Prediction Chelsea vs Peterborough United January 8, 2017

Just three days after the defeat of Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea have a chance to get back to winning ways as soon as possible at home to Peterborough United in FA Cup third round at Stamford Bridge on Sunday ( 8/1) evening. 

Chelsea had just tasted the first defeat in their last 14 games when a visit to the headquarters of Tottenham Hotspur. This defeat also halting the barrage of their 13 victories, and failed to match the record of 14 consecutive wins Arsenal. 

Against Peterborough, Chelsea coach, Antonio Conte looks set to choose to rotate skuatnya. In addition to providing opportunities for players who rarely play, rotations are also required to give the players a break in the middle of a busy schedule today. 

Names like Thibaut Courtois, David Luiz, Eden Hazard, N'Golo Kante and Diego Costa are also likely to be rested in this match. Instead, names such as Asmir Begovic, Branislav Ivanovic, Cesc Fabregas to Michy Batshuayi have the opportunity to play from the first minute. 

Not only that, this match could also be the first match for Kurt Zouma. The young defender has been sidelined long after a severe knee injury at the beginning of last year, and lately has been entered on the bench of the Blues. 

Meanwhile, Peterborough camp, coach Grant McCann likely will continue to play the same squad as during a 1-1 draw against Scunthorpe this week. 

ESTIMATED COMPOSITION OF PLAYERS
Chelsea (3-4-3): Begovic, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Zouma, Moses, Chalobah, Fabregas, Ola Aina, Willian, Batshuayi, Pedro. 
Peterborough (4-4-2): McGee, Hughes, Tafazolli, Smith, Bostwick, Maddison, Samuelson, Edwards, Forrester, Taylor, Morias. 

SECOND TEAM STATISTICS 
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Last match Chelsea 5:

• 05/01/17 Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Chelsea
• 12/31/16 Chelsea 4-2 Stoke City
• 26/12/16 Chelsea 3-0 Bournemouth
• 17/12/16 Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea
• 15/12/16 Sunderland 0-1 Chelsea

5 Last match Peterborough United:

• 01/02/17 Scunthorpe United 1-1 Peterborough
• 12/31/16 Peterborough 1-1 Coventry City
• 26/12/16 Peterborough 1-1 Gillingham
• 12/21/16 Peterborough 2-0 Notts County
• 17/12/16 Charlton 0-2 Peterborough

PREDICTION
This match may trigger the spirit of the Chelsea players to make up for the defeat of Tottenham Hotspur in the previous match. Although it will most likely be to rotate players, but Chelsea is predicted to still be too strong for Peterborough. Editors Bolanet predict hosts the Blues will win by a score of 3-0.

Hazard apologises to ballboy

Rafael Benitez has revealed Eden Hazard exchanged apologies at full-time with the Swansea ballboy(Charlie Morgan) that he appeared to kick during Chelsea's Capital One Cup exit on Wednesday.



Hazard was shown a red card deep into the second half of the 0-0 draw at the Liberty Stadium, after he showed his frustration when the ballboy refused to return the ball to the Belgian.



The youngster was helped away from the pitch as he winced in pain after receiving a boot to the ribcage area, but Benitez said both parties resolved their differences in a meeting that took place in the changing rooms after the match.



"I didn't see the incident from the bench, but afterwards the boy came in to talk to Hazard, and both apologised to each other," Benitez told Sky Sports.



"The boy knows he was wasting time, Hazard was frustrated because he wanted to get the ball back. They apologised, they made a mistake, and that's it.



"We're disappointed because we lost a player but the best thing is to move forward."



South Wales Police will not investigate the incident after the youngster said he would not press charges.



In a statement Chief Superintendent Josh Jones, of South Wales Police, said: "South Wales is aware of the incident involving a ballboy at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea. We are making arrangements for him to be interviewed. South Wales Police takes such matters very seriously.''



However, the ballboy met with police at the stadium and revealed that he would not be taking any further action.



Reflecting on Chelsea's dire performance, which saw them barely threaten despite needing to score twice to rescue the tie, Benitez said the damage was done in the first leg.



"We didn't take our chances in the first leg, and we didn't take our chances in this leg. Credit to Swansea," he said.



The Chelsea boss also refused to blame referee Chris Foy, who turned down a first-half penalty appeal when Demba Ba went down in the area, saying: "It does not matter, we cannot change this. We didn't take our chances."