FA Cup and EFL Cup Prediction Thread

[buwaytress]

Well damn United got the best draws all the way! Just hope they don't end up meeting City in the final or I'll know who's going to win that haha.

Steve Bruce will be wondering how we got City but you know what? We've seen them beat Citeh recently so why not again eh? Derby won't have pressure now being the only non EPL team left in this tie, and they will fancy their chances against Norwich so I'm going to go for an upset!

Just please let this not be another City vs minnow final...

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[tokeweed]

How is nobody talking about this incident?  Lolol.



I wonder at which row at the stands he was when he started thinking:  'Wtf am I doing?'.  

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Derby vs United game ended in the favor of united as Luke Shaw opened the scoring at the 33rd minutes with a spectacular strike (probably ) while Ighalo stole the show by netting twice, one each in both half at the 41st and 70th minute respectively to end the game 3-0. Although most football lovers expected an upset, including myself but that wasn't the case as United dominated the games in all angle.

Big congratulations to Ighalo for representing us (Nigeria) well, he has scored in both matches he has started for united. The future is bright for him and more goals are on the way. When it comes to goals Ighalo isn't shy of them. He was the highest goal scorer in the just concluded AFCON tournament and was also the top scorers in the qualifiers. Can't wait for him to deliver as always.

[swogerino]

It was a great match yesterday and Manchester United played really good and had an easy win against a team which is in the Championship but is a good one of the teams there.I was a bit skeptic because the odd of Manchester United was 1.55 and thought that may be they will make a false step but I was lucky and won this single bet yesterday.

[Raflesia]

Even Wayne Rooney acknowledged the victory of the red demon Derby County could not retaliate and the evil demon only showed a few second-tier players so it was very easy to win.
I think this 3-0 win is good enough for the red devil, actually I just want to see Rooney's game how he plays in the second division but when dealing with demons they see Rooney just looking normal.

[leea-1334]

How is nobody talking about this incident?  Lolol.

I wonder at which row at the stands he was when he started thinking:  'Wtf am I doing?'.  

They always talk about this thing in football or sports in general for some people,,, when they lose their minds, everything goes. It is supposedly because of all the adrenaline pumping through the body so it blocks out some of the logic and you just go with instinct. What actually happened there, anyway? haha!

[ampere]

And here is the quarter final draw for the fa cup: Manchester City will play Newcastle, Chelsea face Leicester City, Arsenal battle it out with Sheffield United and Manchester United or derby county will lock horns with Norwich fc, depending on who wins in their game today.

The next round after this, that's the semi final looks to be promising if City, Manchester United(if they defeat derby county), Arsenal and Chelsea all make it past their respective quarter final opponents, I'm sure the FA would be praying for that, as it would definitely be an "all big team encounter" in the final.

That is the beauty of the FA CUP, knock outs, big team upsets and the flare and excitement that comes with it

I feel very bad for the spurs team, they find it hard to hang on to victories lately, and their attack is thoroughly blunt too.

While city continues in their hunt for domestic treble.

https://talksport.com/football/fa-cup/678261/fa-cup-draw-arsenal-sheffield-united-leicester-chelsea-man-city-newcastle/

Fast forward few months after the pandemic and the FA Cup is here once again; I hope it meets all in good tides.
Today The first match of the quarter finals will be played, with Norwich City @ home against Manchester United. I see this as a straight forward victory for Manchester United with the team scoring atleast 3 goals. A goal for Ighalo, and 1 for lingard.

The other FA Cup features are below:


Source: http://livescore.com/

[Juggy777]

And here is the quarter final draw for the fa cup: Manchester City will play Newcastle, Chelsea face Leicester City, Arsenal battle it out with Sheffield United and Manchester United or derby county will lock horns with Norwich fc, depending on who wins in their game today.

The next round after this, that's the semi final looks to be promising if City, Manchester United(if they defeat derby county), Arsenal and Chelsea all make it past their respective quarter final opponents, I'm sure the FA would be praying for that, as it would definitely be an "all big team encounter" in the final.

That is the beauty of the FA CUP, knock outs, big team upsets and the flare and excitement that comes with it

I feel very bad for the spurs team, they find it hard to hang on to victories lately, and their attack is thoroughly blunt too.

While city continues in their hunt for domestic treble.

https://talksport.com/football/fa-cup/678261/fa-cup-draw-arsenal-sheffield-united-leicester-chelsea-man-city-newcastle/

Fast forward few months after the pandemic and the FA Cup is here once again; I hope it meets all in good tides.
Today The first match of the quarter finals will be played, with Norwich City @ home against Manchester United. I see this as a straight forward victory for Manchester United with the team scoring atleast 3 goals. A goal for Ighalo, and 1 for lingard.

