History to repeat itself at the bridge

Some serious pointers to a big price winner

Sky Sports Super Sunday is headlined by proceedings at Stamford Bridge where Premier League leaders Chelsea welcome lowly Hull to London for a 4.30pm start.

18-places stand between these sides in the current charts and Chelsea will be hoping that will be reflected in the final-score. Coral traders certainly expect that to be the case, with the locals priced as 2/11 favourites for a maximum pay-out, at the time of writing.

There’s little doubt that is a decent enough offer, all things considered. The Blues lost to city rivals Spurs in their first outing of 2017, so are not indestructible, but are pretty close to it, judging by their form this season. A CV reading 17 wins and one draw against three losses holds weight with both punters and odds compilers.

Trust in the trends

One of those 17 victories came against Sunday’s opponents earlier in the season in the reverse of this fixture, with Conte’s troops taking home a 2-0 result thanks to goals from Da Silva and Costa. The latter is back in contention for a starting slot after missing the Leicester match through injury – or so we were told. The 28-year-old Spaniard is 5/2 with Coral to get the first goal of this match.

Followers of the trends will be as surprised as we were to see that four of the last five matches involving Chelsea and Hull have ended in a 2-0 blues win, and that may just be worth chancing again, with our traders serving up a lovely 24/5.