Paris Saint-Germain will do their best to gain some advantage at the end of the first leg when they welcome Chelsea to Paris on Wednesday in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The two sides have bet just once before in an European clash and Chelsea won 3-0 in Paris back in 2004-2005 when Chelsea had Jose Mourinho at the helm. PSG have only managed to win one of seven matches against English opposition, losing three. However, Chelsea's success in Paris in 2004 is their only win on French soil.
PSG went past Bayer Leverkusen in the previous round and are unbeaten in their last 28 home matches in Europe. They are also on a seven-game winning streak in Ligue 1, a run which propelled them 13 points clear at the top of the table. Chelsea defeated Galatasaray 3-1 on aggregate in the previous round and are looking forward to reaching the Champions League semi-finals for the eighth time in the last eleven seasons. However, the Blues have suffered a setback in the Premier League last weekend, they were defeated 1-0 at Crystal Palace and were leapfrogged by Liverpool at the top of the table.
The home side have no injury concerns and no suspensions either. PSG should feature Yohan Cabaye, Marco Verratti and Blaise Matuidi in midfield while their fearsome attacking trio should be ready to score with Edinson Cavani, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Ezequiel Lavezzi. Chelsea will have to do without Samuel Eto'o due to a hamstring injury while Ashley Cole is also out with a knee injury.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
PSG win - 21/20 Draw - 12/5 Chelsea win - 16/5
luminairee
10 years ago
As I though the first goal was very quick not even 5 minutes , amazing. Unfortunately Zlatan did not score so I was wrong with this one, anyways it was great game by PSG.
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pasty
10 years ago
luminairee, I think that he'll score, but Chelsea is going to walk with a victory. I don't think that PSG has the force to qualify to the next round, they had a quite easy group stage and Chelsea with Mourinho in charge does great games, when needed (remember the Premier League match when they defeated Arsenal with a whooping...
luminairee, I think that he'll score, but Chelsea is going to walk with a victory. I don't think that PSG has the force to qualify to the next round, they had a quite easy group stage and Chelsea with Mourinho in charge does great games, when needed (remember the Premier League match when they defeated Arsenal with a whooping 6-0). But.. we're talking about Champions League and we saw last night what determination can do in Man. Utd. - Bayern Munchen, so let's wait and see :)
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luminairee
10 years ago
Ibra Ibra Ibrahimovic !!! Are we going to see another scoring spree from him tonight ? I think so , can't wait for the game to begin , chelsea did manage well on Galatasaray but now it's quite harder, I am wondering how long can they keep a cleen shit tonight, we'll see !
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