Chelsea may be runaway Premier League leaders, but they are also firing on all fronts when it comes to cup football.
Next month their first team faces Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley in the FA Cup semi final, but it is the performances of their other sides that is turning heads right now.
A Saturday evening second-leg showdown between the Blues' U18s, and Tottenham's own youngsters, resulted in a 7-1 romp for the home side at Stamford Bridge.
A hat trick from Ike Ugbo, who has been on Chelsea's books since U10 level, was the highlight of the FA Youth Cup semi final romp.
Other goals came from Trevoh Chalobah (brother of first teamer Nathaniel), Dujon Sterling, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Juan Castillo – as Chelsea emerged 9-2 aggregate victors.
Their opponents in the two legged final are yet to be decided, but look highly likely to be Manchester City: who lead Stoke City's youth team 6-0 after the first leg of their own semi.
The dates of those two final matches will be announced in due course, with one of the games to be held at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea are hoping to be the first team since Manchester United in the 1950s to lift the FA Youth Cup in four consecutive seasons (United managed five in a row).
Lucky sevens
Not to be outdone, meanwhile, Chelsea Ladies booked a spot in the Women's FA Cup quarter finals with a 7-0 destruction job on Doncaster Rovers.
Goals from Crystal Dunn, two from Ji So-Yun, Ramona Bachmann, Katie Chapman, Drew Spence, and a Leandra Little own goal earned the Blues a home tie against Sunderland – to be played this coming weekend.
Chelsea have made the previous two Women's FA Cup finals, both at Wembley: beating Notts County in 2015, but losing to Arsenal Ladies in 2016.
If all of this seems like a good omen ahead of the first team's Wembley date with their north London neighbours, then the form book also looks positive.
Last time at the national stadium, in the 2012 FA Cup semi final, Chelsea thrashed Spurs 5-1 – before going on to beat Liverpool in that year's final.
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