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Luton Town vs Chelsea prediction and odds: Thomas Tuchel side have perfect chance to put EFL cup woes behind them

Chelsea will need to put their Carabao Cup disappointment behind them when they travel to Kenilworth Road to avoid being on the receiving end of a cupset against Luton Town.

The Blues are the favourites at 4/11 with Betfred while Luton are 8/1 and a draw after 90 minutes is 4/1 in this FA Cup clash.

Thomas Tuchel will be looking to motivate his players just days after their penalty shoot-out anguish against Liverpool at Wembley on Sunday as he looks for the reigning European and World champions to focus their attention on the FA Cup.

It is the only domestic competition they now have a realistic chance of winning with the 16-point gap to Premier League leaders Manchester City almost a foregone conclusion.

They face a Luton Town who are challenging for a play-off spot in the second tier of English football and have only lost three times in the league at home too.

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Tips

  • Kai Havertz to score anytime - 6/4
  • Danny Hylton to score anytime - 9/2
  • Chelsea to win and both teams to score - 11/5

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Team stats

  • Both teams in matches involving Chelsea have scored in 19 from 43 matches so far this season in all competition while for Luton it is 14 from 36 - both teams to score is evens
  • Chelsea have finished 18 matches in all competitions with three or more goals while for Luton it is 19 but both have finished all their FA Cup matches so far this way - over 2.5 goals is 8/11

Players to watch

I am going to go for Kai Havertz with the German attacking midfielder looking to bounce back after the Carabao Cup disappointment. The German was unlucky for Mason Mount to deny him an assist and for the offside flag to deny him the opener but the former Bayer Leverkusen player will be keen

Meanwhile, Elijah Adebayo is the lethal striker for the Hatters with the 24-year-old finding the net 12 times so far this season.

H2H

This will be the 34th meeting between the two sides with the Blues picking up 18 wins, 12 draws and 13 losses in that time.

Last two meetings have been in the FA Cup, both with Chelsea winning but have not played at Kenilworth Road since December 1991 which they lost 2-1.

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