Gus Poyet: "Every time we look at a home fixture, we think we are going to win and we haven't beaten anyone.
"I just try to take them as they come. The idea is to go there and try to get something from this game and something from the Arsenal game and then if we have to go to Liverpool, depending on the cup, the same.
"I don't think we need to analyse too much or give up before we play. We are going to play our game and we will see. You never know.
"We are not a team that you can say you know what is going to happen. We are a quite unexpected team, so we will see.
"When I am a fan, I like to see the best players playing. When it's against you, of course not.
"It's not the same - Aguero is one of the best in the world, Fernandinho has been great and Nasri when he starts getting between the lines is a difficult player to play against, so there are plenty of things that mean in this game, maybe we can be lucky.
"That's without talking about the rest of the players they have and what they can do, but it's true that it could be a little bit different because they are not there.
"But I am not just saying it for the sake of saying it - we are going to play to win the game. Then if the opposition is better than you and they batter you and you get a point, you take it and run and go home.
"But the idea is to go and try to perform and see if we can play against them and be a difficult team to play against.
"It's true that mentally for the players, it would be good if can get a good result.
"For some reason, it's away from home that we have been doing well, so now it's a big opportunity against one of the top teams."
1 Chelsea 56 27
2 Arsenal 55 22
3 Manchester City 54 41
4 Liverpool 50 33
5 Tottenham Hotspur 47 0
6 Everton 45 11
7 Manchester United 41 10
8 Newcastle United 37 -2
9 Southampton 36 7
10 Swansea City 27 -3
11 Hull City 27 -5
12 Aston Villa 27 -9
13 Stoke City 26 -14
14 Crystal Palace 26 -16
15 West Ham United 25 -7
16 Norwich City 25 -18
17 Sunderland 24 -13
18 West Bromwich Albion 23 -8
19 Cardiff City 21 -25
20 Fulham 20 -31
Tuesday February 11
19:45 Cardiff City v Aston Villa
19:45 Hull City v Southampton
19:45 West Ham United v Norwich City
20:00 West Brom v Chelsea
Wednesday February 12
19:45 Arsenal v Man Utd
19:45 Everton v Crystal Palace
19:45 Manchester City v Sunderland
19:45 Newcastle United v Tottenham
19:45 Stoke City v Swansea City
20:00 Fulham v Liverpool