Hull City vs Chelsea – 2019/20 FA Cup match preview, predicted lineups
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Chelsea will take on Hull City tomorrow in 2019/20 FA Cup fourth round as the tournament moves ahead. The Blues go into this game as the favourites.
Kick-off : 5:30 PM (Local)
Venue : KCOM Stadium, Kingston upon Hull
Chelsea are not having the best of times in the Premier League and winning the FA Cup might give their fans some chance to be happy this season.
The Blues went past Nottingham Forest in the third round of the FA Cup and they now face an away challenge against Hull City.
It will be a tough game but Chelsea must win it if they are to progress further in the competition.
Frank Lampard will field a strong team on Saturday which will attack well and can defend for 90 minutes.
On the other hand, Hull City are struggling in the EFL Championship and doing well in the FA Cup will be their aim.
The Tigers overcame Rotherham in the third round of the FA Cup. Now they face a stiffer challenge in Chelsea.
Hull need to make the home advantage count and try to upset Chelsea. But they will have to play out of their skins.
Grant McCann will use tactics which can suit his team well on the day. They need to sit deep absorb pressure and hit Chelsea on counters.
Chelsea have a good record against Hull City and they will look to continue the good work.
Team news and possible lineups
Matthew Pennington, Callum Elder, Jordy De Wijs will all be unavailable for Hull City for tomorrow’s game as due to injury.
While Martin Samuelson is available and will play.
As for Chelsea, Marcos Alonso and Tariq Lamptey are both available and will play.
Hull City XI : Long, Lichaj, Burke, Tafazolli, Kingsley, Lopes, Kane, Bowen, Irvine, Samuelsen, Eaves.
Chelsea XI : Caballero, Lamptey, Zouma, Tomori, Alonso, Barkley, Kovacic, Mount, Willian, Batshuayi, Pedro.
Prediction
Expecting Chelsea to edge Hull City here. They will probably win 3-1.
