Chelsea have Dortmund’s 1-0 lead to chase in the Champions League today.
Will Graham Potter show the thumbs up after Tuesday night’s game? PDO
The most interesting game of the day
Of the two Champions League quarter-final matches of the evening, Chelsea-Dortmund is significantly more tense than the meeting between Benfica and Brügge in terms of advancing to the next round. Benfica won the opening part away from home 2-0 and is already 95 percent of the season.
The opening match of the Chelsea-Dortmund pair in Dortmund ended with a 1-0 win for the home team (expected goal 1.5-2.0) and before the second match the Germans are almost 60 percent favorites to advance to the quarterfinals.
The big background factors of the second match are the teams’ different starting points for the game and the composition problems of both teams.
For Chelsea, and especially for the one who became its Manager in September To Graham Potter this game is extremely important and stressful. In England, it is generally believed that going on would be Potter’s last straw to keep his name in Chelsea’s shoes.
In the Premier League, Chelsea beat Leeds at home at the weekend, but the streak of five games without a win before this has dropped the Londoners without helping too far from the top of the league. When the team is no longer even in the FA Cup, the Champions League is Chelsea’s only chance to achieve something this season.
Dortmund’s mental state is completely opposite to Chelsea’s. The team has won all of its matches in the Bundesliga after the World Cup break and has already moved up to level points with league leader Bayern Munich.
Taking all competitions into account, Dortmund is on a streak of ten straight won matches – so its spirit and self-confidence could not be in a better state. Also, winning the opening match gives this second encounter a mental boost in this situation.
Regarding the formations, neither team can get into the match from ideal starting points.
There have been rumors from Chelsea N’Golo Kante about a possible recovery to match fitness for this match. I personally do not consider this information to be realistic. There are other absentees Armando Broja, Edouard Mendy, Cesar Azpilicueta and Thiago Silva. The absence of Thiago Silva in particular leaves a bad dent in Chelsea’s basement.
by Reece James and Christian Pulisic is expected to be fit for this match.
Mason Mount is serving his suspension today and Benoit Badiash mixed Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are unrepresentable.
Dortmund’s new shortcomings compared to the first meeting are suspended Julian Ryerson and most recently scored the winning goal Karim Adeyemi due to a thigh injury.
Long-term patients continue to get sick Youssoufa Moukoko, Mateu Morey, Abdoulaye Kamara and Julien Duranville. Also the number one goalkeeper By Gregor Kobel fitness is a question mark. Second choice Alexander Meyer is not at the same level as Kobelk and this should give Dortmund a disadvantage if Meyer starts with the goal.
As for the balance of power in the match, in principle, Chelsea should be the clear favorite at home even now with the lineups that can get on the field. However, in this match I give more weight than usual to mental factors. Chelsea may find it difficult to get the most out of a crew with little common routine under extreme pressure today.
In the betting market, the winning odds of the match have even moved exceptionally restlessly during the morning; in the match you can justifiably support either team.
I myself am anti-Chelsea and consider Dortmund +0.5 to be the best bet with the promised 2.00 coefficient.
Chelsea–Dortmund starts at 22:00.
The best betting tip of the day
Tuesday’s best bet searches can be found on the hockey side. In the league, I believe that Tappara is interested in winning the regular season and the 1.70 offered for its final victory against KalPa seems a bit too high.
The 19-year-old made his debut today with the goal of KeuPa HT, the team with the most goals in the Mestis with 6.5 goals per game. Topias Leinonen. In my opinion, this does not at least reduce the probability of scoring a lot of goals against RoK, who have played a lot of matches recently. The promised 1.89 out of 6.5 goals is at least a case worth considering.
Other offers close to playable are Zemgale’s actual game time against 1.80 FPS and IPK’s corresponding 1.88 against K-Vantaa.
All hockey games start at 18:30.
A little hint about the early bets for the Premier League on Sunday. Veikkaus offers Aston Villa’s +0.5 handicap as a guest of West Ham, clearly the highest 1.77 coefficient on the market. I won’t raise that to a tag hint yet, but we are still moving very close to playable.
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The total balance of the day’s games for the year: 25/41/104%
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