After their Carabao Cup defeat, Chelsea turn their attention to another cup competition as they take on Leeds United in the FA Cup fifth round.
Chelsea suffered late heartbreak at Wembley, with Virgil van Dijk scoring in the 118th minute to secure a 1-0 win for Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final. It was a record sixth-consecutive domestic cup final defeat for Chelsea, with Mauricio Pochettino's wait for a trophy in England continuing.
Attention now turns to the FA Cup for Chelsea, with the Blues hosting Championship side Leeds United in the fifth round. Leeds have won 11 of their last 12 games in all competitions, entering the clash in their best form of the season so far.
To complete this simulation, we used EA FC 24 and updated the squads with the latest injuries and suspensions.
We predict that Chelsea could set up in a 4-2-3-1 formation, with their line-up as follows: Sanchez; Gilchrist, Chalobah, Silva, Colwill; Caicedo, Enzo; Madueke, Gallagher, Mudryk; Jackson.
We predict that Leeds could line up in a 4-3-3 formation, with their starting XI as follows: Meslier; Roberts, Ampadu, Cooper, Firpo; Gruev, Kamara; Gnonto, Rutter, Summerville; Bamford.
The in-form Leeds started strongly at Stamford Bridge, with Crysencio Summerville causing all sorts of problems for the Blues down the right. After just nine minutes, the hosts thought they had taken the lead when Patrick Bamford headed home Summerville's cross, but the flag was raised for offside.
After surviving the visitor's early flurry of chances, Chelsea started to take control of the game, with Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez controlling the midfield battle. The Blues started to dominate, and in the 42nd minute, they took the lead.
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