Premier League & FA Cup acca: Man City to win after UCL exit
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Ladbrokes presents its Premier League and FA Cup acca for the fixtures in England taking place this weekend on April 20 and 21, including Man City v Chelsea.
On Wednesday, Man City crashed out of the Champions League, after winning the tournament last year, following a loss on penalties to Real Madrid. Some fans have questioned whether the loss could spell the beginning of the end for Pep Guardiola's side this season, with an exit from the FA Cup potentially following this weekend.
However, City to beat Chelsea and progress to the tournament final features as part of our five=fold Premier League and FA Cup acca, which is eyeing a payout of just shy of 25/1.
Premier League & FA Cup acca
Man City to beat Chelsea
For the first leg of our Premier League & FA Cup acca, we're not only going for City to progress to the final of the tournament, but to do so by beating Chelsea in 90 minutes at Wembley Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Some feel that City's players are going to be going into the game extremely fatigued, considering they did just play 120 minutes against one of the best sides in the world, but we still think they've got enough quality on their bench to beat a Chelsea side who, despite being unbeaten in close to ten games, haven't been nearly good enough this season.
The Blues have 26 fewer points than City at this stage of the season, and despite being full of confidence following a 6-0 win over Everton on Monday, we don't think they're quite good enough to knock Guardiola and co out of the FA Cup this season.
Arsenal to beat Wolves
Another side hoping to get back to winning ways after getting knocked out of the Champions League this week are Arsenal, who were eliminated from the competition by Bayern Munich on Wednesday night following a 1-0 loss in Germany.
Arsenal are still in the title race though, and if all goes to plan, could go back to the top of the league if they manage to beat Wolves on Saturday afternoon, which we're expecting them to do.
Arsenal will end the weekend top of the league on Saturday, if they manage to beat a Wolves side who, despite showing glimpses of being a hard-to-beat side this year, are dealing with a major injury crisis at the moment which will massively impact the chances of a shock upset.
Fulham to draw with Liverpool
The bad news is going to keep on coming for Liverpool, in our view, as we predict that the Reds are going to draw with Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday afternoon, likely putting an end to their hopes of ending Jurgen Klopp's final season as boss with the Premier League title.
Liverpool did beat Atalanta 1-0 in their last outing in the Europa League, but a 3-0 loss in the first-leg means that Klopp's men have been knocked out of the competition that many viewed them as the undisputed favourites to win.
The victory over Atalanta came after back-to-back losses, the latter of which saw the Reds lose at Anfield for the first time this season, getting beat 1-0 by a spirited Crystal Palace side. Unfortunately for Liverpool, we expect their unbeaten run in the Premier League to stretch to three games, with Mo Salah, Virgil van Dijk and co drawing to Fulham.
Man United to beat Coventry
Coventry City have been one of the success stories of the FA Cup this year, with the Championship side making it to Wembley this year to face one of the biggest sides in the world, Man United, in the tournament's semi-final.
The game takes place on Sunday, and unfortunately for Coventry fans, we're expecting this weekend to spell the end of their FA Cup journey, with Man United moving on to the final of the tournament for the second-time in two years.
Ladbrokes is going with a Man United win for the fourth and penultimate leg of our Premier League & FA Cup acca, setting up consecutive Manchester Derbies in the FA Cup final in the process.
Aston Villa to beat Bournemouth
Following a huge 2-0 win over Arsenal in the Premier League and a victory in the Europa Conference League which sees them move on to the semi-finals of the tournament, we're going with another win for Aston Villa this weekend, this time against Bournemouth.
The Cherries don't have much to play for in the league, whilst Villa are right in the hunt for fourth place and will be hoping to end the season with a spot in the Champions League for 2024/25, the chances of which we expect to be helped with a win at home this weekend.
Bournemouth are a very good side, as soon by their win over Man United this year, but Villa simply have too much quality and too much on the line not to win at home this weekend, which we're expecting them to do.
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