The competition is hotting up in our poll to find the best Chelsea FA Cup goal ever scored as today we reveal the quarter-final pairings and ask you to vote for your favourite.

There were over 40,000 votes in our Round of 16 poll, and now the selection has been narrowed to just eight iconic Chelsea goals scored in the Cup.

Both Didier Drogba and Gianfranco Zola were victorious twice, and they are joined in the last eight by Peter Osgood, Frank Lampard, Nemanja Matic and Roberto Di Matteo. The Italian's victory over Enzo Fernandez was the tightest vote in the last-16 pairings, and now the quarter-finals promise to be even closer!


Watch the four pairings below and choose your favourite by visiting the Chelsea Official App. Then on Saturday we will conduct the semi-final vote as the field gets smaller and the winner draws nearer!

Quarter-finals

1. Peter Osgood vs Didier Drogba

Peter Osgood vs Leeds – 1970 final replay

Osgood's picturesque flying header that drew us level in the FA Cup final replay at Old Trafford in 1970 was watched by what remains the highest TV audience in the UK for a domestic game of football, 28 million.

Didier Drogba vs Tottenham – 2012 semi-final

The goal that gave us the lead in the 2012 semi-final at Wembley epitomised Drogba, with the Ivorian rolling his former team-mate William Gallas before firing a rising drive into Carlo Cudicini's top corner.

2. Gianfranco Zola vs Gianfranco Zola

Gianfranco Zola vs Norwich – 2002 third round replay

The gasps around the Bridge when this goal was replayed on the big screen told the story, as Zola's mid-air backflicked volley from a Graeme Le Saux corner was, quite frankly, scarcely believable.

Gianfranco Zola vs Liverpool – 1997 fourth round

During probably our greatest ever FA Cup comeback - from 0-2 down at half-time to 4-2 victors by the end - Zola drew us level against Liverpool with a sweetly-struck effort on his supposedly weaker left foot.

3. Didier Drogba vs Frank Lampard

Didier Drogba vs Portsmouth – 2010 final

A tight Wembley showpiece was settled by a moment of genius from Drogba, whose bending, dipping free-kick was inch-perfect.

Frank Lampard vs Tottenham - 2012 FA Cup semi-final

Lampard’s swerving 30-yard effort was too hot for Cudicini to handle, and made all the sweeter because it came against Tottenham in an FA Cup semi-final.

4. Nemanja Matic vs Roberto Di Matteo

Nemanja Matic vs Tottenham – 2017 semi-final

Nemanja Matic wasn't renowned for goalscoring and that was partly what made his left-footed thunderbolt against Tottenham in 2017 so remarkable. Kurt Zouma's iconic reaction told the story!

Roberto Di Matteo vs Middlesbrough – 1997 final

Arguably the most memorable Chelsea goal scored at Wembley, Roberto Di Matteo's spectacular opener inside a minute set the tone for a special day as we lifted the Cup for the first time in a generation.

NOW VISIT THE CHELSEA OFFICIAL APP TO CAST YOUR VOTE!