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The fans are Giuseppe Meazza are in for an entertaining night of football as Jose Mourinho’s Inter are set to host Carlo Ancelotti’s Chelsea. The Neroazzuri are on a three-match winless run but they have to find a way to create an advantage before the return leg, while Chelsea are doing extremely well in the Premiership and can now fully focus on their European campaign.
The UEFA Cup holders succumbed to a 2:1 defeat in the first leg but the Miners are more than capable of overturning the one-goal deficit at their Donbass Arena. Fulham produced quite a coup by winning the first leg but the way the Cottagers have been playing lately, nobody would be surprised to see them get to the next round
Atletico had the upper hand throughout the first leg at Vicente Calderon but they allowed the Turks to score an important away goal that makes them the favourites to go through. Both sides had difficult games at the weekend, but while Galatasaray earned a 1:1 draw with Besiktas, los Colchoneros lost to Almeria and the Spaniards will have to show a big improvement in order to get something from this match
PSV have an uphill task after losing the first game 1:0 and their current form doesn’t give them much to hope for.
Benfica earned a valuable 1:1 draw in the first leg and the Eagles are now hot favourites go through, especially since they are in much better form than their opponents. Hertha boosted their Bundesliga survival chances with the 3:0 win over Freiburg and the impressive win served as a big boost for the players’ confidence. The Eagles flying high this season After several years of struggles, Benfica have finally built together a decent team that are, what is even more important, playing to their potential
Tottenham ended the three-match winless run as they beat Wigan last weekend and with so many big teams already out of the competition, Spurs will be looking to enter the final stages of the FA Cup. Bolton paid for their profligacy and defensive mistakes as they were beaten by Blackburn and since the Potters are still fighting for their lives in the Premiership, Owen Coyle is unlikely to field his strongest side at White Hart Lane. Pavlychenko revives Spurs Throughout the season, inconsistency has been the main feature of this team and you never know which face Spurs will show on the day.
Juventus won in Amsterdam and although the Italian press is now praising their performance claiming Juventus are coming back on the winning track, we are still not impressed.
The rivals expect this duel in a quite different form, which speaks in favour of West Bromwich Albion, even though they are the visitors. Considering their good away form lately, as well as City’s poor performance at home, it is clear who the favourite in this game is
The rivals expect this duel in a quite different form, which speaks in favour of West Bromwich Albion, even though they are the visitors. Considering their good away form lately, as well as City’s poor performance at home, it is clear who the favourite in this game is. Robins falling down Bristol City are slowly sinking and they are turning from a play-off contenders into a midtable team that can’t do much more than that
Wolves’ negative run of 12 winless games continued last weekend, when they lost 2:1 in Leverkusen. On the other hand, Schalke have gone ten games without losing, while last weekend they easily beat Koln in front of their fans and took three precious points.
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