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  • Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Las Vegas - From Manchester back to London and a look at the Chelsea vs. Norwich City match. The Blues are in a three way scrum for one of the top four spots in the Premier League, so you can bet, and we will, that they'll be firing on all cylinders.

Chelsea is sitting in 3rd place on 60 points, with 18 wins, 11 losses and 6 draws. They've scored 63 goals and allowed 49 for a solid +14 goal differential. The 49 goals allowed is the MOST of any team in the top six, by a mile. None of the other top six teams have allowed more than 37 goals, so obviously, the Blues have problems on the back end. Fortunately, they get a LAME Norwich City club that is at the very bottom of the table. The Canaries are sitting in the 20th and last slot on only 21 points, with just 5 wins, 24 losses and 6 draws. They've found the net only 26 times, the WORST in the league, and allowed a STAGGERING 67 goals, MOST in the league, for a SPECTACULARLY UGLY -41 goal differential. Yes, once again, the WORST in the league. And the guy that's supposed to score goals for Norwich, Teemu Pukki, the striker, has not scored in the league since January, a run of 11 matches and 780 minutes. Did the math and that's 13 hours. Pukki is on the field for THIRTEEN HOURS and doesn't even get to sniff a goal. WOW!

Chelsea just ate an 0-3 bagel at Sheffield this past Saturday, with the key word being AT. However, this is a different team at their home ground in Stamford Bridge. The last four times out, with fans and without, the Blues have bageled Liverpool 2-0, bageled Everton 4-0, beat Manchester City 2-1 and bageled Watford 3-0. That's a phenomenal 11-1 bulge, and should make for an easy summer night in Southwest London.

Of course, even on the verge of heat stroke here in Vegas with the temps scorching between 109 and 111, I have a few brain cells left to tell me that laying $700 to win $100 is totally idiotic. So, back to Prop City baby. And we'll do exactly what we did yesterday with Man United, which gave us two winners. Take Chelsea to win the 1st half and take over 2.5 goals.

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