Chelsea: Scouting Atletico Madrid’s form, strengths and weaknesses

5. Recent head-to-head meetings

The two sides have only met 6 times in their history, each have recorded 2 wins, as well as 2 draws with an aggregate score of 10-10. So, it’s fair to say they’re evenly matched.

Chelsea won at the Wanda Metropolitano earlier on the season with the last kick of the game, their best away performance in Europe for some time. In 2014, Chelsea and Atletico met in the semi-finals of this competition, with the Spanish side winning 3-1 on aggregate thanks to a dominant display in the second leg at Stamford Bridge.

Both teams are famed for their strong defence, but there have been 20 goals in their 6 head-to-head games and both teams will be going for the win here so expect an open game.

The game also brings together once again Eden Hazard and Antoine Griezmann, two of Europe’s finest talent. The Belgian was the difference maker in the first game, whilst the Atletico man had a quiet game. He’ll be wanting to make amends in this one.

What do the bookies say?

The bookies make Chelsea very slight favourites at 11/10 (Atletico – 14/5), with 1-1 the most likely result (5/1).

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Chelsea vs. Atletico: Final Prediction

After a tense and tight first half, the news that Roma are 3-0 at half time against Qarabag will dampen Atletico’s spirit enough to let Chelsea get the win in the second half. Chelsea 1 Atletico 0 (Hazard 71).