The London club is one of the best performing teams in the FA Cup. Throughout its history, Chelsea have won the trophy eight times. Last time the pensioners became the winner of the tournament in 2018. In general, in terms of the number of trophies won, the London club is the third in England. Only Manchester United (12 times) and Arsenal (14 times) have won more than Chelsea, that’s the oldest football competition in the world. The London club came close to winning the trophy last season. Chelsea successfully made their way to the final, where they lost 1:2 to Arsenal. The current rally has been going well so far. However, there were no serious rivals either. “Pensioners” began their campaign for the trophy with a victory over “Morecamb” (4:0). Then, in turn, Thomas Tuchel’s team knocked out of the tournament also representatives of the lower divisions of England Luton (3:1) and Barnsley (1:0), while in the quarterfinals left the outsider of the Premier League Sheffield United (2:0) ). By the way, for the German specialist, who recently appeared on the Londoners’ coaching bridge, the FA Cup is a good opportunity to take the first trophy at the head of Chelsea. The current season is not so bad for Chelsea. Although they lost in the return match of the Champions League “Porto”, but still issued a ticket to the semifinals of the prestigious tournament. Tuchel’s wards are now in fifth place in the Premier League, but they still have good chances to compete for one of the sets of championship medals. By the way, in the Premier League Chelsea lost only one of 12 matches with Tuchel at the head. Midfielder Mateo Kovacic is likely to miss the game due to injury. Pensioners have no other personnel losses.
Lorient takes seventeenth place in the standings out of 20. This team is coached by Christophe Pelissier. The team is in good shape. Last time the Lorient team had an away match with the club Nantes. It took place 14 days ago. This meeting ended in a draw, the sides could not determine the strongest. Earlier, the club Lorient played against the team Nice in a home game. In this confrontation teams were unable to identify the strongest. As a result, only one point was scored.
