Chelsea and Stoke City will be playing live on Sunday for the FA Cup and the match is in Round 4 and will be streaming online at 10:30 am ET from Stamford Bridge on the NBC Sports Network Live Extra website and comes after the move of Juan Mata to Manchester United, a team that was eliminated from the English tournament last round and now the Blues are hosting this match.
Chelsea plays on Sunday after the busy Saturday schedule and the FA Cup matches put the English Premier League fixtures on break for a week and that will pick up with an active day on Tuesday with a number of clubs inaction. Chelsea is one of a number of teams left from the EPL in the FA Cup, including their opponents in Stoke City as well as Fulham, who is playing against Sheffield United on the schedule and that match will be at Bramall Lane. Other clubs that were in action on Saturday from the Barclays included Everton, Liverpool, Hull City, Sunderland, Manchester City, Cardiff City, Swansea City and Crystal Palace, with the latter team the only one to lose on the day.
Manchester City and Liverpool won their matches and they are in the top part of the EPL table and Man City had a rough start at the Etihad Stadium by going down 2-0 and they finished off the day with a clutch hat trick and ended up taking the match. Chelsea comes into the day after winning over Manchester United in Premier League play and they also got wins over Hull City and Derby and that was in the FA Cup third round and the team has been playing well and they are in the top part of the league table. The schedule coming up has the Champions League in February and that will be tough in the next stage and in the Premier League, the club has West Ham United, Manchester City at the Etihad, as well as West Brom and Everton and that match will be at Stamford Bridge.
Check here for the Chelsea and Stoke City live coverage from the FA Cup Round 4.
The Premier League has been a tight battle between Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea with the Gunners leading the way and the Blues are also gearing up for their UEFA Champions League Round of 16 first leg match against Galatasaray and that match will be played at Türk Telekom Arena before the return leg at home in Stamford Bridge. Jose Mourinho said the team is prepared for the busy week ahead with the Premier League coming as well and they have also been in the news after the move of Mata and they have added Mohamed Salah and that should be a good addition as well.
The schedule on Tuesday has Manchester United and Cardiff City and a number of other good matchups, including Arsenal and Southampton, Swansea and Fulham, while Liverpool and Everton at the Anfield in the late match. The next day has the rest of the EPL schedule with Aston Villa taking on West Brom, while Chelsea hosts West Ham at Stamford Bridge and the other games have Stoke City and Sunderland, while Tottenham and Manchester City are playing at White Hart Lane. The EPL table has Arsenal first in the standings, while Manchester United is just behind in second with Chelsea in third ahead over Liverpool and Everton, with Manchester United and Newcastle next.