How to watch Chelsea vs Port Vale live: Stream, TV channel, team news, prediction

Chelsea welcome third-tier strugglers Port Vale to Stamford Bridge on Saturday as the Premier League giants aim to avoid one of the biggest upsets in FA Cup history.

Liam Rosenior's Chelsea lost four-straight games ahead of the international break and were dumped out of Europe by Paris Saint-Germain and humbled at Everton in the league. That leaves Rosenior under pressure as the Blues are scrambling to qualify for the Champions League and the FA Cup is now their only chance of silverware this season. With star players (Enzo Fernandez and Marc Cucurella to name a few...) openly discussing potential moves away from Chelsea this summer, things are unraveling fast for Rosenior.

Port Vale are bottom of the table in League One and look destined for relegation to the fourth-tier but somehow they're in the last eight of the FA Cup. That is the magic of this competition. The Staffordshire club beat Premier League side Sunderland 1-0 at home in the last 16 to set up this quarterfinal and Port Vale have absolutely nothing to lose. They were last in the FA Cup quarterfinals in 1954, and they reached the semifinals that season...

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How to watch Chelsea vs Port Vale live, stream link and start time

Kick off time:12:15pm ET Saturday (April 4)
Venue:Stamford Bridge — West London
TV Channel/Streaming: ESPN+

Chelsea team news, focus

Injuries have been mounting up, especially in defense, for a while for Chelsea. Trevoh Chalobah, Reece James, Levi Colwill and Filip Jorgensen have all been out, while Jamie Gittens is still out but close to a return. Rosenior will likely rest plenty of players who played lots of minutes and traveled far and wide during the international break, but he will try to have plenty of stars on the pitch to start the game and wrap things up by half time.

Port Vale team news, focus

New Zealand international striker Ben Waine scored the winner against Sunderland, and he scored during the recent international break, and is one to watch out for. Port Vale will sit in deep and try to hurt Chelsea from set pieces and on the break and Rosenior's side have looked particularly susceptible when defending set pieces.

Chelsea vs Port Vale prediction

This should be fairly straightforward for Chelsea but it could take until the second half for them to break through and seal the deal. Chelsea 3-1 Port Vale.