Pep rested players in midweek when City beat Crystal Palace and left Erling Haaland out, much to the annoyance of Fantasy Premier League managers.
Haaland will be back in the team at Wembley, though, and he will benefit from the rest, along with the likes of Rayan Cherki.
Chelsea have been patchy all season and if they have one of their bad days, then this could get a bit messy for them.
Sutton’s prediction: 0-5
Songer on Chelsea‘s squad: We’ve got some unbelievable players and there are still new levels for them to reach. Joao Pedro for example, is such a talent, and all the way through the team there are sparks like that… but even the players who do look like they are top-level, they just seem to be lacking something when they play for us.
The same way the fans are not convinced by the owners’ strategy , it doesn’t feel like the players are buying into the project either. They just don’t seem too bothered about what is going on. The model of investing in youth is all well and good if we have got Estevao playing but now he is injured and with all due respect many of the other youngsters we’ve bought are not ready to start for one of the best clubs in the league and it just feels like, as soon as they are, they will get sold – and this will be a neverending issue.
Songer’s prediction: Despite everything that is going on at Chelsea, I am still going to back my boys. It would just be the most ‘Chelsea’ thing ever if we turn up at Wembley after being so poor for so long and give us a glimmer of hope that we are back, when we are definitely not. This is not going to be a goal fest – instead it will be very tense and very tight and I am going for to win it. 2-1
Tom: I do think City will win this if we turn up, but we have to make sure we turn up this time.
Joe: Whenever you do these predictions, you always say something like that – you are confident about every other score, except City’s!
Tom’s prediction: Pep is going to play all the big-hitters so I am pretty confident. 0-3
Joe’s prediction: I am going to be boring and agree with Tom. I can see us scoring three as well. 0-3
AI’s prediction: 1-2