Champions League betting – Chelsea vs MSK Zilina

Chelsea vs MSK Zilina betting preview, odds and tips

Chelsea slumped to a third Premier League defeat in four games at the weekend after going down 1-0 at Birmingham. After been rocked by the news that captain John Terry will be side lined for several weeks with a nerve injury, the Blues have gone from being firmly in control at the top of the league to looking extremely wobbly. Despite this, manager Ancelotti will be looking to regain some confidence with a win over Slovakian side MSK Zilina.

Although their recent poor form hasn’t affected their odds at all with Chelsea odds on favourites and best priced at 1/6 with William Hill. Even though manager Ancelotti has confirmed he will play his youngsters, as his team are already assured of a place in the last 16. Highly rated 17 year old midfielder Josh McEachran has been assured of a start by his boss and 11/2 for the youngster to score at any time and Chelsea go on to win the match is a good shout at William Hill.

MSK Zilina     Form:LLLL     League Position:4th
Slovakian side MSK Zilina are the current holders and leaders of the Slovak Corgon Liga. Unfortunately they have struggled in the champions League this season, they currently sit bottom of their group, with no chance of being able to qualify for the knockout stages, having only scored one goal and being thrashed 7-0 at home last time out in the Champions League. There is no wonder then, that MSK go into the tie priced as long as 20-1 with SkyBet, even though they may not be facing a full strength Chelsea team. Tomas Oravec was very much the danger man the last time the two clubs met in Slovakia after netting a tap in and the Striker is a great price at 20-1 with Bet Fred to be the last goal scorer, if you think they can get on the score sheet.

Match Prediction      Chelsea to win 2-0 best priced 6/1 with Victor Chandler

Although Chelsea have struggled recently and Ancelotti will give some of his young stars a run out, they will still be too strong for an MSK side that have conceded 15 goals in the group stage so far this season. Daniel Sturridge should get a run out and the striker scored his first Champions League goal against Zilina in September and is most definitely worth a bet with odds of 5/1 with Bet Fred to open the scoring on the night. Whilst the Slovakian side have conceded an average of 3 goals a game in the Champions League Group stages, Chelsea to win by a 3 goal margin is a standout bet at 15/4 with Bet 365.

By Sam Markham

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