Chelsea look for victory at home against Grimsby Town in 2019/20 Carabao Cup

Chelsea will play Grimsby Town on Wednesday in 2019/20 Carabao Cup as the tournament moves ahead. The Blues go into this game as the favourites.

Kick-off : 7:45 PM (Local)

Venue : Stamford Bridge, London

Chelsea are not in great form at the moment and after the home loss to Liverpool on Sunday in the Premier League they are on a back foot.

Looking to make things a bit more easier for them again, The Blues look to produce some goods in the Carabao Cup.

Facing Grimsby Town in the third round mustn’t be that difficult a task. But they will have to be good.

Chelsea will look to make the home advantage count and play their brand of football and try to outplay Grimsby Town from the outset. A big win will be on their minds.

On the other hand, Grimsby Town have done so far well to reach this far and they will look to cause an upset to move forward.

The Mariners ousted Macclesfield Town in the second round through a penalty shoot-out to reach the third round. They have a rock solid defence.

But Chelsea should be a different proposition. They know it and they will require luck with their strategies.

Grimsby Town will need to sit deep and absorb pressure as much they can and look for an improbable winner.

Chelsea have a good record against Grimsby Town and they will look to continue the good work.

Team news and possible line-ups

Max Wright is available for Grimsby Town and might get a place in the starting XI against Chelsea.

As for The Blues, Reece James and Marc Guehi are both available and might be handed debuts by Lampard. While Antonio Rudiger and Emerson Palmieri will not be available as due to injuries.

Grimsby Town XI : McKeown, Hewitt, Waterfall, Gibson, Hendrie, Cook, Hessenthaler, Robson, Wright, Green, Hanson.

Chelsea XI : Caballero, R. James, Zouma, Guehi, Alonso, Gilmour, Kovacic, Barkley, Pedro, Batshuayi, Pulisic.

Prediction

I expect Chelsea to register their first home win of the season. Them to win 3-0.