Chelsea will start tonight's FA Cup final as strong favourites and, with most of the form lines and historical trends in their favour, the biggest question mark is whether they can overcome Everton in 90 minutes.
Last year's final, when Portsmouth beat Cardiff, was the first in 17 years not to have featured one of England's big four teams and the first in 13 not to have been won by a team from that elite group. Normal service has been resumed this year with Chelsea representing the big four, though Everton have done their best to make it a more democratic competition by knocking out Manchester United and Liverpool en route to Wembley.
Everton, against Manchester United in 1995, are the only non-big four team in the past two decades to have beaten one of the big four in the final, and most of the stats are stacked against them as they try to win their first silverware since that 1-0 triumph at the old Wembley.
For a start, there is no getting away from the fact Chelsea are a significantly better team than Everton.
Despite another season of upheaval at the club, Chelsea's players pushed United and Liverpool for a long way in the Premier League, finishing 20 points ahead of Everton, and were unlucky losers against Barcelona in the Champions League semi-final.
Chelsea's form has been somewhere close to its best since Guus Hiddink took charge in February, with 15 wins and only one defeat (away to a resurgent Tottenham) in 21 matches, even though just over a third of those games were in the Champions League or against other big four teams.