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Arsenal will host Villarreal in the Champions League Quarter Final 2nd leg at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night. The Gunners need just a goalless draw to progress to the semi-final stage after the 1-1 result in the first leg last week, thanks to Emmanuel Adebayor’s goal in second half.

Form Guide

Arsenal
Apr 11 Wigan Athletic 1-4 Arsenal (Premier League)
Apr 7 Villarreal 1-1 Arsenal (Champions League)
Apr 4 Arsenal 2-0 Manchester City (Premier League)
Mar 21 Newcastle United 1-3 Arsenal (Premier League)
Mar 17 Arsenal 2-1 Hull City (FA Cup)

Villarreal
Apr 11 Villarreal 0-2 Malaga (La Liga)
Apr 7 Villarreal 1-1 Arsenal (Champions League)
Apr 4 Almeria 3-0 Villarreal (La Liga)
Mar 21 Villarreal 2-0 Athletic Bilbao (La Liga)
Mar 15 Atletico Madrid 3-2 Villarreal (La Liga)

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Last week, Chelsea and Liverpool presented a wonderful yet a thrilling quarter final first leg at Anfield. Guus Hiddink’s men displayed a high class performance and made them holding a commanding 3-1 advantage going into 2nd leg of Tuesday evening’s Champions League quarter final tie.

Form Guide

Chelsea
Apr 11: Chelsea 4-3 Bolton Wanderers
Apr 8: Liverpool 1-3 Chelsea
Apr 4: Newcastle United 0-2 Chelsea
Mar 21: Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Chelsea
Mar 15: Chelsea 1-0 Manchester City

Liverpool
Apr 11: Liverpool 4-0 Blackburn Rovers
Apr 8 Liverpool 1-3 Chelsea
Apr 4: Fulham 0-1 Liverpool
Mar 22: Liverpool 5-0 Aston Villa
Mar 14: Manchester United 1-4 Liverpool

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Liverpool and Chelsea will look ahead to yet another clash in the Champions League after two wins for the Reds in EPL this season. This is the 9th time in four years, for the 5th season in a row, the first leg taking place at Anfield. Their meetings over the previous 4 years have featured less than 3 goals.

Liverpool

Liverpool have not been beaten by Chelsea at Anfield in their Champions League encounters. Moreover, Liverpool has beaten Chelsea in the domestic league this season twice home and away. They are in excellent form now and this should be enough to outclass Chelsea once again to advance to semi final.

Chelsea

Chelsea have won only once in nine matches on away game in this competition against top six teams. The Blues have also failed to win away to any opposition in this competition in seven attempts since the start of 2008. Worryingly for Blues fans, since their victory at Highbury five years ago, Chelsea have lost half of their 12 Champions League knock-out matches away, and won just once.

Form Guide

Liverpool
April 04 Fulham 0-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
March 22 Liverpool 5-0 Aston Villa (Premier League)
March 14 Manchester United 1-4 Liverpool (Premier League)
March 10 Liverpool 4-0 Real Madrid (Champions League)
March 03 Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland (Premier League)

Chelsea
April 04 Newcastle United 0-2 Chelsea (Premier League)
March 21 Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Chelsea (Premier League)
March 15 Chelsea 1-0 Manchester City (Premier League)
March 10 Juventus 2-2 Chelsea (Champions League)
March 07 Coventry City 0-2 Chelsea (FA Cup)

Team News

Lucas Leiva will start in midfield replacing Javier Mascherano. Albert Riera is available and Daniel Agger has recovered from a back injury. Yossi Benayoun is also fit again, as he proved when he came off the bench at Fulham to blast home a late winner. Sami Hyypia is still injured but Fabio Aurelio should line up at left-back.

In Chelsea, Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa are in doubt. Both are injured. Ricardo Carvalho returned from the international break worse for wear, but he is expected to play in Anfield tonight. Joe Cole and Paulo Ferreira are out, while Nicolas Anelka, Ashley Cole and John Terry are all one ban away from a booking.

Prediction

Liverpool are unbeaten at home to Chelsea in the CL. I will definitely back Liverpool if the odds is not too low for Liverpool to win. In this case, I will prefer taking the total goals Under.

My prediction: UNDER 2 @ BetUs

Barcelona

No doubt, this time is one of the best seasons in Barcelona’s history. However, Barca have won just twice in 11 matches since 200/01, losing three times. They have only won once in seven such games at the knock-out stages, losing twice. In six first leg home games in this competition, Barca have won only twice, failing in their last such games against Manchester United (0-0) and Liverpool (1-2) in the previous two seasons.

Bayern Munich

Bayern are currently struggling to climb to the top of Bundesliga and it seems that they will miss out on the league title. Moreover, the Bavarian club have traditionally struggled in Spain, losing their last four matches in a run stretching back to 2002. The German club had also lost six of their most recent seven away games in the knock-out phases, before thumping Sporting 5-0 in the previous round.

