Saturday, 21 April 2018

EMIRATES FA CUP SEMI FINAL WEEKEND 2018

This seasons FA Cup competition reaches the last four, and both ties over this weekend will of course be played at Wembley Stadium. Saturday's tie between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur will be broadcast LIVE on BBC One.

Fixtures

Saturday 21 April 2018Semi Final
Kick OffNo.HomeAwayLive on
1Manchester UnitedVSTottenham Hotspurat Wembley Stadium - Live on BBC One
at Wembley Stadium - Live on BBC One
Sunday 22 April 2018Semi Final
Kick OffNo.HomeAwayLive on
2ChelseaVSSouthamptonat Wembley Stadium - Live on BT Sport 1
at Wembley Stadium - Live on BT Sport 1


SATURDAY 21st APRIL     KO - 5:15PM
MANCHESTER UNITED 2  vs  1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 
Would have made a decent final, Jose is a trophy collector and while the main prizes have eluded him this season there's no doubt he will be annoyed if he doesn't have another chance to add to his personal haul. Mauricio Pochettino however should be desperate to finally secure a first trophy and a long overdue one for Spurs. Much depends on the fitness and form of key strikers, Harry Kane had a recent spell out but is back and scoring, and in Alli, Erikson and Son they have back up a plenty. United have Lukaku who scored in the midweek win over Bournemouth and will be interesting to see if Lingard, Rashford will start or not. 


I'll go with a tight 2-1 win for Manchester United.
 -- Nice win this evening, can't believe that United were 11/5 to win the tie, and got 9/1 for the scoreline. Happy, and Tottenham continue with that long long long wait for a trophy.


SUNDAY 22nd APRIL       KO - 3PM
CHELSEA 2  vs  0  SOUTHAMPTON 
The Sunday afternoon game is a repeat of last weekends premier league game which Chelsea won 3-2 after being two down for a lot of the game. Southampton are in danger of losing their Premier league status this season and even under new manager Mark Hughes it would be a surprise to see last season's League Cup finalists making it to another Cup Final. 


However Wigan managed just that feat and were still relegated after they beat Manchester City not that long ago so anything is possible. 

Chelsea have the better squad and although talk is of the blues manger Antonio Conte leaving in the summer why wouldn't he want to go out with another trophy on his CV. 

Chelsea to win 3-1 for me [12/1].
Backing the Penalty awarded market too [7/2].

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