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Wigan V Chelsea Team News And Betting Odds
Sunday 24 August 2008 at 09:00
 Chelsea travel to the JJB Stadium on Sunday afternoon in search of three more points. They put up the most impressive opening game performance last week and this could be another walk in the park for the Londoners.
Wigan Team News
The Wigan starting line up is likely to depend on the fitness of the eight players that were away on midweek international duty. Erik Edman is out still but is on target for his predicted October return. Ryan Taylor returns from a shin injury to boost Steve Vruce’s defensive options.
Chelsea Team News
Good news for the Chelsea midfield as Michael Ballack and Michael Essien could both return. Up front they are still missing Didier Drogba and Andriy Schevchenko but Salomon Kalou is back from the Olympics.
Wigan v Chelsea Betting Odds
Chelsea are strongly fancied for this following their rout against Portsmouth last week. Chelsea backers have been taking the 4/9 at Ladbrokes and Totesport, whilst the draw is 19/5 with VC Bet. Wigan are 15/2 with SkyBet and Bet365 to spring a surprise win.
Nicolas Anelka is likely to be the focal point of the Chelsea attack and he should be able to score, at least anytime at 5/4 with Bet365 but also first at 9/2 with Bet365. Deco was mightily impressive last week and capped his display with a goal and he is 16/1 with Paddy Power to score first, 13/2 to score anytime with Paddy Power.
Chelsea are always very strong at the back when the defensive trio of Cech, Terry and Carvalho play and Chelsea should be backed at 5/6 with Bet365 to make it two clean sheets out of two in the Premiership.
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