A thrilling midweek game and an all important three points which keeps us within touching distance of the early leaders. Thanks mostly to a fantastic individual performance from a player who has been criticised for underachieving so far this season but really came to the fore last night, Frank Lampard. Eden Hazard also contributed with 2 goals.
No big points this weekend as no-one predicted a 3/4 scoreline or Altidore to get the first so it is very much 'as you were'.
Next up, its an away trip to Mark Hughes' Stoke side. (Saturday 7th December 2013 @ 15.00).
Current Standings;
| Position | Username | PerfectPredictions | Score |
| 1) | npe (U1328) | 2 | 120 |
| 2) | White Wall (U1078) | 0 | 112 |
| 3) | TCW (U6489) (12/13 Champ) | 1 | 110 |
| 4) | zidanebluekhan (U14449) | 1 | 106 |
| 5) | Marko van Ginkel (U7316) | 0 | 104 |
| 6) | JNR (U10993) | 0 | 100 |
| =6) | BlueMungoPark (U10279) | 0 | 100 |
| 8) | JohnTerrysHardTackle (U1634) | 0 | 98 |
| 9) | Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007) | 0 | 92 |
| =9) | g7 (U12473) | 0 | 92 |
| 11) | Tucking Fypo (U9627) | 1 | 90 |
| 12) | blueisthecolour (U1528) | 0 | 86 |
| =12) | CFC 1L1L1C (U12980) | 0 | 86 |
| 14) | The Last Mikel Supporter (U14271) | 1 | 84 |
| 15) | Mr Carneiro (U3098) | 0 | 82 |
| 16) | Harlequin (U16981) | 1 | 78 |
| =16) | Ifarka (U8182) | 1 | 78 |
| 18) | Don Mata (U10332) | 0 | 76 |
| =18) | Gazza (U1266) | 0 | 76 |
| =18) | Ronny Von Banterous (U5996) | 0 | 76 |
| 21) | Cech Hook (U17554) | 0 | 72 |
| =21) | chelseabluealley (U1757) | 0 | 72 |
| 23) | Bring Back Lukaku (U17880) | 0 | 70 |
| =23) | Caughtbluehanded (U15905) | 0 | 70 |
| 25) | LSTD (U2708) | 0 | 68 |
| =25) | SuperFrank (U15103) | 0 | 68 |
| 27) | TheChameleonProject (U1847) | 0 | 66 |
| 28) | Maurice Chavez (U11039) | 0 | 64 |
| 29) | Kevin De Bruyne (U14678) | 0 | 62 |
| 30) | The Blue Kenyon (U1641) | 0 | 60 |
| 31) | Awesome (U8852) | 0 | 58 |
| =31) | Bridge Banter (U12349) | 0 | 58 |
| 33) | SnoopLion (U8607) | 0 | 56 |
| =33) | Stuck with the name Biggish..... (U7916) | 0 | 56 |
| =33) | soccerlol (U7650) | 0 | 56 |
| 36) | Obers (U2904) | 0 | 54 |
| =36) | TrojanDonkey (U1601) | 1 | 54 |
| 38) | MOJO (U1937) | 0 | 52 |
| 39) | CSTP (U1453) | 0 | 50 |
| 40) | Toby Lerone (U12295) | 0 | 44 |
| =40) | Blue Woji (U16428) | 0 | 48 |
| =40) | TERRY-LEADER-LAMPARD-LEGEND (U4640) | 0 | 46 |
| 43) | David Speedie Fan Club (U9709) | 0 | 44 |
| 44) | Tway (U1162) | 0 | 40 |
| 45) | don’t click here (U14639) | 0 | 40 |
| 46) | chelseamf (U1677) | 0 | 36 |
| 47) | Blueformostoftheway (U8980) | 0 | 24 |
| 48) | Mr Chelsea (U3579) | 0 | 20 |
| 49) | JustAnotherPoster (U10557) | 0 | 14 |
| =49) | blueboy83 (U11255) | 0 | 14 |
| =49) | The Blue Canadian (U10559) | 0 | 14 |
| 52) | kharinesleggings82 (U9407) | 0 | 12 |
| =52) | Kuki (U6289) | 0 | 12 |
| 54) | Just Matt. Whats the Mata? (U9316) | 0 | 8 |
| =54) | MurderonZidanesDancefloor (U7958) | 0 | 8 |
| =54) | Sideshow (U11809) | 0 | 8 |
| =54) | ⓋⒾⓋⒶ Kurdistan(U10561) | 0 | 8 |
| =54) | izyking(U7235) | 0 | 8 |
| =54) | Charlag™ (U1717) | 0 | 8 |
| 60) | Nickopolidis (U9257) | 0 | 4 |
| =60) | Celery (U17633) | 0 | 4 |
| =60) | Luiz my Mind (U1740) | 0 | 4 |
| =60) | South West London (U18819) | 0 | 4 |
Fernando Torres Award for Most Correct Goalscorers; (Current Champ - Sheriff)
5; npe, Cech Hook
4; JNR, Don Mata, BlueMungoPark, TCW, ZidaneBlueKhan, Maurice Chavez.
3; Mr Carneiro, Don'tClickHere, Marco van Ginkel, blueisthecolour, TuckingFypo, White Wall, LSTD, Sheriff, g7day, Toby Lerone, CFC 1L1L1C, SnoopLion, Awesome
2; CaughtBlueHanded, ifarka, bluewoji, Harlequin, Biggish, TheBlueKenyon, JTHT, SuperFrank, TheLastMikelSupporter, Ronny van Banterous, Tway, DavidSpeedieFanClub
1;, TheChameleonProject, BringBackLukaku, MrChelsea, TrojanDonkey, ChelseaBlueAlley, MOJO, blueformostoftheway, chelseamf, Kevin de Bruyne, CSTP, Gazza
Wall of Champions;
11/12 Champion; White Wall
12/13 Champion; TCW
Scoring Points;
Correct Score - 10 pts
Correct First Goalscorer - 8 pts
Correct Result - 4 pts
Perfect Prediction - 20 pts
STOKE VS. CHELSEA
Last Time Out;
4/12/13
Sunderland 3-4 Chelsea
Altidore 14' Lampard 17'
O'Shea 50 Hazard 36' 62'
Bardsley 86' Bardsley 84' (OG)
4/12/13
Stoke 0-0 Cardiff
League Head to Head;
Stoke wins; 22
Draws; 18
Chelsea wins; 38
Last Meetings;
12/1/13
Stoke 0-4 Chelsea
----------- Walters (o.g) 45' 62
----------- Lamaprd 65' (pen)
----------- Hazard 73'
Chelsea 1-0 Stoke
Cole 85'
PL Form;
Sunderland; DDWLD
Chelsea; LDWWW
Top Goalscorers;
Stoke; All; Charlie ADAM, Peter CROUCH (3) PL; Charlie ADAM (3).
Chelsea; All; Eden HAZARD (8) - 6 in the PL.
Injuries/Suspension;
Stoke;
Doubtful;
Erik PIETERS (Groin - 75% chance of playing)
Suspended;
None.
Injured;
Robert HUTH (Knee)
Kieron WESTWOOD (Shoulder)
Chelsea;
Doubtful;
OSCAR.
Suspended;
None.
Injured;
David LUIZ (Knee Injury)
Tomas KALAS (Leg Injury)
Marco VAN GINKEL (Knee Injury)
Samuel ETO'O (Hamstring injury)
*According to Fantasy Premier League
Predict away and good luck!