Two popular football pundits Paul Merson and Chris Sutton predict who will win Chelsea vs Leicester City FA Cup on sunday

Chelsea will want to exact revenge on Leicester City after they crushed them in the FA Cup final three years ago.

According to Paul Merson and Chris Sutton, Chelsea will defeat Leicester City this coming weekend. Mauricio Pochettino’s team, the Foxes, will visit Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon. Both sides are aiming to place among the FA Cup’s top four.

The Blues enter the match having triumphed 3-2 over Newcastle United. In contrast, Enzo Maresca’s team will be hoping to resume winning ways following a 2-2 draw with Hull City at the MKM Stadium. Chelsea is struggling to finish in the top half of the Premier League standings. The FA Cup may be their only route to Europe the following season.

In actuality, the west London team’s loss to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final last month prevented them from earning a spot in the Europa Conference League. If Chelsea lost to Leicester, Merson warned Pochettino that he might lose both his job and the support of the fans, according to a column he wrote for SportsKeeda.

“I have to pick Chelsea because Leicester City have other things to do right now,” stated the former Arsenal player. “I think they should concentrate on returning to the Premier League next season; they don’t need this football game right now.”

Mauricio Pochettino’s team has a problem in that they perform admirably for ten minutes and then poorly for twenty. They must do better in this regard. The FA Cup playoffs will bring great joy to Chelsea supporters.

“If they lose, they won’t be able to finish the season, and if they lose to a championship team, it will reflect poorly on the manager.” Leicester City was defeated by Chelsea 3-1.

Sutton speculated to BBC Sport that Chelsea could be upset about their 2021 FA Cup final defeat to Leicester City. “I think there will still be a huge disappointment at how Chelsea gave up in extra time of the Carabao Cup final and lost to Liverpool’s kids,” stated the former striker for the Chelsea.

“Therefore, returning to Wembley and putting things right is their main objective.” However, Chelsea values the FA Cup for other reasons as well. Although they have recently played better in the Premier League, they will not advance to the Champions League, which was the original plan.

No matter what Chelsea does in the league until the end of the season, I don’t think the club’s owners or manager, Mauricio Pochettino, will win over the many fans who are currently upset with them.

“But, they still have the opportunity to cap off the season with a victory in the FA Cup, where they’ve recently had success. They finished third three years in a row from 2020 to 2022, including a 2021 final loss to Leicester. Chelsea is playing at home, and I’m curious to see how Leicester’s manager, Enzo Maresca, approaches this match.

His squad has only won one of their last five league games, which is a bit of a slump considering they are still leading the Championship. Maresca’s focus will be on their automatic promotion bid, which is contingent upon their performance in the nine league games they have scheduled between March 29 and May 4.

Naturally, there is also the international break, but he will be considering his team’s final stretch, which may have an impact on the lineup he selects for Stamford Bridge. Chelsea had to put in a lot of effort to defeat Leeds, another elite Championship team, in the previous round. However, I believe they will win this one handily.