FA Cup

FA Cup | Third Round

Jan 8, 2022 at 5.30pm UK

Stamford Bridge

Chelsea
5 - 1
Chesterfield

Werner (6'), Hudson-Odoi (18'), Lukaku (20'), Christensen (39'), Ziyech (55' pen.)
Niguez (8')

FT(HT: 4-0)

Asante (80')
King (29')

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Chelsea celebrate scoring a goal against Chesterfield in the FA Cup third round on January 8, 2022

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Seventeen-year-old Lewis Hall says that he was 'left shaking' when learning that he would make his first Chelsea start against Chesterfield in the FA Cup.

Jan 8, 19:53

Lewis Baker and Harvey Vale are introduced as Chelsea substitutes against Chesterfield on January 8, 2022.

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The Match

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Chelsea win with a probability of 80.18%. A draw had a probability of 14.1% and a win for Chesterfield had a probability of 5.69%.

The most likely scoreline for a Chelsea win was 2-0 with a probability of 16.03%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (13.28%) and 3-0 (12.89%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (6.46%), while for a Chesterfield win it was 0-1 (2.68%). The actual scoreline of 5-1 was predicted with a 1.8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Chelsea would win this match.

Result
Chelsea	Draw	Chesterfield
80.18%	14.13%	5.69%

Both teams to score 35.06%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

55.38%

44.62%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

33.01%

66.99%

Chelsea Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

91.04%

8.96%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

69.44%

30.56%

Chesterfield Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

38.51%

61.49%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

8.61%

91.39%

Score Analysis

Chelsea 80.16%

Chesterfield 5.69%

Draw 14.13%

Chelsea	Draw	Chesterfield
2-0 @ 16.03% 1-0 @ 13.28% 3-0 @ 12.89% 2-1 @ 7.8% 4-0 @ 7.78% 3-1 @ 6.27% 4-1 @ 3.78% 5-0 @ 3.76% 5-1 @ 1.83% 3-2 @ 1.53% 6-0 @ 1.51% 4-2 @ 0.92% Other @ 2.79% Total : 80.16%	1-1 @ 6.46% 0-0 @ 5.51% 2-2 @ 1.9% Other @ 0.27% Total : 14.13%	0-1 @ 2.68% 1-2 @ 1.57% Other @ 1.44% Total : 5.69%