Chelsea VS Atl. Madrid ( BETTING TIPS, Match Preview & Expert Analysis )™
PREVIEW & TIPS FOR Chelsea vs Atl. Madrid
On Wednesday, from 20:00, we have a big match on the Stamford Bridge arena in London. Chelsea receives the reply of Atletico Madrid, in the second round of the eighth finals of the Champions League! In the tour, in Bucharest, on neutral ground, Chelsea won 1-0, after an impeccable tactical performance from Thomas Tuchel’s students.
Chelsea Team News
Wednesday night’s match will be played without spectators, and the two teams come after identical results in the championship: Chelsea drew white in Leeds, while Atletico made it 0-0 away with Getafe, in a local derby of Spain. They face two very strong defenses, but in terms of “attack” it must be said that Chelsea scores better. Even if “Cholo” Simeone has Luis Suarez in the outposts, Tuchel has several good solutions in the offensive, including Havertz, Giroud and Werner. The tour match was decided by the splendid success of the Frenchman Giroud, who speculated an error of the opposing defense and scored late with an unstoppable “scissors” – the goal of the evening in UCL.
Otherwise, Chelsea is without a goal in 7 of its last 8 games, a sign that Mendy has very reliable defenders in front of him. Atletico does not feel very comfortable when it has to attack, although it remains a high quality team, homogeneous and with a perfectly organized game. Chelsea is in an enviable shape and has won 7 of the last 10 games, being unbeaten in a 0-2 draw with Leicester in mid-February!
Atl. Madrid Team News
Instead, Atletico lost a tempo in the fight for the title in Spain, but continues to remain high after the successes with Villarreal (2-0) and Athletic Bilbao (2-1). We expect that once again the match of the white-reds will be decided at the limit, as happened almost every time in the meetings with Chelsea: in the last 7 years the two teams have dueled 5 times and once the difference on the table was bigger than a goal! Chelsea have won two of their last three matches. The decisive character of Wednesday’s game will force one of the teams to attack in the end.
Let’s say that Atletico approaches the game with a complete team, unlike Chelsea, which does not have Abraham, Jorginho, Mount and Thiago Silva at its disposal. The absence of Mason Mount could be very important, because the English midfielder has been decisive in the construction for the white-blues in the last year. His place could be taken by the American Pulisic, but apart from Mount, Jorginho, the “brain” of the London team, is also suspended. It will be interesting to see how Tuchel handles the issues with the two key midfielders. On the other hand, Atletico is not exactly dangerous in its travels on English soil, which makes us believe that Chelsea will also have possession on Wednesday night.