Premier
League side Chelsea will host La Liga giants Barcelona in the Champions League
knockout stage this Tuesday.
Kick-Off: 19:45
BST
Date: Tuesday
20, February 2018
Venue: Stamford
Bridge, London
Referee Appointment: Cüneyt
Çakır (Turkey)
Possible Lineups:
Team News:
Chelsea
Chelsea
manager Antonio Conte is likely to start with Olivier Giroud upfront instead of
Alvaro Morata who has been struggling in front of goal.
Tiemoué
Bakayoko is doubtful, while Marcos Alonso has recovered from
his injury.
Gary
Cahill and Antonio Rudiger both are eyeing to get a starting role.
David
Luiz and Ross Barkley remain on the sideline through injury.
Barcelona
Winter
signing Philippe Coutinho is ineligible to feature for Barcelona in Champions League as he has already featured for Liverpool earlier this season.
Ousmane
Dembélé is fit but will have to compete with Paulinho for a starting berth.
Nélson
Semedo is out through suspension.
Stats:
Chelsea
have drawn 5 of their last 6 games against Barcelona in all campaigns.
Barcelona
have conceded goals in only 1 of their last 7 games in Champions League.
Barcelona
are unbeaten in their last 7 games in Champions League.
Chelsea
are unbeaten in their last 4 home games against Barcelona in Champions League.
Prediction:
Chelsea
1 – 2 Barcelona, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez on the scoresheet for the
visitors.
Columinst: Junaid Effendi, is the Chief Editor at Football News Guru. He writes match preview and report of all big games. See all his articles.
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