The other FA Cup features are below:

Source: http://livescore.com/

@ampere Fa Cup is a realistic chance for Solskjaer to win a trophy this season, and it’ll be really interesting to see if he’s tempted to start Martial in the playing 11?. Also I had forgotten that Lingard exists in this squad (sarcasm) as he’s had a terrible season, and partially you may right that Ighalo may be able to score tonight, but Lingard I’m highly doubtful that he’ll be able to score in this fixture.

Sources:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6560261/Ole-Gunnar-Solskjaer-says-FA-Cup-Manchester-Uniteds-best-chance-winning-silverware.html

https://www.givemesport.com/1550669-jesse-lingard-produces-awful-shot-in-manchester-united-50-club-brugge

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/man-utd-predicted-line-up-22258838

[ampere]

And here is the quarter final draw for the fa cup: Manchester City will play Newcastle, Chelsea face Leicester City, Arsenal battle it out with Sheffield United and Manchester United or derby county will lock horns with Norwich fc, depending on who wins in their game today.

The next round after this, that's the semi final looks to be promising if City, Manchester United(if they defeat derby county), Arsenal and Chelsea all make it past their respective quarter final opponents, I'm sure the FA would be praying for that, as it would definitely be an "all big team encounter" in the final.

That is the beauty of the FA CUP, knock outs, big team upsets and the flare and excitement that comes with it

I feel very bad for the spurs team, they find it hard to hang on to victories lately, and their attack is thoroughly blunt too.

While city continues in their hunt for domestic treble.

https://talksport.com/football/fa-cup/678261/fa-cup-draw-arsenal-sheffield-united-leicester-chelsea-man-city-newcastle/

Fast forward few months after the pandemic and the FA Cup is here once again; I hope it meets all in good tides.
Today The first match of the quarter finals will be played, with Norwich City @ home against Manchester United. I see this as a straight forward victory for Manchester United with the team scoring atleast 3 goals. A goal for Ighalo, and 1 for lingard.

The other FA Cup features are below:

Source: http://livescore.com/

@ampere Fa Cup is a realistic chance for Solskjaer to win a trophy this season, and it’ll be really interesting to see if he’s tempted to start Martial in the playing 11?. Also I had forgotten that Lingard exists in this squad (sarcasm) as he’s had a terrible season, and partially you may right that Ighalo may be able to score tonight, but Lingard I’m highly doubtful that he’ll be able to score in this fixture.

Sources:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6560261/Ole-Gunnar-Solskjaer-says-FA-Cup-Manchester-Uniteds-best-chance-winning-silverware.html

https://www.givemesport.com/1550669-jesse-lingard-produces-awful-shot-in-manchester-united-50-club-brugge

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/man-utd-predicted-line-up-22258838

Yes i agree with you, the Facup and Europa are Oles chances of making a statement this season. From the looks of it, it should be an attack of lingard james and ighalo. For unknown reaosns Solskjaer seems to be a big fan of lingard lol.

A midfield of Scott Fred and Mata should work fine, while dalot, Bailly, Mcguire and Williams complete thr back 4,Romero starts definitely

Mancity looks like a team that will struggle against Newcastle, but it remains to be seen, Pep remains open to be outfoxed

[Shasha80]

Norwich vs Manchester United match will take place in a few hours, Manchester United should have won this match. For the remaining
3 matches I predict will win Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City. In the end its FA Cup semifinals will more interesting, because it brings
together 4 strong teams. It is very difficult to predict which team will win the FA Cup, but if you have to choose, I will predict Manchester City
will win the FA Cup this year.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Just watching Norwich vs Man Utd, it’s crazy to see how far United have fallen since Fergie retired. I hated him when he was there but I have to admit it shows how good he was when you see how many levels in quality they’ve dropped.

[ampere]

Just watching Norwich vs Man Utd, it’s crazy to see how far United have fallen since Fergie retired. I hated him when he was there but I have to admit it shows how good he was when you see how many levels in quality they’ve dropped.

I think the Norwich performance should be very much expected, when you field 8 changes into an XI especially after about 100 days without football, you cannot expect any fluency at all. Which was the case for Lingard, Dalot, Mata, Fred, Bailly and even Ighalo; their performances were sloppy and there was no team cohesion.

Ole's rebuild is the best Manchester United has witnessed since Fergie retirement; No egos, and exodus of lesser quality players; The best is yet to come i suppose.

