FA Cup Final: Back the Blues to seal domestic double

<div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">Arsenal v Chelsea</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Saturday, 17:30<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Live on BBC One and BT Sport 2</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Arsenal</span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another season, another unpredictable summer in store for Arsenal. The Gunners did their usual routine of turning it on in the final few weeks of the Premier League season, but for once it was not enough: Liverpool held firm in fourth and, for the first time since Arsene Wenger arrived as manager all those years ago, <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">the top four remained out of their grasp</span>.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Frenchman hinted at behind-the-scenes disquiet in his press conference after the final-day win over Everton, but the likelihood is that he will sign a new contract at the Emirates in the weeks ahead. What that means for the team, with <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Alexis Sanchez</span> seemingly angling for a move and <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Mesut Ozil</span> yet to put pen to paper on his new deal, is anyone's guess.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Before all that, of course, there is the welcome distraction of another FA Cup final - Arsenal's third in four seasons. Their hopes of making it a hat-trick of wins, though, have been severely dented by the team news: <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Laurent Koscielny</span> is suspended, <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Gabriel</span> is injured and <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Shkodran Mustafi</span> has been struggling with concussion and may not be risked. That puts Wenger's new back three in doubt, unless he's brave enough to go with a combination of youth (<span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Rob Holding</span>), ageing legs (<span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Per Mertesacker</span>) and a slightly out-of-position <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Nacho Monreal</span>.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Chelsea</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">It has been party time at Chelsea</span> since they wrapped up the title at West Brom. Not always in a literal sense - although you'd have money on Diego Costa having exceeded the recommended units over the last fortnight - but certainly in terms of group psychology: witness David Luiz channelling Santa Claus with gifts to his team-mates, Antonio Conte getting 'kidnapped' from press conferences, John Terry being indulged to a hilarious degree in the win over Sunderland.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Blues have earned it, of course, and could yet pop a cherry on top of their season at Wembley this weekend. The FA Cup has been on the back burner for a while, but <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">theirs has been a fine run to the final</span>, taking in victories over Manchester United and Tottenham. And make no mistake: Conte will really, really want to secure the double on Saturday.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are no real personnel issues to worry about and a number of key players were rested at some point or another over the final few games. The only real dilemma is in midfield, where <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Cesc Fabregas</span>, <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Nemanja Matic</span> and <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">N'Golo Kante</span> are competing for two places. That's a nice problem to have.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">Match Odds</span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Chelsea were head and shoulders above Arsenal this term and come into this match full of confidence. The league winners have gone on to win the FA Cup on 11 of 18 occasions they've played in the final, and with <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">no injury troubles and serenity in the changing room</span>, it's no surprise that the Blues are <span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="5/6"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">1.84</span></span> favourites to come out on top.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Arsenal, though, did finish the season strongly, <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">winning their last five Premier League matches</span>. They've also won their last five FA Cup finals - including one against Chelsea in 2002 - and can be backed at <span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="4/1"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">4.90</span></span>, with the draw at <span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="14/5"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">3.85</span></span>.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">Over/Under 2.5 Goals</span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Both of the Premier League meetings between these sides went over the 2.5-goal mark, Arsenal thrashing a pre-back-three Chelsea 3-0 before <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">the Blues gained revenge</span> with an Eden-Hazard-inspired 3-1 success at Stamford Bridge.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Given the defensive absences on the Arsenal side, it's hard to see them keeping things tight at Wembley, so chances are they will have to score to get anything from this game. FA Cup finals are not always thrill-a-minute, but <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">this looks more likely to be an open contest</span>, so the overs looks the pick at <span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="4/5"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">1.82</span></span>.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">To Score</span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The key man in Chelsea's run to the final has arguably been <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Pedro</span>, who has scored four goals in the competition so far. A Spaniard has scored in the final in two of the last three years (Santi Cazorla in 2014, Juan Mata last term) and the former Barcelona man, a big-game performer who netted off the bench against Sunderland, looks an attractive pick here at <span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="16/5"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">4.20</span></span>.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Ref Watch</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Anthony Taylor</span> has been handed the whistle for Saturday's showpiece, making a "long-standing dream" come true. The 38-year-old will want to put the March match between Burnley and Swansea to the back of his mind; when the ball struck Sam Vokes on the hand, he gave a penalty... to the Clarets.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Recommended Bets<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">Back Chelsea to win at</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="5/6">1.84</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">Back Pedro to score at </span><span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" title="16/5">4.20</span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" title="16/5"><br /></span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W1LMgexUjuc/WSg0tr8wCII/AAAAAAAABzA/KYWFrRuutMkgkaRohq5_sw-A7JZWJQiNQCLcB/s1600/9019-chelsea-3-1-arsenal-vong-24-ngoai-hang-anh-2016-17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="664" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W1LMgexUjuc/WSg0tr8wCII/AAAAAAAABzA/KYWFrRuutMkgkaRohq5_sw-A7JZWJQiNQCLcB/s640/9019-chelsea-3-1-arsenal-vong-24-ngoai-hang-anh-2016-17.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>

