Chelsea will be aiming for their second cup victory within the space of a week when they welcome Chesterfield to Stamford Bridge for Saturday’s FA Cup third-round clash.
The Blues have one foot in the Carabao Cup final after beating Tottenham 2-0 in their semi-final home leg on Tuesday.
Having reached the final of this competition in four of the last five seasons, Chelsea are overwhelming 1/20 (1.05) favourites with bet365 to take the first step towards Wembley with a victory here.
James Rowe’s men are taking part in the third round for the first time since the 2014-15 season and Chesterfield are available at 28/1 (29.0) to make up for lost time by pulling off a giant-killing victory.
Three of the last four fixtures at this ground have resulted in draws, and you can get odds of 14/1 (15.0) on this one heading into extra-time after a deadlocked 90 minutes.
Romelu Lukaku is the 21/10 (3.10) favourite to open the scoring after clearing the air with the club this week, while Kai Havertz can be backed at 10/3 (4.33) following his opener against Tottenham.
Kabongo Tshimanga is the visitors' 22/1 (23.0) favourite to break the deadlock after scoring 19 goals in 21 starts this season, with Danny Rowe also priced at 22/1 (23.0).
While Tshimanga has been doing the business up front, the Spireites sit comfortably at the top of the National League partly thanks to a defence that has conceded just 16 times in 20 fixtures.
Having let in just a single goal in their three FA Cup games en route to this round, they will be optimistic of frustrating a home team that are likely to be considerably understrength compared to the EFL Cup win over Tottenham.
Considering Thomas Tuchel’s team have struggled to kill off stubborn opposition at times this season, odds of 4/5 (1.80) seem decent value on Chelsea coming out on top and Chesterfield keeping the scoreline to under 4.5 goals on Saturday.
All odds correct at time of writing. 18+. Please gamble responsibly,