Chelsea and Real Madrid will lock horns in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. The kick-off is at 21:00 CET.

Preview

Just a week after drawing Madrid 1-1 at the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium, Chelsea will try to capitalize on that result in a return clash with the Whites in London. In fact, the Blues could've actually earned a victory in the Spanish capital had Timo Werner not missed a sitter in the opening minutes of the encounter. Still, Thomas Tuchel's men have an away goal advantage over Zinedine Zidane's side thanks to Christian Pulisic's strike that was cancelled by Karim Benzema's joy-to-watch bicycle attempt.

Both Chelsea and Madrid claimed identical 2-0 victories over Fulham and Osasuna in their respective domestic leagues since then and look to be in high spirits ahead of the return fixture.

Team news

Mateo Kovacic remains on the sidelines for Chelsea while Raphael Varane, Lucas Vazquez and Dani Carvajal will definetly miss Madrid's trip to London through injuries. Sergio Ramos and Ferland Mendy, in turn, are expected to feature in this one after overcoming respective muscle issues.

Prediction

Chelsea have only scored more than two goals in one game once in 23 matches across all competitions under Tuchel. Thus, you probably shouldn't expect a goal fest taking place at the Bridge this time around. On the other hand, it would arguably be naive to say that Madrid have given up hope on reaching the Istanbul final. Therefore, we'd opt for BTTS in his clash.

Tip

Both teams to score at 2.02 with 1XBET.