FA Cup Final: Back the Blues to seal domestic double

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Copa del Rey final: Sturdy Alavés can make life difficult for Barcelona

<div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">Barcelona v Alavés</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Saturday, 20:30<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Live on Sky Sports 2</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Barcelona</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">So close, yet so far. Barcelona kept the pressure on Real Madrid until the last, but Los Merengues simply weren't for turning on the home straight. In the end, the dramatic comeback win over Eibar on the final day was in vain.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Luis Enrique</span> will doubtless look back on what could have been. His side won away at Real, won away at Atlético Madrid, won away at Sevilla, won away at Athletic Club, yet a series of avoidable slip-ups against the league's lesser lights would eventually take their toll. That final run of victories - seven in a row, 28 goals scored - was too little, too late.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">They have a chance to salvage something from the season at the Calderón, however, at the end of an impressive run in the Copa del Rey. Barça saw off Athletic, Real Sociedad and Atleti to make Saturday's final, and will be hopeful of giving Enrique a fitting send-off. They'll have to do that without Luis Suárez and Sergi Roberto (both suspended), however, while Gerard Pique and Javier Mascherano are both struggling with injuries.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Alavés</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Whatever happens on Saturday, this will go down as a fine season for Alavés. Maurício Pellegrino's men finished a very respectable ninth in La Liga - above sides with far greater spending power - and enchanted their fans with a gritty, <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">gutsy run</span> to the cup final.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">True, their path to Saturday's showpiece in Madrid was hardly the most testing: Alavés only face one top-flight opponent en route to the final. But that success, over Celta Vigo in the semi-final, was wildly celebrated in Vitoria-Gasteiz, and for good reason. This is their first ever Copa del Rey final.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">Match Odds</span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Barcelona, unsurprisingly, are overwhelming favourites at <span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="2/11"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">1.18</span></span>. Their recent form has been compelling and they know their way around a domestic cup final: they've won the last two Copas, beating Athletic Bilbao and Sevilla in the deciders. Even without Suárez, they have the firepower to cause Alavés plenty of problems.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">But there's reason to be hopeful for the underdogs. Alavés ended the season with a seven-game unbeaten run, beating the likes of Villarreal, Athletic Club and Celta Vigo. They may have been hammered 6-0 by Barcelona at the Mendizorrotza, but they claimed maximum points from their trip to the Camp Nou back in September, and a similar kind of match - Alavés happy to sit back and wait for chances on the break or at set pieces - would suit them here.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Alavés have kept six clean sheets on route to the final, underlining their defensive solidity. They may not be likely winners, but they may have been a touch underrated at odds of <span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="21/1"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">22.00</span></span>.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">Asian Handicap</span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">That brings the Asian Handicap market into our thinking. Alavés don't often get thrashed - they've only lost by two clear goals on four occasions this season, two of them against champions Real Madrid - and we like their chances of making life difficult for Barcelona. Alavés +2.0 is available at <span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="11/10"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">2.12</span></span>.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">Over/Under 2.5 Goals</span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's a Barcelona match, so the overs are short at <span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="4/9"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">1.44</span></span>. But if you think Alavés can dig in and frustrate the Blaugrana, the unders probably represents the better value at <span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="85/40"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">3.10</span></span>. Just one of Alavés' last seven games has gone over the 2.5-goal mark, while Barcelona needed extra time to find the net against Sevilla in last year's final.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">To Score</span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">With Lionel Messi as short as <span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="4/11"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">1.37</span></span>, we turn to <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Neymar</span>. The Brazilian has probably had his best season in Europe so far, stepping up to take responsibility time and time again in key moments. He has scored four goals in his last three games, so <span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="10/11"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">1.93</span></span> looks a reasonable price.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Recommended Bets<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">Back Alavés +2.0 at</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="11/10">2.12</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">Back Neymar to score at </span><span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" title="10/11">1.93</span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" title="10/11"><br /></span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eYV8Y8UHtCg/WSg0EEVNdUI/AAAAAAAABy4/vGu_E5-Wb5U5Qzw6sHvIoMxPUixjuZjAQCLcB/s1600/Alavesbarca.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="777" height="472" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eYV8Y8UHtCg/WSg0EEVNdUI/AAAAAAAABy4/vGu_E5-Wb5U5Qzw6sHvIoMxPUixjuZjAQCLcB/s640/Alavesbarca.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>

