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Thursday, April 17, 2008

EVERTON vs CHELSEA (EPL)

<3.50> <3.20> <1.88>

everton did the unlikely this season at stamford bridge, taking a point from chelsea with a late cahill equaliser. chelsea's title challenge is also likely to be over, after heskey deflated them with a last-minute leveller. reports seem to focus on chelsea's frailty, failure to put chances away blarblarblar, but they seem to forget that chelsea absolutely dominated the match, and were unlucky to come up against an outstanding chris kirkland. kirkland has been the second-best keeper in the league this season, imo, behind david james of course. as such, i expect chelsea to put this right, and clinch a win at goodison park to at least hang on in the title race.

- Eddy's prediction: $10 on Chelsea to win @ 1.88 = $18.80

Everton have been bad upfront the past few games, with the absence of Arteta and Osman sorely affecting their attacking play. One would think that Chelsea would clinch this easily, but keep in mind that Drogba and Lampard are both out too - both very important players in the Chelsea attack. Everton have the 4th best defence in the league and I expect them to be able to emerge with a point against a Chelsea that is rapidly losing faith in their manager.

- Roland's prediction: $5 on Draw @ 3.20 = $16

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