Chelsea v Olympiakos Betting Preview

Chelsea v Olympiakos – Wednesday 5th March, Stamford Bridge, 19:45 kickoff.

The two sides met in a stalemate 0-0 draw in Greece two weeks ago, and the prize for the victor at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday evening is a place in the Quarter Finals of the Champions League. That would be a real coup for Olympiakos, as this is the first time since 1999 that they have managed to progress beyond the group phase of the Champions League.

Chelsea meanwhile join Manchester United and Barcelona as the only unbeaten sides in the compeition, having escaped defeat in their last seven Champions League matches since going down 1-0 against Liverpool in May 2007. Their last defeat at home in the competition was against Barcelona in February 2006. Olympiakos will find scoring against the blues tough going as Chelsea currently hold the best defensive record in this years Champions League.

Match Betting

Chelsea are strong favourites to win this tie, with online bookmakers Blue Square pricing them at just 3/10, whilst Boyle Sports have Olympiakos to win at odds of 12/1, and the draw at 4/1.

Correct Score Betting

Chelsea to win 1-0 is 6/1 with Bet 365, whilst the 2-0 win for Chelsea is 5/1 with Blue Square. Ladbrokes have the best odds for the 3-0 Chelsea win at 9/1, whilst Paddy Power have the best odds for the various combinations of Olympiakos wins (1-0 is 22/1, 2-1 is 45/1, 3-2 is a massive 250/1)

First Goalscorer Betting

Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba are the favourites to open the scoring, with Stan James offering 5/1 on the pair. Kalou is the next best priced, at 6/1 (Blue Square), along with Pizarro (Bet 365). VC Bet have Shevchecnko to score first at 6/1, and Frank Lampard is at 7/1 (Stan James), Joe Cole is at 17/2 (Bet 365) and Michael Ballack to score the first goal is priced at 12/1 with Stan James. For the longer odds, LuaLua is at 16/1 with skybet, Ashley Cole is at 50/1 (Blue Square), and Papadopoulos is also at 50/1 (Ladbrokes)

Champions League winner Betting

Barcelona were the favourite to win the Champions League going into the last 16, with odds of 7/2 with Boyle Sports, who also had the best priced odds for Manchester United (9/2) and Chelsea (6/1) and Liverpool (9/1) to lift the trophy. Arsenal were out at 14/1 with Blue Square, whilst Celtic were the rank outsiders, with odds of 500/1 available with Bet 365.

All odds correct at time of writing. Please click here for the latest odds.



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    • Written by Bet123 · Filed Under Champions League, Football 

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