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<div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia Dortmund</span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Saturday 27 May, 19:00</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Live on BT Sport ESPN</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Eintracht Frankfurt</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">This time last season, Eintracht Frankfurt were <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">fighting for survival</span> in a Bundesliga playoff against second-tier side Nurnberg. Fast forward a year, and they are preparing for their first major cup final since 2006, having finished well clear of relegation trouble this term.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Having steered the Eagles through that playoff against Nurnberg, coach <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Niko Kovac</span> set about galvanising not just the squad, but the entire club. Working with sporting director Bruno Hubner and former Germany striker Fredi Bobic, </span><span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Kovac has injected new life into an organisation that was drifting. Youngsters like defender </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Jesus Vallejo</span><span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> and forward Ante Rebic have been brought in on loan to good effect, and astute pickups like holding midfielder Omar Mascarell and forward Branimir Hrgota have become effective cogs in the machine.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Although Frankfurt have twice competed well against Borussia Dortmund this season (they beat them in Frankfurt, and pushed them hard at Signal Iduna Park before losing 3-1), their form in the last few months has to be regarded as a <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">huge concern.</span> SGE won just one of their last 15 league games, and lost ten of those matches.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">In one of the stupidest injury stories of the season, <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Guillermo Varela</span> has gotten himself ruled out of one of the biggest games of his career by getting an infected tattoo. Despite medical instructions to the contrary, Varela pressed ahead with the inking, and he has been sent back to parent club Manchester United with Kovac's criticism ringing in his ears. After a season disrupted by injury, Frankfurt's cult hero <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Alex Meier</span> looks set to play a role.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Borussia Dortmund</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's been a rollercoaster of a season for Borussia Dortmund with some great highs and awful lows, but if they can win their first major trophy since 2012, it will go down as a good campaign. After losing three key players in the summer, coach <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Thomas Tuchel</span> was unable to find the same consistency of performance as he had in the previous term, and a title charge never materialised.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dortmund's run to the Champions League quarter-finals was soured by the traumatic bomb attack on their team bus before the last-eight clash with Monaco. Thankfully no-one was seriously hurt, but we'll never know whether a fully focused BVB would've been a match for the Ligue 1 champions. What the attack did do was further strengthen the bond between the players and the fans, and there were emotional scenes at the end of the final match against Hoffenheim, as a tearful <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Marc Bartra</span> (the only player injured in the attack) celebrated his return to the team in front of the Sudtribune.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dortmund have now reached four DFB Cup finals in a row, but have lost the previous three. They were beaten twice by Bayern Munich, and once by Wolfsburg. This is the first time in that sequence that they have been strong favourites to lift the trophy, and they have <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">momentum.</span> Die Schwarzgelben have put together a six-match unbeaten run in all competitions, and they have won four of those games.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">The match could act as a farewell for some key figures at the club. Having secured the torjaegerkanone top scorer's trophy, <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang</span> has been coy about his future, and he continues to be linked with clubs across Europe and beyond. Tuchel has a year to run on his contract, and says he wants to stay on, but his fractious relationship with CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke means there could be an early parting of the ways. Nice boss Lucien Favre has been tipped to replace Tuchel if the former Mainz boss does leave this summer.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">Match Odds</span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kovac admits his team are underdogs, but says a one-off match could see his team prevail. However, I just can't ignore the Eagles' Bundesliga collapse, and Dortmund finished the season strongly. Although BVB have looked a bit tired in recent games, they have had a full week to prepare for this.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dortmund are <span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="40/85"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">1.48</span></span> favourites, and that feels about right over the 90 minutes.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">Over/Under 2.5 Goals</span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Both league matches between the sides featured at least three goals, and Frankfurt have leaked nine goals in their last four games, so I can see why overs is trading at <span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="4/7"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">1.59</span></span> here. However, I suspect that the Eagles will try to <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">frustrate and contain</span> Dortmund, especially in the early stages, when Tuchel's team tends to come alive. Kovac knows his team doesn't carry much of a goal threat (they only scored 36 goals in 34 league games), so I can't imagine he'll be taking many risks.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">There is certainly an argument to back Under 2.5 Goals at a hefty <span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="11/8"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">2.34</span></span>, especially when you consider that two of the last three DFB Cup finals have been goalless after 90 minutes.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">To Score</span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Given the fact he has scored 31 goals in the league this season, it's no surprise to see Aubameyang trading at <span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="8/15"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">1.54</span></span> to find the net in 90 minutes. A more attractive option is to back <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Marco Reus</span> at <span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="21/20"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">2.06</span></span> - he has scored in six of his last eight games, and has 13 goals in 23 appearances overall.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the Frankfurt side of things, <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Marco Fabian</span> scored a stunning goal at Signal Iduna Park this season, and takes free-kicks and penalties. The Mexican is worth a look at <span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="3/1"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">4.00</span></span>.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Recommended Bets</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">Back Under 2.5 Goals at</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="11/8">2.34</span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: initial; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">Back Marco Reus to score at </span><span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" title="21/20">2.06</span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="inline-odds" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" title="21/20"><br /></span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-egzhec_W4NY/WSgzN5MszqI/AAAAAAAABy0/O_PZkjBWfe8BevDYRxRuj8vXWcdqkHAMwCLcB/s1600/fcae11453e5c8edf235f77b57b4d91cc.jpg.gallery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="650" height="360" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-egzhec_W4NY/WSgzN5MszqI/AAAAAAAABy0/O_PZkjBWfe8BevDYRxRuj8vXWcdqkHAMwCLcB/s640/fcae11453e5c8edf235f77b57b4d91cc.jpg.gallery.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>

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