Chelsea and Bolton are playing live on the Capital One Cup schedule on Wednesday and the third round match in the Football League Cup tourney has the Blues at home at Stamford Bridge against the Wanderers and they come in at first place in the English Premier League and the match starts up at 2:45 pm ET online streaming from beIn Sport.
Chelsea comes into things playing well and they have up their first points of the season in the Premier League over the weekend with a draw against Manchester City. The team remains in first place in the EPL and they have started off strong for Jose Mourinho after their solid performance last season. The Blues had the chance to take control last year and couldn't and ended up in third behind Liverpool and Man City in the EPL standings and now they have started off on top.
The team won its first four matches and they have the best goal differential in the league as well and they are looking to keep that strong play going. Chelsea has been the highest scoring team in the EPL this season and they come in with Ramires out for the game and Diego Costa likely will not feature after dealing with an injury. Chelsea could have goalkeeper Petr Cech in net for this matchup since it's not in the EPL and that gives the team a strong option against Bolton in the match.
Chelsea and Manchester City played a tough match and now the Blues can come into this one knowing that they are the favorites and that could give them some major confidence. The two teams last met in the league cup back in 2009 and Chelsea won that easily in the fourth round and now they are trying to get into the fourth round. The Blues have played well in the third round over the last stretch in this tournament and they have won seven of the last eight times and they have also done it while keeping clean sheets and now they have another chance to do it.
Chelsea has won two of the last three matches at home in the league cup and now they get another chance to make that happen. Chelsea comes in with a busy schedule and they have the Champions League going with the group stage along with the Premier League. The team drew with Schalke to start things off and they are grouped with the team against and they next play Sporting CP and they also have Maribor. Chelsea next plays against Aston Villa and they have some tough matchups coming in the EPL, including with Arsenal and Manchester United.
Chelsea comes into the EPL schedule leading the table and they are on top of Southampton and Aston villa. Arsenal is next on the standings with Swansea City, while Man City is in sixth place.