{"id":619154,"date":"2022-11-09T08:30:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T13:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=619154"},"modified":"2022-11-08T11:36:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T16:36:30","slug":"chelsea-lineup-prediction-vs-manchester-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/11\/09\/chelsea-lineup-prediction-vs-manchester-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Omari Hutchinson to Star: Chelsea Lineup Prediction vs Manchester City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The EFL Cup is a competition primed for rotation so there are questions about what the Chelsea lineup will look like for their big clash with Manchester City. Injuries have had their impact on the depth at Stamford Bridge but youngster Omari Hutchinson could be in line for a starting spot along with academy graduate Armando Broja.<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea Lineup Prediction for EFL Cup Clash with Manchester City<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Matchday minus one! \ud83d\udc4a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0pF56ls1Sq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/0pF56ls1Sq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChelseaFC\/status\/1590012016340631556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>How Chelsea Have Lined-Up Recently<\/h3>\n<p>Edouard Mendy, Thiago Silva, Marc Cucurella, Jorginho, Raheem Sterling, Mason Mount, and Kai Havertz have all been regular names on the team sheet in recent weeks despite the tinkering of the formation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/11\/05\/chelsea-endrick-rumours\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Fabrizio Romano Names Chelsea&#8217;s Biggest Competition for Brazilian &#8216;Phenemenon&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Injuries have also forced Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Cesar Azpilicueta into starting spots over some preferred options.<\/p>\n<h3>Chelsea&#8217;s Recent Form and Tactics<\/h3>\n<p>With two of his three wing-backs out injured Graham Potter has been forced to switch to a back four for the past two games. This has seen him opt for a modified 4-3-3 with one attacker tending to drop deep into space. This could be a good opportunity for midfielder Denis Zakaria to make his second appearance for the club. The 25-year-old has only made one appearance for club since joining on loan from Juventus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/06\/chelsea-vision-2030-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea Vision 2030 Project: A Necessary Overhaul of Academy Football<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The entire team has been affected by the injuries to key players and the near-constant formation changes, so much so that The Blues have not got a win in their last four domestic games.<\/p>\n<h3>Chelsea Injuries to Consider<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/chelsea-fc\/news\/chelsea-injury-news-chilwell-kepa-25445428\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">injury list<\/a> is somewhat lengthy in Stamford Bridge at the moment. Long-term absentees Reece James, Wesley Fofana, Ben Chilwell, and N&#8217;Golo Kante are joined by first-choice goalkeeper Kepa Arizabalaga and youngster Carney Chukwuemeka on the sidelines. With so many players out due to injury and an important Premier League clash against 3rd-place Newcastle United looming at the weekend, Potter may take the opportunity to hand starts to some of the Blues&#8217; less familiar faces.<\/p>\n<p>One of those faces could be highly-rated winger Omari Hutchinson, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3770993\/2022\/11\/07\/chelsea-omari-hutchinson-jamaica\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told not to report for international duty<\/a> for Jamaica as he would be included in the Matchday squad at the Etihad.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26bd\ufe0f\ud83c\udd70\ufe0f\ud83c\udd70\ufe0f. Onto the next <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5f7WTWnZ6V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/5f7WTWnZ6V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Omari Hutchinson (@omarihutch7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/omarihutch7\/status\/1582757057027272704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Chelsea Lineup Predictions<\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;re expecting some rotation but a consistent 4-3-3 style layout from Potter:<\/p>\n<p>GK &#8211; Edouard Mendy<\/p>\n<p>LB &#8211; Marc Cucurella<\/p>\n<p>CB &#8211; Kalidou Koulibaly<\/p>\n<p>CB &#8211; Trevoh Chalobah<\/p>\n<p>RB &#8211; Cesar Azpilicueta<\/p>\n<p>CM &#8211; Conor Gallagher<\/p>\n<p>CM &#8211; Denis Zakaria<\/p>\n<p>CM &#8211; Mateo Kovacic<\/p>\n<p>AT &#8211; Omari Hutchinson<\/p>\n<p>AT &#8211; Armando Broja<\/p>\n<p>AT &#8211; Christian Pulisic<\/p>\n<h3>Current Odds: Chelsea vs Manchester City<\/h3>\n<p>SkyBet unsurprisingly has The Citizens as the favourites to win and advance to the next round. At 4\/9 odds the betting market is almost guaranteeing a win for Pep Guardiola&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EFL Cup is a competition primed for rotation so there are questions about what the Chelsea lineup will look like for their big clash with Manchester City. Injuries have had their impact on the depth at Stamford Bridge but youngster Omari Hutchinson could be in line for a starting spot along with academy graduate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2013,"featured_media":619204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9367,11,17],"tags":[3282],"class_list":["post-619154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","category-chelsea","category-manchester-city","tag-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Alex Morley, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}