Coaches Thomas Tuchel and Brendan Rodgers will battle it out to try to win their first trophy in English football when Chelsea and Leicester City meet in today’s FA Cup final at the Wembley Stadium.
It’s a game that will see two of the Premier League’s top teams face off to win the oldest cup competition in football, with the FA Cup first contested in 1871-72.
Chelsea are aiming to win their ninth FA Cup (and seventh this century), which would put them clear in third on the all-time list behind Manchester United (12) and Arsenal (14).
Leicester, who stunned the football world by winning the 2015-16 Premier League title, go into their first FA Cup final since 1969 looking to win it for the first time.
It’s the first time since 2007, when title winners Man United lost to league runners-up Chelsea, that the final will be contested by two teams in the top four, so it promises to be an evenly balanced game with no clear favourite.
Leicester are third in the Premier League, two points ahead of Chelsea, heading into the final week of the league season and there is little to separate the two sides in recent form.
Over the last 10 league games, Chelsea sit third in the form table with six wins, two draws and two defeats. Leicester are fifth having won five, drawn twice and lost three times.
A 2-0 defeat at Leicester in January proved to be Frank Lampard’s last league game as Chelsea Manager; he was sacked less than a week later and replaced by Thomas Tuchel.
Coincidentally, the two teams meet again in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge next Tuesday in a game that will be crucial for Champions League qualification. (Agencies)
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