Derby – Chelsea

In one of the most interesting matches of the quarterfinals of the FA Cup on Tuesday evening at Pride Park Stadium Derby meets The Blue machines Chelsea. The odds for the game offered by the bookmaker Bet365 are as follows: 7.00 for a home win, 4.40 for a draw and 1.53 for the victory of the guests. The last time when the two teams played against each other was at the beginning of this year when Chelsea won with 2:0 in the FA Cup match.

Derby missed first place in the Championship over the weekend. Rams lost their visit to Middlesbrough with 2:0 and gave the lead to Bournemouth. On the other hand, the team of Derby is making a great season and has the real chance to return to the Premier League. Team is in the third place and play nice football. The coach Steve McClaren will do anything possible to choose great composition for the game with Chelsea and will try to make the difficult think to please fans of the rams at Pride Park Stadium. Ryan Shotton misses the match because of the penalty. Former Stoke defender was sent off against Middlesbrough and now will be replaced by Jake Buxton, who will play next to Richard Keough in the center of defence. With a hand injury is the defensive player George Thorne.

Chelsea returned to winning ways at the weekend. Blues beated Hull City with 2:0 in their Stamford Bridge. The boys of Jose Mourinho did not allow Manchester City to cut their lead in the standings. In this game for the first time in quite a while Diego Costa scored. We expect that the Brazilian will be in the starting line-up to regain his form. Thibaut Courtois has health problems and will not be risked at Pride Park Stadium. Under the doorframe will be Petr Cech. Azpilikueta will return to left-back defence after being reserve against Hull City. Young Curt Zuma will partner Gary Cahill in the center of defense for Chelsea.

Derby and Chelsea are among the most effective teams in their divisions. Here at Pride Park Stadium both teams will show the attacking power and will meet the expectations of the fans for a lot of goals. Our forecast is over 2.5 goals at odds of 1.70 at bet365.

Against each other:

05/01/2014 FC Derby - Chelsea 0:2

12/03/2008 PL Chelsea - Derby 6:1

11/24/2007 PL Derby - Chelsea 0:2

03/30/2002 PL Chelsea - Derby 2:1

10/28/2001 PL Derby - Chelsea 1:1

07/04/2001 PL Derby - Chelsea 0:4

The soccer prediction for the Chelsea vs. Derby clash of … is that the teams will surely score more than 2 goals.

Security: 7/10

Odds: 1.70 at bet365

Real Madrid Vs. Ludogorets

At "Santiago Bernabeu" in Madrid to face off against other come out the teams of Real Madrid and Bulgarian champion Ludogorets. This match of the group stage is the last one before the next phase of the tournament. The teams compete in Group B, where Real Madrid is in the first place with full points, followed by Basel with 6 points and on the last positions are Ludogorets and Liverpool with 4 points. The most interesting part of this group is that even the last team have a chance to stand in second place, suggesting a fierce battle in the two meetings of the group. Real Madrid is in great shape and is hard for anyone to stop their triumph. Bulgarian champion will try to stop the march of Real Madrid, which is located in an impressive series of 18 consecutive wins in all competitions.

Real Madrid won the last round of the group stage defeating Basel with minimum 0-1 as guests. Winning goal achieved their superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, which scored 4 out of 5 elapsed game in the tournament. In La Liga "Royal Club" did not stop and score a victory over Celta with 3:0 at home, scorer of a hat trick was again Cristiano Ronaldo. Another victory in a row will put Real Madrid directly in history and this will be a record for the team of Spain.
Carlo Ancelotti will not be able to use any of the big stars, including injured midfielders James Rodríguez and Luka Modric and tough Sergio Ramos. Scorer of the team Ronaldo will be on line with the coefficient for two or more than two goals is 2.10 That is an indicative of what the 'White Ballet' think to do with the visiting team from the modest town of Razgrad.

