Chelsea face a difficult away trip when they travel to the Commerzbank-Arena to take on Eintracht Frankfurt in Thursday’s Europa League semi-final first leg.
Adi Hutter’s men have won eight and lost none of their 10 previous home matches in this competition, winning five and drawing one of their six games in this season’s tournament.
Predictions
Having beaten the likes of Lazio, Marseille and Benfica already in front of their own fans, they are priced at 17/10 (2.70) with William Hill to pull off another impressive victory over the 2013 champions.
However, the Blues will be in confident spirits after winning 11 and losing none of their 12 fixtures in this season’s competition, and can be backed at 8/5 (2.60) to take control of the tie with a big away win.
The guests travel to Germany on the back of two consecutive draws, and you can get odds of 23/10 (3.30) on them being forced to settle for another stalemate here.
Team news
Ante Rebic is suspended, while Mijat Gacinovic is doubtful and Sebastien Haller, Marc Stendera, Timothy Chandler and Taleb Tawatha are all injury absentees.
Antonio Rudiger and Willian both went off injured in Sunday’s draw at Manchester United, with the former now unlikely to feature here and the latter a doubt.
Confident attacks
Die Adler have been the surprise of this year’s Europa League, having won all six of their group stage matches and seen off Champions League dropouts Shakhtar Donetsk, Internazionale and Benfica in the knockout phase.
With 16 goals to their name in six home games, they will certainly not fear their more illustrious opponents and should start the game on the front foot.
However, the much maligned Maurizio Sarri has actually overseen 11 victories and no defeats in Europe this campaign, and will be confident of seeing his side score an important away goal for their seventh match in seven on the road in this competition.
Predictions
All in all, odds of 8/11 (1.73) offer solid value on both teams finding the net in an exciting Europa League clash.
Both teams to score at 8/11 (1.73) for a 2.5pt stake with William Hill
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