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●Chelsea
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We seem to have kicked on the usual destructive end of the season form as usual. Titles have been secured and fought by Chelsea valiantly in these dying moments of the season but sometimes it is just too late. What fate holds this time for the current champions is still anyone's guess.
Chelsea have been in spectacular form. Amazingly in their last 6 fixtures, only Everton and Liverpool have managed as many points as us (13). Arsenal managed 12 while United only managed 9 with plenty of late minute goals. All we need to try to do is to win every one of our fixtures and for once, hope that luck favours us.
The Chelsea squad has been coming back in different shifts from their International duties. Thankfully not even a single injury has been reported thus far. What is even better is that Alex and Benayoun have also been declared fit. Looking at Arsenal and United's 6 to 8 injured players each, we are in a better position to give it all we have got.
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●Stoke City
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Stoke City at home is not a team to be taken lightly. This is a team that has not managed a single win or even a draw in their last 6 away games and yet they are way clear from the relegation zone. At home, they do not want to lose and they mostly do not even try to settle for a draw. The biggest question is still if they will decide to park the bus or approach us head on. Parking the bus might not be the best option considering the goals they have conceded so they will try a defensive minded counter attacking game. This should go in our favour.
Squad wise they are only missing one important player and that is Carew. The rest of the squad has been declared fit and many of the players have had a good rest.
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●Head-to-Head:
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Chelsea---------------------Stoke
29------------Played----------30
54------------Points-----------37
16---------------Won----------11
6--------------Drawn----------4
7---------------Lost------------15
53------------Scored----------36
24------------Conceded------36
3---------League Position----10
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●Recent Meetings:
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28-08-10 EPL Chelsea 2 - 0 Stoke City
25-04-10 EPL Chelsea 7 - 0 Stoke City
07-03-10 FA Cup Chelsea 2 - 0 Stoke City
12-09-09 EPL Stoke City 1 - 2 Chelsea
17-01-09 EPL Chelsea 2 - 1 Stoke City
27-09-08 EPL Stoke City 0 - 2 Chelsea
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●Form Guide:
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Chelsea: WLDWWW
Stoke : WLLDLW
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●Recent Fixtures
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Chelsea
2 - 0 Chelsea - Man City
0 - 0 Chelsea - FC Copenhagen
1 - 3 Blackpool - Chelsea
2 - 1 Chelsea - Man Utd
0 - 2 FC Copenhagen - Chelsea
1 - 1 Chelsea - Everton
Stoke City
Stoke - Newcastle 4 - 0
Stoke - West Ham 2 - 1
West Ham - Stoke 3 - 0
Stoke - West Brom 1 - 1
Arsenal - Stoke 1 - 0
Stoke - Brighton 3 - 0
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My Team
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-----------------------Cech---------------------------
Ivanovic-------Luiz--------Terry-----------Cole--
---------------------Essien---------------------------
Ramires-----------Lampard---------------Zhirkov-
--------------Drogba----------Torres----------------
Cruical subs: Benayoun , Anelka , Malouda , Josh
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