Even Though Ivory Coast has been eliminated from the Africa Cup of Nations, Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou will not be available for this clash. Chelsea aims to return to theTop of Premiership with a win over high-flying Birmingham but it will not be an easy task, as Alex McLeish's side have been unbeaten since October.Ancelotti has some concerns over Frank Lampard and Juliano Belletti, who both picked up knocks in the Preston game, while Ashley Cole, Jose Bosingwa, Michael Essien and John Obi Mikel are all unavailable.

Birmingham are reaching new heights every week and the way they are heading, they may clinch European qualification come end of the season. The Blues continued the impressive Premier League run with 1:1 draw against United, while they also made it to the fifth round of the FA Cup having eliminated Nottingham Forest and Everton. The players’ confidence is sky high at the moment and that is definitely one of the reasons why they are so hard to beat.Chelsea will have their work cut out for them against Alex McLeish’s side,having held chelsea to a goalless draw earlier in the season. With no fresh injuries to report, Alex McLeish is set to field the same starting line-up in the tenth consecutive Premiership game, which has to be a record of some kind. This means new signing Michel will again start on the bench, while Lee Carsley, David Murphy, Teemu Tainio, Gary O’Connor and Stuart Parnaby are still on injury list.

its gonna be a Chelsea victory.

The earlier d temporary leaders r shown where they belong, the better

Chelsea it has to be o!!! can't afford any more slip-ups.

Blue will defeat Birmingham easier without our Ivorian brothers cuz of the winning spirit in the team now, however i think drogba will be introduced in the second half of our next game, up blues

Go Chelsea!

Is forward every for Chelsea. There is no dull moment for them, so long anelka is there and frank and balack is there d goal must come from any Conner of the field, eve John terry can bring the winning goal, Up Bluessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss 4 life

Home advantage should favour us.
Nothing less than a win is required.

BlueDiva:

Home advantage should favour us.
Nothing less than a win is required.

you mean PDP tactics?

anyway birminham will shock you guys like algeria shocked ivory coast

chelsea rules for life

I am chelsea fan but you guys have started sounding like the gunners. No team in the EPL is a walkover. Birmingham is a tough one but I just hope Chelsea wins.

we are going to carry the day so that we can go back to our position . up chelsea, blues for life.

i'm very wary of these Birmingham team.
so compact, almost unable to beat . . .''almost''
i just hope we'll have the edge.

a lone goal victory will do for me.

mykali:

i'm very wary of these Birmingham team.
so compact, almost unable to beat . . .''almost''
i just hope we'll have the edge.

a lone goal victory will do for me.

i foresee a wider goal margin.

dominique:

i foresee a wider goal margin.

then you don't know the Birmingham defence.

The 'blues' will come to shut up shop but'll get a licking.
3 points

maybe a 3-2 win for Birmingham. . . they are a good side u kno?

Go Go Birmingham!!

i see an upset here

These guys are the most difficult team to beat now in the premiership. All you saying Chelsea walkover obviously don't watch the premiership.
I really do hope we take all three points.

allboyz:

maybe a 3-2 win for Birmingham. . . they are a good side u kno?

You don come with your useless predo again?
Oya back to sender.

2 goals for Chu-Cho
Go Bham!

Birmingham is a very good team their defensive record is fantastic very tough team to beat but I think we can get the 3 point though is nt goin to be a easy match I hope we win, any slipup is dangerous for us now we need d 3 point it is very crucial. maybe 1:0 or 2:1 to Chelsea

Birmingham's defence is really strong. I predict 1-1 draw.

Chelsea is winning Vigorously Birmingham likes it or not.

tayoccu:

you mean PDP tactics?

anyway birminham will shock you guys like algeria shocked ivory coast

We don't do "PDP".
Try Old Trafford.

FBS- NA TRU I YARN NOW 0O0O,

Will be interesting to see what formation CA uses tonite

allboyz:

FBS- NA TRU I YARN NOW 0O0O,

and I say back to sender.

Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Terry, Carvalho, Ashley Cole, Ballack, Lampard, Deco, Malouda, Joe Cole, Anelka.
Subs: Turnbull, Zhirkov, Paulo Ferreira, Sturridge, Matic, Alex, Borini.


. . .Lets go there. . .

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