THE third round of the FA Cup is upon us and if the fabled supercomputer is to be believed, Liam Rosenior is in for a horrible start at Chelsea.
The action will be set across four days starting on Friday and this is the round where Premier League teams enter the fray, with most taking on sides lower in the English football pyramid.
Chelsea face a short trip across London to Charlton and the supercomputer believes they will draw 1-1 at the Championship side before losing 4-2 on penalties.
Liam Rosenior has just been appointed the new manager of the Blues following the sudden sacking of Enzo Maresca, with his first match to take place at The Valley.
Despite Rosenior having been announced, caretaker Calum McFarlane took charge of a 2-1 defeat at Fulham on Wednesday night.
Elsewhere in the draw, Manchester United will also be taken to penalties, but they’ll manage to scrape past Brighton 4-1 on spot-kicks after a 1-1 draw.
Arsenal will coast past Portsmouth 2-0, Liverpool will smash Barnsley 4-0, Aston Villa will dump out Spurs 3-2 and Man City will dismantle Exeter 5-0.
Chelsea’s loss won’t be the only upset of the third round though, according to the supercomputer.
QPR will stun struggling West Ham with a 4-1 win away from home and Sunderland will beat Everton 2-1.
There are also predicted wins for non-league sides Weston-super-Mare and Boreham Wood.
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Another match set to go to penalties – now that third round replays are abolished – is Nottingham Forest‘s visit to Wrexham.
The Welsh side, who are just one point off the playoffs in the Championship, will take their Premier League counterparts all the way to draw 2-2 in normal time.
But Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac’s Hollywood script won’t have a happy ending as they lose 5-3 on penalties.
Still, it would be disaster for Rosenior if his Chelsea reign got off to such a horrible start.
There are already question marks around his appointment from Chelsea fans hoping for a bigger, more established name than the former Strasbourg and Hull boss.
