Scrappy win at the weekend but the three points, coupled with Arsenal's defeat, moved us back into a promising position in the league. However, there are still worries especially with the defensive performance yet again lacking and only one clean sheet in the last 11 league games.
We had our first perfect prediction since Schalke so well done to Tucking Fypo Who correctly predicted a Torres opener and a 2-1 victory and gains 20 points to catapult him into the top 10 and contention for the championship. .
At the top there was further development as White Wall netted a FGS prediction and is now level on points with the leader, the two are only separated by the virtue of npe's two perfect predictions.
Next up, its a trip to the Stadium of Light to face Gus Poyet's Sunderland in the League Cup Quarter Final. (Tuesday 17th December 2013 @ 19.45).
Current Standings;
| Position | Username | PerfectPredictions | Score |
| 1) | npe (U1328) | 2 | 128 |
| 2) | White Wall (U1078) | 0 | 128 |
| 3) | zidanebluekhan (U14449) | 1 | 122 |
| 4) | Marko van Ginkel (U7316) | 0 | 120 |
| 5) | TCW (U6489) (12/13 Champ) | 1 | 118 |
| 6) | JNR (U10993) | 0 | 116 |
| 7) | Tucking Fypo (U9627) | 2 | 114 |
| 8) | BlueMungoPark (U10279) | 0 | 108 |
| 9) | JohnTerrysHardTackle (U1634) | 0 | 106 |
| 10) | Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007) | 0 | 100 |
| =10) | g7 (U12473) | 0 | 100 |
| =10) | Gazza (U1266) | 0 | 100 |
| 13) | Mr Carneiro (U3098) | 0 | 98 |
| 14) | Ifarka (U8182) | 1 | 94 |
| 15) | The Last Mikel Supporter (U14271) | 1 | 92 |
| 16) | CFC 1L1L1C (U12980) | 0 | 90 |
| =16) | blueisthecolour (U1528) | 0 | 90 |
| 18) | Cech Hook (U17554) | 0 | 86 |
| 19) | Ronny Von Banterous (U5996) | 0 | 84 |
| =19) | Caughtbluehanded (U15905) | 0 | 84 |
| 21) | Harlequin (U16981) | 1 | 82 |
| 22) | Don Mata (U10332) | 0 | 76 |
| =22) | chelseabluealley (U1757) | 0 | 76 |
| =22) | SuperFrank (U15103) | 0 | 76 |
| 25) | TheChameleonProject (U1847) | 0 | 74 |
| =25) | Awesome (U8852) | 0 | 74 |
| 27) | Maurice Chavez (U11039) | 0 | 72 |
| =27) | Stuck with the name Biggish..... (U7916) | 0 | 72 |
| =27) | soccerlol (U7650) | 0 | 72 |
| 30) | Bring Back Lukaku (U17880) | 0 | 70 |
| 31) | LSTD (U2708) | 0 | 68 |
| =31) | The Blue Kenyon (U1641) | 0 | 68 |
| 33) | Kevin De Bruyne (U14678) | 0 | 66 |
| =33) | Bridge Banter (U12349) | 0 | 66 |
| 35) | TrojanDonkey (U1601) | 1 | 62 |
| 36) | SnoopLion (U8607) | 0 | 60 |
| =36) | Blue Woji (U16428) | 0 | 60 |
| 38) | Obers (U2904) | 0 | 58 |
| =38) | CSTP (U1453) | 0 | 58 |
| 40) | MOJO (U1937) | 0 | 52 |
| =40) | David Speedie Fan Club (U9709) | 0 | 52 |
| 42) | TERRY-LEADER-LAMPARD-LEGEND (U4640) | 0 | 50 |
| 43) | Toby Lerone (U12295) | 0 | 48 |
| =43) | don’t click here (U14639) | 0 | 48 |
| 45) | Tway (U1162) | 0 | 40 |
| =45) | chelseamf (U1677) | 0 | 40 |
| 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 |
| =52) | South West London (U18819) | 0 | 12 |
| 55) | Just Matt. Whats the Mata? (U9316) | 0 | 8 |
| =55) | MurderonZidanesDancefloor (U7958) | 0 | 8 |
| =55) | Sideshow (U11809) | 0 | 8 |
| =55) | ⓋⒾⓋⒶ Kurdistan(U10561) | 0 | 8 |
| =55) | izyking(U7235) | 0 | 8 |
| =55) | Charlag™ (U1717) | 0 | 8 |
| 61) | Nickopolidis (U9257) | 0 | 4 |
| =61) | Celery (U17633) | 0 | 4 |
| =61) | Luiz my Mind (U1740) | 0 | 4 |
| =61) | Legend Osgood (U7946) | 0 | 4 |
Fernando Torres Award for Most Correct Goalscorers; (Current Champ - Sheriff)
5; npe, Cech Hook, JNR, ZidaneBlueKhan
4; Don Mata, BlueMungoPark, TCW, Maurice Chavez, Awesome, Marco van Ginkel, TuckingFypo, White Wall, Mr Carneiro
3; Don'tClickHere, blueisthecolour, LSTD, Sheriff, g7day, Toby Lerone, CFC 1L1L1C, SnoopLion, ifarka, bluewoji, Biggish, Gazza.
2; CaughtBlueHanded, Harlequin, TheBlueKenyon, JTHT, SuperFrank, TheLastMikelSupporter, Ronny van Banterous, Tway, DavidSpeedieFanClub.
1;, TheChameleonProject, BringBackLukaku, MrChelsea, TrojanDonkey, ChelseaBlueAlley, MOJO, blueformostoftheway, chelseamf, Kevin de Bruyne, CSTP, soccerlol.
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
SUNDERLAND VS. CHELSEA
Last Time Out;
14/12/13
Chelsea 2-1 Crystal Palace
Torres 16' Chamakh 29'
Ramires 35'
14/12/13
West Ham 0-0 Sunderland
Overall Head to Head;
Sunderland wins; 39
Draws; 21
Chelsea wins; 57
Last Meetings;
4/12/13
Sunderland 3-4 Chelsea
Altidore 14' Lampard 17'
O'Shea 50 Hazard 36' 62'
Bardsley 86' Bardsley 84' (OG)
7/4/13
Chelsea 2-1 Sunderland
Kilgallan (o.g) 47' Azpilicueta (o.g) 45'
Ivanovic 55'
8/12/12
Sunderland 1-3 Chelsea
Johnson 66' Torres 11' 45' (pen)
------------------- Mata 49'
Form;
Sunderland; LDLLD
Chelsea; WWLWW
Top Goalscorers;
Sunderland; All; Phil BARDSLEY and Emmanuele GIACCHERINI (3)
Chelsea; All; Eden HAZARD (8).
Injuries/Suspension;
Sunderland;
Doubtful;
None.
Suspended;
None.
Injured;
Keiren WESTWOOD (Knock)
Carlos CUELLAR (Hip)
Chelsea;
Doubtful;
None.
Suspended;
None.
Injured;
Gary CAHILL (Thigh)
Ryan BERTRAND (Knock)
Tomas KALAS (Leg)
Marco VAN GINKEL (Knee)
*According to Fantasy Premier League
Predict away and good luck!