Chelsea v FC Porto; No room for complacency as Blues to barge into Semi’s Updated for March 2025

Updated: 19th March 2025

2020-21 UEFA Champions League quarter-final second-leg preview: Chelsea v FC Porto – Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, Selvilla – Tuesday, 13 April 2021 – 20:00 hrs. BST

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With one foot firmly in the Final 4 of the UEFA Champions League, Chelsea travel to Seville once more for the second leg of the quarter-final tie with Porto on Tuesday night. Thomas Tuchel's Blues heightened their chances of a semi-final berth with goals from Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell in the 2-0 first leg win over their Portuguese rivals.

[su_panel color=”#000000″ border=”4px solid #16a012″ shadow=”3px 3px 2px #eeeeee” radius=”4″]Chelsea have just come out of a Kai Havertz 4-1 win over Crystal Palace away at Selhurst Park on Saturday while Porto haver recorded their sixth successive Premeira Liga win when they beat Tondela 0-2 on the same day.[/su_panel]

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Chelsea go into the Sevilla second leg with a fully-fit squad with the well-rested Thiago Silva all set to make a return after serving a domestic suspension against Crystal Palace. Tuchel is likely to rotate his players, as a result folks like Hakim Ziyech, Timo Werner and perhaps even Olivier Giroud could earn starts in upfront roles. N'Golo Kante seems to have recovered completely from his hamstring injury and could very well make a return.

Diogo Costa, Ivan Marcano and Mouhamed Mbaye are among players expected to miss out on Tuesday night's clash. Moussa Marega was an unused substitute at the weekend but is certainly expected to lead the attack alongside Taremi this week, while Oliveira's return could see Marko Grujic relegated to the bench.

Chelsea possible starting XI:

Mendy (goal); Azpilicueta, Silva, Christensen; James, Kovacic, Kante, Alonso; Ziyech, Mount; Giroud

Porto possible starting XI:

Marchesin (goal); Manafa, Mbemba, Pepe, Sanusi; Corona, Uribe, Oliveira, Otavio; Marega, Taremi

[su_panel color=”#000000″ border=”4px solid #16a012″ shadow=”3px 3px 2px #eeeeee” radius=”4″]The return of attackers Taremi and Oliveira could give Porto some confidence going into the return leg but a deficit of 0-2 against an in-form Chelsea is too steep a hill to climb. One can be sure that Tuchel will not let complacency creep into an over-confident Blues side.[/su_panel]

• Chelsea to qualify: 1/25
• Porto to qualify: 12/1

Correct Score Odds

• Chelsea 1-0: 6/1
• Draw 1-1: 13/2
• Chelsea 2-1: 15/2 (predicted scoreline)
• Chelsea 2-0: 15/2
• Porto 1-0: 11/1 (SkyBet)
• Draw 0-0: 10/1
• Porto 1-0: 10/1
• Porto 2-1: 14/1 (SkyBet)
• Chelsea 3-1: 14/1
• Chelsea 3-0: 14/1
• Draw 2-2: 16/1
• Porto 2-0: 20/1

Anytime goal scorer Odds

• Olivier Giroud: 11/10
• Timo Werner: 13/8
• Christian Pulisic: 15/8
• Kai Havertz: 11/5
• Mason Mount: 5/2
• Moussa Marega: 11/4
• Mehdi Taremi: 11/4
• Sergio Oliveira: 3/5 (SkyBet)

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