Betting tips for Huddersfield vs Chelsea 11.08.2018

The Terriers open the 2018-19 season at John Smith's Stadium, hosting the FA Cup winner last season, the renewed Chelsea of ​​Maurizio Sarri.

Huddersfield Town managed to keep its trainer, the quoted David Wagner, who will start his 4th season as the team's first coach. A little more than 107 million euros will be the budget of a group that climbed exactly one year ago to the Premier League and hopes to avoid problems in order to stay one more year in the elite.

The Terriers have invested 46.5 million euros in the signings of 6 players: the central of the AS Monaco Terence Kongolo, for which they pay 20 million euros; the forward Kongolo's partner in the Principality, the Senegalese-Frenchman Adama Diakhaby, for which they pay 10 million more; the Egyptian end Ramadan Sobhi; right-back Florent Hadergjonaj, from Ingolstadt; the Dutch midfielder Juninho Bacuna; and the Danish goalkeeper of Mainz 05 Jonas Lössl. In addition, the German Erik Durm, coming from Borussia Dortmund, and the goalkeeper of Leicester City Ben Hamer. Finally, the Belgian winger Isaac Mbenza comes on loan from Montpellier.

After losing to Accrington Town in the debut, the team added two draws in the next two games before winning back-to-back Olympique Lyon (3-1), Bologna (1-2) and RB Leipzig (0-3). ).
The Chelsea starts a new stage with the Italian Maurizio Sarri on the bench of Stamford Bridge. The former Naples substitute Antonio Conte who blew up the dressing room last season, going from winning the league title in his first season to be out of the Champions League in this one.

There are many changes that are taking place in the Blues, that since they will enter a significantly lower sum than not contesting the maximum continental competition, has opened the door to several of its stars so that you can go in this summer market although, at the moment, no sale has been made. What has been confirmed is the signing of the Brazilian Jorginho, Sarri's trusted man in Naples, for which they have paid 57 million euros. The last to arrive were goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, signed by the record figure of 80 million euros, and Croatian Real Madrid midfielder Mateo Kovacic, who has been on loan for a season.

It has been a very irregular preseason for the Blues, still forming a team to the liking of Sarri, who won to Australian Perth by 0-1, and defeated in the penalties to Inter Milan in its debut in the International Champions Cup. Days later, Arsenal defeated them in the round of maximum penalties after having managed to tie on the horn a game that in the 92nd minute the Blues had won. Last weekend, the team lost the first title of the season, the Community Shield (0-2 against Manchester City), before beating Olympique Lyon in the penalty shootout.


In the last 4 duels, Chelsea won three and tied one. Given the moment of form of the premises do not rule out that they can give the surprise and, at least, not lose to the Blues.

Huddersfield vs Chelsea Prediction: X/2 6.80

Huddersfield vs Chelsea Betting Tip: Over  2.5 Goals @ 1.80

Huddersfield vs Chelsea Score Recommendations: 1-2 8.50