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Welcome to the Semi-Final clash of the FA Cup between Spurs & Chelsea !
WE ARE AT WEMBLEY !!!!
This time a couple' seasons back we were here was V’s Pompy..We lost..I Cried...Lets not revisit that again
| Team News |
● Ledley King's chronic knee problems could rule him out as he struggles to play more than once a week
● Midfielder Scott Parker is likely to be available after he missed the loss to the Canaries, but playmaker Niko Kranjcar has picked up a knee injury that rules him out of the trip to Wembley
● Chelsea defenders John Terry and Ashley Cole have been passed fit for Sunday's FA Cup semi-final tie with Tottenham Hotspur
● Right-back Branislav Ivanovic misses the game as he begins a three-match suspension
| Line Up |
-SPURS
_____________Cudicini______________
__Walker__King__Gallas__Ekotto__
__Lennon__Parker__Modric__Bale__
______________VDV_____________
_____________Ade_______________
SUBS: Friedel, Nelsen, Rose, Giovani, Livermore, Sandro, Defoe
-CHELSEA
__________Cech__________
__Bosingwa__Luiz_Terry__Cole__
_______Mikel__Lampard______
__Ramires__Mata__Kalou_____
__________Drogba___________
SUBS: Turnbull, Cahill, Essien, Meireles, Sturridge, Torres
| Odds (Skybet) |
-Spurs 8/5......DRAW 23/10......... Chelsea 17/10
| Spurs/Chelsea FA Cup Appearances |
| FA Cup Rounds | Spurs | Chelsea |
| WINNERS | 8 | 6 |
| LOSING FINALISTS | 1 | 4 |
| SEMI-FINALISTS | 9 | 9 |
| LAST 8 (R6) | 18 | 12 |
| LAST 16 (R5) | 19 | 16 |
| LAST 32 (R4) | 23 | 25 |
| TOTALS | 78 | 72 |
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| Spurs & Chelsea’s ROAD TO WEMBLEY!! |
-SPURS :
| Quarter Final |
- Spurs 3-1 Bolton - Nelsen, Bale, Saha
| 5th Round Replay |
- Spurs 3-1 Stevenage - Defoe(2), Adebayor
| 5th Round |
- Stevenage 0-0 Spurs
| 4th Round |
- Watford 0-1 Spurs - Van der Vaart
| 3rd Round |
- Spurs 3-0 Cheltenham - Defoe, Pavlyuchenko, Dos Santos
-CHELSEA :
| Quarter Final |
- Chelsea 5-2 Leicester - Kalou, Cahill, Torres (2), Meireles
| 5th Round Replay |
- Birmingham 0-2 Chelsea - Mata, Meireles
| 5th Round |
- Chelsea 1-1 Birmingham - Sturridge
| 4th Round |
- QPR 0-1 Chelsea - Mata
| 3rd Round |
- Chelsea 4-0 Portsmouth - Mata, Ramires (2), Lampard
| Top Goal Scorers (All Competitions) |
-SPURS :
Defoe.... - 16
Adebayor - 14
Bale..... - 11
-CHELSEA :
Lampard - 15
Sturridge - 12
Mata..... - 11
| SOME REALLY DULL STATS |
■Chelsea & Spurs have been drawn together eight times before in the FA Cup, with each side progressing four times
■On the last two occasions Tottenham have beaten Chelsea in the cup, they have gone on to lift the trophy
■Tottenham have only won four of their last 13 games in all competitions, drawing five and losing four
■Tottenham have lost their last five FA Cup semi-finals, and haven't the made the final of the competition since 1991
■Only one team has ever been knocked out in more than five consecutive FA Cup semi-finals, but that was Chelsea (six, between 1920 and 1966)
■Overall, however, Spurs have won nine and lost nine of 18 FA Cup semi-final ties
■It is 21 years since Tottenham won the FA Cup for the eighth time in their history. Only Manchester United (11) and Arsenal (10) have won the silverware more often
DANGER STATS
■Since the start of the 2006/07 competition, Frank Lampard has scored more goals than any other player in the FA Cup proper (18)
■Chelsea have only lost one of their last 32 FA Cup matches (excluding penalty shootout defeats)
■After being eliminated in seven of their first eight FA Cup semi-finals, the Blues have reached the final on nine of the last 11 occasions they have made the final four
■Excluding penalty shoot-out defeats, Chelsea are unbeaten in 21 FA Cup games, only one side has ever gone longer without defeat in the competition: Blackburn Rovers between October 1883 and November 1886 (23 games)
KO: 6pm
Venue : I told you earlier
COYS!!!!!!
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