after seeing manchester city and liverpool ease into the uefa champions league quarters-finals last week, it’s now up to manchester united and chelsea to join them in the last eight. however, both man utd and the blues, who face tough spanish opposition, have lots of work to do in their ties.
we will also be taking a look at tuesday’s match between roma and shakhtar dontesk, as well as the besiktas v bayern munich clash on wednesday.
in our in-depth champions league preview, check out the odds comparison, best betting odds and much more on all four ties. can the red devils get past sevilla? will barca be too strong for chelsea? find out below!
on tuesday night, jose mourinho’s man utd will be looking for the win that will take them into the last eight of europe’s elite club competition. however, standing in their way are a well-drilled sevilla side, who have their own aspirations of reaching the quarter-finals.
after a tight and tense 0-0 draw in seville, this tie in well and truly is the balance in manchester. in all honesty, united, who had less possession and shots in spain, were lucky to leave the ramon sanchez pizjuan with a clean sheet a few weeks back. david de gea was at his outstanding best yet again, with sevilla wasting a few opportunities along the way.
according to our live odds comparison website, the red devils go into this home leg as the 4/6 favourites with sporting bet to win on the night and progress. meanwhile, the best odds you can on los rojiblancos to prevail are 22/5 with betvictor. for this to end in a draw after 90 minutes, betfair’s 14/5 is your best price.
although this will not be a routine night for united, we still believe that mourinho’s men will be too strong for their spanish opponents at old trafford. with that said, sporting bet’s 4/6 for a man utd win is our prediction for this one.
this is another delicately poised tie after shakhtar came from behind to shock roma in ukraine in the first leg. despite their narrow defeat in kharkiv, eusebio di francesco’s side are fancied to win on their own patch on tuesday, while both teams are priced at 10/11 with bet365 to qualify.
an enormous amount of credit has to go to paulo fonseca’s side for turning the first leg on its head after going a goal down. donetsk could have crumbled after cengiz under’s first-half strike gave roma a lead in the metalist stadium. however, goals after half time by facundo ferreyra and fred gave shakhtar a 2-1 win.
after a brave effort in their home leg, fonseca’s men will fancy their chances of seeing the job through in rome. at the top betting odds of 16/5, we believe donetsk are worth backing to pick up a draw in the 90 and progress through to the last eight at roma’s expense on tuesday night.
jupp heynckes’ bayern have one big foot in the quarter-finals after a hugely impressive display in munich in the first leg. with an unassailable five-goal lead, the bavarians are available at just 1/2000 to qualify on wednesday. the german champions will be looking for another big win in turkey in the second leg.
to be frankly honest, senol gunes’ besiktas were well out of their depth in the allianz arena a few weeks back. thomas muller and robert lewandowski helped themselves to a brace each in the convincing 5-0 win for bayern, with kingsley coman getting in on the act, also.
the black eagles, who finished top of their group, did a great job to make it this far, and they would love to pick up a positive result for their fans at vodafone park on wednesday. however, this should be another easy night for heynckes’ fc hollywood. looking at the odds comparison, we’re backing munich to win 3-0 (13/1 at betvictor) in istanbul.
barcelona v chelsea: barca too strong for the blues in catalonia
last but not least, ernesto valverde’s barcelona and antonio conte’s chelsea lock horns in a heavyweight tussle in the camp nou on wednesday night. even though the second leg starts level, the spanish giants are the clear favourites to get the job done in catalonia and make it through to the last eight. do the blues have what it takes to stop blaugrana in their tracks on wednesday?
willian’s smart finish on 62 minutes looked to have given chelsea a massive win at the bridge. however, up stepped the dazzling lionel messi to equalise with 15 minutes to go to give barca a crucial away goal and put his side in the driving seat in the tie. however, the 1-1 draw also extended the blues’ unbeaten run against blaugrana to eight games.
you can get valverde’s troops at 1/4 (bet365) to qualify, while the best betting odds you can get on chelsea to make it through are 7/2 with betvictor. to win in barcelona’s fortress, conte’s men are priced handsomely at 13/2 at ladbrokes.
backing chelsea to pull off another miracle in the camp nou might be tempting, but barca have enough experience and quality to see off the premier league champions on wednesday. betvictor’s betting odds of 7/1 for barcelona to win this mouth-watering second leg 2-0 has caught our eye.