bad news came from the group draw for the round of 16 of the European Champions League. After losing in the final round in the first round of his key to draw 1-1 at Atletico Madrid in London, Chelsea were indicated as Barcelona’s opponents in the next round of the continental tournament.
He was certainly not the fan of the fans’ dream or coach Antonio Conte, who will probably not be able to count on the options of Brazilian defender David Luiz (eight Premier League games in 2017/2018, a goal) to try to recover in the English Premier League. midfielder Daniel Drinkwater (six games, no goal). They are in the infirmary and will also need to be examined to see if they can take action against Huddersfield.
History of the bouts between Huddersfield and Chelsea
Twice the teams face each other, both in the FA Cup. Chelsea took the best on both occasions. In the 2005/2006 season, at home, he scored 2-1. Also at Stamford Bridge in 2007/2008 he made it 3-1.
Chelsea have played many times in a bureaucratic way. This indicates that the English press news regarding a possible relationship problem between Conte and some cast players may have some basis. Opens the opportunity for slightly higher risk guesses. However, three straight games without a win has not been very common for Chelsea.
Therefore, the hint in the London team still remains as the best option for the match. It has a price of 1.37 in Rivalo. Draw presents prize of 4.70 and success of home owners promotes the return of 8.70 for each real invested.