Team News
Jason Roberts and Alex McCarthy are both out for Reading. Oriol Romeu is out for Chelsea until June. David Luiz and Petr Cech are both doubtful for this one for the Blues. John Obi Mikel and Victor Moses are both away on international duty currently for the London side. Eden Hazard is suspended and hence, unavailable.
Analysis
Chelsea has become a tad unpredictable. They have won some games under Rafa Benitez by huge margins. In other games, they have seemed rather subdued. They were fully expected to beat Brentford in the FA Cup but did not do so during the past weekend. There is also always controversy surrounding Chelsea. Eden Hazard did his club no favours at all by picking up a needless suspension. Reading has won three of their past four matches in the Premier League. Chelsea should win this game if they do not suffer any lapses.
Previous Matches
Reading 4-0 Sheffield United
Newcastle 1-2 Reading
Reading 3-2 West Brom
Crawley 1-3 Reading
Tottenham 3-1 Reading
Brentford 2-2 Chelsea
Swansea 0-0 Chelsea
Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal
Chelsea 2-2 Southampton
Stoke 0-4 Chelsea
Previous Meetings
Chelsea 4-2 Reading
Reading 2-2 Chelsea
Chelsea 1-0 Reading
Reading 1-2 Chelsea
Chelsea 2-2 Reading
Prediction
Reading 1-2 Chelsea
