Two weeks in to his return to Chelsea and Frank Lampard must be wondering if he’s made the right decision in answering the club’s call for help.
Three games, three defeats, taking the club’s run without a win to six, and it doesn’t get any easier tonight with the visit of 14-time European champions Real Madrid.
The Spaniards dominated proceedings at the Bernabeu last week and Ben Chilwell’s sending off with half an hour to go actually made a 2-0 defeat for the Blues feel like a bit of a result on the night.
There’s little in Chelsea’s form to suggest they can turn this one around and they should really be bigger than 7/1 to qualify. Despite taking the lead they were well beaten by Brighton at Stamford Bridge on Saturday and Lampard must be frustrated by the talent at his disposal which just can’t seem to click.
Carlo Ancelotti’s men don’t need to win tonight of course and an early goal for Chelsea could put the cat amongst the pigeons but nobody does this tournament like Real and they should have the wherewithal as well as the quality to get this one over the line.
They’re a very tempting 7/5 to win on the night and given Chelsea’s horrendous form and ineveitably low morale it could be worth getting involved in that as a bit of a value bet.
Karim Benzema has scored a mammoth 90 goals in the competition and he’ll be the main danger once more. The Frenchman is 11/8 to add to his tally tonight.
An intriguing night lies ahead at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona where Napoli must overturn a 1-0 first leg deficit against fellow Italians AC Milan to reach the semi-finals.
The good news for the Serie A champions-elect is the return at the weekend of Victor Osimhen. The country’s top scorer made a cameo appearance in Napoli’s 0-0 stalemate with Verona in which Luciano Spalletti rested five members of the team that lost in Milan last midweek.
Stefano Pioli went even further, rotating all 10 outfield starters in Milan’s 1-1 draw at Bologna. Interestingly, only two of the Champions League quarter-finalists won at the weekend; Man City & Real Madrid, a clear indication of where the clubs’ priorities lie – something perhaps to bear in mind when the semi-finals roll round.
As for tonight’s match, Napoli need to find a way to beat AC Milan at home for the first time since 2018. They’ll be bouyed by the return of Osimhen and an apparent truce between the Ultras, who have engaged in a silent protest in recent weeks, and the board, just in time to have the place rocking. Spalletti is banking on the home support being the 12th man and although Napoli look like they could be running out of gas this season it’s hard to look past the 21/20 on them qualifying or the 7/10 on them winning inside the 90 minutes.
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Cairnzy steps in to the racing hotseat for Tuesday and has a 15/8 tip form Newmarket for us as he seeks to following up on his brilliant Grand National tips at the weekend.
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