[verita1]

Timm Klose's expulsion marked Norwich's fate. There were good performances from the team even after this red card. But the exhaustion of the players did not allow to contain more to Manchester. Overtime is decisive and that is when football can be cruel at times.
Now in the semi-finals Manchester United and Chelsea FC on July 18/19, 2020.
Which team will go to the final?

[Naida_BR]

The Semi Final United vs Chelsea is going to be very interesting.
The Blues played well against Leicester and it seems that they are dedicated to win the FA Cup in order to save the season. It would be a great accomplishment for Lampard as well.

[leea-1334]

Just watching Norwich vs Man Utd, it’s crazy to see how far United have fallen since Fergie retired. I hated him when he was there but I have to admit it shows how good he was when you see how many levels in quality they’ve dropped.

Manchester united still got some lots of improvements after Fergie left, what will you say about Arsenal? There is no sign of improvement, Arsenal is now struggling to qualify for Europa cup spot, they even struggle to win Sheffield United today in the FA cup, a club that Wenger will use feeders team and still win convincingly

Norwich were being so bad it was embarassing to see Manchester United could not take full advantage. But who am I to say my team did not make it this far so kudos to all those who got through.

Arsenal,,, well. Needed a penalty, gave away a goal to Sheffield, before finally netting to win. They will hope not to meet City because it will all be over if so.

[jayce]

Just watching Norwich vs Man Utd, it’s crazy to see how far United have fallen since Fergie retired. I hated him when he was there but I have to admit it shows how good he was when you see how many levels in quality they’ve dropped.

Man United played not so bad actually. Norwich was playing sooo defensively with 8-9 players in penalty box once MU players getting the ball. And dont forget to give credit to Krul. With the defenders Norwich have currently, they would conceded much more goals if it's not Krul as their goalkeeper.

It's so frustrating for Man United players when they were trying hardly to score, even Solskjaer had to replace Bailly with Martial. Like the commentator said, Norwich played nothing to lose. It's still far away to make MU as great as Fergie's era, but seems they are on the right track right now. Duo Bruno and Pogba is very promising so far, and Maguire really gives a lot difference since he arrived.

Statistically, Chelsea has bigger chance to win, but Man United always give big surprise every time they play big team. With Arsenal vs Man City in the other match, it's the best FA Cup's semi final drawing in few last years imo.

[JeromeTash]

Just watching Norwich vs Man Utd, it’s crazy to see how far United have fallen since Fergie retired. I hated him when he was there but I have to admit it shows how good he was when you see how many levels in quality they’ve dropped.

Especially considering the players he would nurture right from being nobodies to being well known legends. Fergie was a genius. Manchester United Currently is definitely nowhere near the level of Fergie Man United in terms of performance even though they now splash money everywhere to try to get top players, something they used to make fun of to Chelsea and Manchester City.

[ampere]

Timm Klose's expulsion marked Norwich's fate. There were good performances from the team even after this red card. But the exhaustion of the players did not allow to contain more to Manchester. Overtime is decisive and that is when football can be cruel at times.
Now in the semi-finals Manchester United and Chelsea FC on July 18/19, 2020.
Which team will go to the final?

The Semi final clash between Manchester United and Chelsea FC will be a hardfought one; and with United defeating chelsea 3 consecutive times this season; it makes it even more close; chelsea come into the game wanting to revenge and get a victory; while united will look forward to continuing their run of vivctories over Chelsea; With full squads available for both sides; i see Manchester United advancing to the finals to face Arsenal.

[Coyster]

Two big matches in the fa cup this weekend, all of these teams are not taking the fa cup for granted, they need this trophy to shape up their season. Arsenal vs Manchester City today; the odds as we all know are in city's favor, but what if Arsenal are the team that qualifies for the final. Manchester United vs Chelsea tomorrow; IIRC, United have beaten Chelsea three times already this season, are they going to deliver the last blow to their rivals and make it four, or will the blues get revenge

What are your predictions? For me, it's Manchester City vs Manchester united in the final, a derby final will do for me

P.S, I placed my bet on City to win half time and on United to qualify.

[ampere]

It's a big FA Cup weekend and Arsenal are through to the Finals, it was a perfectly executed defensive performances from Arteta team, they switched play excellently and defended in numbers as they strolled to a 2-0 victory over Manchester City.

Next is Chelsea Vs Manchester United, and i see Ole doing a 4th wjn over lampard this season. Look forward to an Arsenal vs Manchester United final