Chelsea go into their second leg match with Juventus in Italy with the slenderest of leads after their
1-0 win at StamfordBridge. A Didier Drogba
goal was enough to settle the match at the Bridge, but Chelsea may well be more reliant on their
defenders for this second leg rather than their strikers.
Juventus
showed enough in the first match to prove they will be dangerous opponents at
home and Chelsea will need to be at their very best if they are to have any
chance of qualifying. Juventus have won 10 of their last 13 Champions League
matches at home and with such an impressive record the 6/4 (PaddyPower) on
offer is a decent price.
Chelsea haven’t won an away match in the
competition in their last seven attempts, two draws being the best they could
muster. Goals have been in short supply
away from home as well with no more than one being scored by Chelsea in those seven games.
They
haven’t managed to win the second leg of a knockout game in the Champions
League after winning the first leg either, so the odds looked stacked against
them. With those stats in mind a win for Chelsea
7/4 (Partybets) looks unlikely and at a pretty short price we wouldn’t
recommend betting on Chelsea
to beat Juventus.
Even with
such a poor away record it’s not all bad news for Chelsea. Juventus have never managed to win a
knockout match against English opposition and have failed to score in their
last three home games against English opposition.
It looks as if this will be a pretty close run
thing and we think the game may well end up all square and so we’re tipping a
draw 2/1 (Coral) to be the outcome. Our correct score prediction is 0-0 at odds
of 6/1 (William Hill).
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