Form Guide

Barcelona
04/04 A 1-0 Real Valladolid
22/03 H 6-0 Malaga
15/03 A 2-0 Almeria
11/03 H 5-2 Olympique Lyonnais
07/03 H 2-0 Athletic Club
04/03 A 1-1 Real Mallorca

Bayern Munich
04/04 A 1-5 Wolfsburg
21/03 H 1-0 Karlsruhe
14/03 A 3-0 VfL Bochum
10/03 H 7-1 Sporting CP
07/03 H 5-1 Hannover
01/03 A 0-0 Werder Bremen

Team News

Toure Yaya and Aliaksandr Hleb have been included in the squad. Eric Abidal and Gaby Milito are still injured, but Andres Iniesta and Carles Puyol are ready to be played.

Defenders Lucio and Daniel van Buyten will not available today with the Brazilian being injured and the Dutchman having personal matter. But Martin Demechelis is available to help boost his options. Even though Miroslav Klose has been out with an ankle injury, Tim Borowski and Luca Toni were recovering from knocks, while Ribery is expected to start.

Prediction

Bayern Munich hardly inspire confidence for those looking to lay Barca. However, with Barcelona only single win in 7 knock-out stages Champions League record, I expect Bayern should be able to win the handicap.

My prediction: BAYERN MUNICH +1 1/2 @ BetUs

Manchester United

Red Devils are unbeaten in the Champions League in 21 matches and also unbeaten at home in the past three seasons in this tournament, winning 14 of 16 matches, with 7 wins from 7 in the knock-out stages.

Porto

Porto returned to the top of Liga Sagres and are now four points clear at the top, which should guarantee them another league title. Moreover, their performances in Europe are also very promising and they are not without chances in this clash. Porto won the last three games in all competitions and they enter this match on a high. But remember, Porto have lost all nine matches on the road to top eight opponents since 1997/98 without Jose Mourinho.

Form Guide

Manchester United:
5th April vs. Aston Villa (H) WON 3-2 (PREM)
21st March vs. Fulham (A) LOST 2-0 (PREM)
14th March vs. Liverpool (H) LOST 4-1 (PREM)
11th March vs. Internazionale (H) WON 2-0 (CHAMP LG)
7th March vs. Fulham (A) WON 4-0 (FA CUP)

Porto:
4th April vs. Guimares (A) WON 3-1 (LIGA)
15th March vs. Naval (H) WON 2-0 (LIGA)
11th March vs. Atletico Madrid (H) DREW 0-0 (CHAMP LG)
7th March vs. Leixoes (A) WON 4-1 (LIGA)
28th February vs. Sporting Lisbon (A) DREW 0-0 (LIGA)

Team News

Nemanja Vidic, Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes will all return after their absence in last weekend EPL match. Rio Ferdinand, Anderson and Dimitar Berbatov are still out, whilst long term absentees Wes Brown, Rafael and Owen Hargreaves remain on the sidelines.

For Porto, Argentine Lisandro Lopez returns for Porto after sitting out the game with Guimares through suspension. Fellow South American Freddy Guarin, will also make the trip to Manchester. Romanian Christian Sapunaru is in doubt, while captain Pedro Emanuel, Nelson Benitez and Jorge Fucile remain on the treatment table.

Prediction

Although United are odds-on favourites to reach a third successive semi-final, narrow win for them is good enough to keep their hope for another Champions League crown alive.

My prediction: PORTO +1.5 & UNDER 2.5 @ BetUs

Villarreal

Villareal will look for revenge after missing the CL Finals a couple of years ago getting narrowly knocked by Arsenal back then. This should be achievable remembering that their record in European competition is amazing. They never lost a home match in the Champions League (won four, drawn three) and unbeaten in 15 European home matches, which is a club record.

Arsenal

The Gunners head to Spain following an improved run of form which has seen them climb back up into the top four of the Barclays Premier League and secure an FA Cup semi-final. However, they have lost six of their 10 matches in Spain against Spanish opponents.

Team News

Villarreal winger Santi Cazorla will miss the remainder of the season because of fractured fibula. Ruben Gracia is in coach Manuel Pellegrini’s line-up along with Turkey striker Nihat Kahveci, but midfielder Bruno Sorriano will not play.

Arsenal striker Robin van Persie will miss tonight’s Champions League match with a groin injury. However, Samir Nasri and Theo Walcott have been passed fit while midfielder Andrey Arshavin is ineligible. Striker Eduardo and midfielder Abou Diaby remain sidelined.

Prediction

I believe the return of Eduardo, Emmanuel Adebayor, and Arsenal’s midfield maestro Cesc Fabregas will boost the team’s confident against Spanish opponent. On the other hand, Villarreal’s home record is fantastic. They have played 7 matches in Madrigal without any losses in Champions League. But tonight, I see Arsenal could stop Villarreal’s excellent record to continue.

My prediction: ARSENAL Level @ BetUs Sportsbook