PROBABLE STARTING LINE UPS FOR BOTH SIDES
Chelsea will surely be favourites in this cup final final because they're a higher calibre side than Leicester and they have a good recent record in this competition with five wins from their last seven finals. They lost in last years final to Arsenal and that will hopefully give them the hunger to go one better this year by winning the competition for the 9th time in their history. They know how to win cup finals and that experience will give them a slight edge over their opponents.
This season could end up being a successful one for Chelsea with the club on course to finish in the top four and in a Champions League final at the end of the month. No one would've seen this happening a few months ago because of where they were in the league and they've made it all possible in roughly three months. Thomas Tuchel deserves a lot of credit for this and if he can make some signings in the summer Chelsea could be challenging for the title next season.
Leicester have never won the FA Cup but they have made the final four times in 1949, 1961, 1963 and 1969. They'll want to make it fifth time lucky in this one and they'll have to be at their very best to do that because of the quality of opposition they're facing in Chelsea. They were one of my dark horses for the FA Cup at the start of the season and they have a great opportunity here to finally win the competition because of the squad they have.
Brendan Rodgers has experience of winning cups from his time at Celtic where he won 3 Scottish League Cups and 2 Scottish FA Cups along with the two league titles he won there as well. That could give the Foxes some confidence going into this cup final because they know that they have a manager who knows how to win a cup final. Those trophies he won may look easy to win, but they still show that he has experience of winning things which he'll be looking to transfer into this Leicester side. Winning this cup final could be the start of that.
PREDICTION:
I'm going for a Chelsea win in this cup final because they have a good record in this competition and know how to win a cup final. Leicester will make it a close game because of how well they've done this season, but Chelsea should still have enough to win the game.
FS: 2-1
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