All eyes will be on the Nou Camp tonight (7.45pm KO, Live on Sky Sports 2) where Roberto Di Matteo’s Chelsea bid to defend a 1-0 advantage against Barcelona in the second-leg of their Champions League tie.
The Blues may have won the battle in the first leg, but they certainly havn’t e won the war.
Bookmakers make them 11/1 to win this with the draw 6/1 and Barcelona red-hot 2/7 favourites.
They’re 5/2 to qualify with BetVictor, with Barca odds-on at 4/9.
Since losing at Stamford Bridge, Pep Guardiola’s side have lost all hope of catching Real Madrid in La Liga after Saturday’s 2-1 defeat in El Clasico.
Their whole season now revolves around retaining this trophy, and it will take a brave man to bet against them turning on the style and doing so.
Much may depend on Lionel Messi, who has now failed to score against the Blues in seven outings.
The brilliant Argentinian is as low as just 4/1 to score a hat-trick and a top priced 5/2 with Stan James to open the scoring.
Both those prices look skinny enough, especially the latter as he has netted first just 10 times in 48 appearances this year.
Better value could be Sanchez who looked dangerous in the first leg and can be backed at a tasty looking 11/2 with BetVictor and Stan James to bag the opener.
I fancy him to fire Barca to a 2-0 or 3-0 victory, and those scorelines can be backed at 13/2 and 15/2 with BetVictor. Split stakes on both looks the way to play.