Chelsea vs Atletico Madrid

Chelsea took a 1-0 win in the first leg in Bucharest as Olivier Giroud scored an overhead stunner, and we wouldn’t expect this clash to see too much goal-mouth action either.

Atletico have been a little more attacking than usual domestically this season under Diego Simeone, with only Barcelona outgunning them, but just one of their last seven in all competitions have featured more than two goals.

Chelsea had been conceding quite a lot under Frank Lampard, but they’ve been virtually impregnable under Thomas Tuchel so far.

In 12 matches under the German, the Blues have shipped just two goals and shut their opponents out on 10 occasions, with both of those concessions coming away from home.

They’re currently on a run of five consecutive clean sheets, as in addition to Atletico, they’ve also denied Man Utd, Liverpool, Everton and Leeds.

Atletico’s main priority this season will be to land the league title given the position they find themselves in, but Diego Simeone has a clean bill of health and he won’t be resting any players here.

Tuchel is without suspended duo Jorginho and Mason Mount, while Tammy Abraham and Thiago Silva are major doubts, but Chelsea have enough depth to their squad to cope without them.

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