Ludogorets missed his last chance for historical participation in the knockout phase of the Champions League and now will end his campaign with visit of the "Santiago Bernabeu". Team has achieved a lot and missed a lot too, but now actually are able to take the second place in the group. Actually, Ludogorets looks without any chance to qualify, but should look optimistic and think about participation in the Europa League. A draw is enough for Ludogorets, of course if Basel beat Liverpool as guests in the other match of the group.
Coefficient for Real Madrid is 1.12, which means that the bookmakers are not completely written off "eagles" and a victory for Ludogorets is available at odds of more than 2.00. Georgi Dermendzhiev will not seek victory, but still have a chance to draw. In the past the round of the Champions League, Ludogorets played another historic match and ended with 2-2 draw against Liverpool. We still remember that hard victory of Real Madrid in Sofia after Ludogorets opened the scoring in the sixth minute and lost after 1-2. In this match the visitors had a not so sure penalty too. Coach Dermendjiev traveled to Madrid without one of its main attackers in the face of Roman Bezjak, defender Brian Angulo and one of his goalkeepers - Ivan Cvorovic.
Whatever happens in Madrid, Ludogorets will go out with honour at "Bernabeu", because they have nothing to lose. The hosts will have to be very careful with their respect to a club that has shown that it can confront any big team.

The football prediction of Football-Stats for the derby Real Madrid vs Ludogorets is for a final result of over 2.5 goals.

Benfica vs. Bayer Leverkusen

In the last match of the round in Group C of the Champions League Portuguese champion Benfica takes the German Bayer Leverkusen at their "Estádio to Luz". This group became the most interesting of the tournament and in the last round is not known who will continue to 1/8 finals. Essential will be the result of the other match between Zenit and Monaco. Guests from Germany are leaders with 9 points, Monaco is second with 8 than Zenit is with 7 and on the last place are Benfica with 4 points. Odds offered from online bookmaker bet365 are 3.20 for Benfica, 3.50 for a draw and Bayer Leverkusen opportunity to walk away with three points is 2.35. Germans won at home with 3:1 in the second round match of the group and now will try to repeat it again.

Benfica have no chance for the 1/8 finals and they will come to defend their honour in this match. Lisbon "Eagles" conceded only one defeat in their last seven games in all competitions and it was against Zenit St Petersburg in the previous round of the Champions League. Under punishment is their captain Luizao and Andreas Samaris and with injuries are two of the stars of Benfica - Elizeu and Salvini.

Bayer Leverkusen is the leader in this group with a real chance to continue forward in the tournament. "Aspirins" lost in the previous round at home with 0:1 from Monaco and missed the opportunity to qualify early for the 1/8 finals. At the weekend they suffered bad defeat in the Bundesliga with 1:0 by champions Bayern Munich. Bayer Leverkusen knows the price of the three points and will seek victory until the last minute. Into question are Stefan Reynarts, Kyriakos Papadopoulos and Giuliano Donati.

The football prediction of Football-Stats.org is the following: Benfica – Bayer Leverkusen: X2

Security: 8/10

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Juventus – Atletico Madrid

Almost every year Juventus fails in the UEFA Champions League and today there are enough prerequisites for their next failure. In the last season, they were dropped in the final round in the group stage as we expect it to happen now as well. It is a fact that the team of Atletico Madrid is at a high level. They will do everything possible to throw out their opponent from the tournament. The current condition of the guests is just great. They are in a series of five consecutive wins, and in their last 11 games, they have 10 wins. Atletico defeated Juventus in their last home game. Maybe that is why our soccer forecast is 2.

Liverpool – Basel

When it comes to the British championship, Liverpool may fail all the time, but in the UEFA Champions League they are fighters and always win the important matches. It happened that they were in a situation that the victory is an obligatory for the team to continue fighting. The rivals of Liverpool were much better than the English team, but that was not a problem. We assume that Merseysiders will defeat Basel at Anfield.

Monaco – Zenit

Monaco is in a good condition now and won convincingly the matches from the last two rounds in the French Championship. Today, they come out as the big favorite to continue forward to the eighth-finals, because, besides they will have the home advantage, the fact that equality also rank them forward is in their favor. On the other hand, Zenit must chase a compulsory victory. This is a huge psychological advantage for Monaco and we believe that team will gain a victory in the forthcoming match. Our football prediction is 1.

Benfica – Bayer Leverkusen

Benfica will surely finish last in their group, so they basically have nothing to fight for. Bayer Leverkusen will surely come out of the group, but it is not clear whether they will be on the first or the second place. A victory today would guarantee them the top. The guests undoubtedly perform much better in the UEFA Champions League than Benfica and we think they will gain the victory today. The first match between them ended successfully for Bayer with with 3:1. Our football forecast is 2.