Chelsea vs Barcelona prediction: EUROPE: Champions League – League phase betting tips on match 2025-11-24 20:00.
[p]A fixture that’s provided some of the UEFA Champions League’s (UCL) most memorable moments takes centre stage on Tuesday night as Chelsea host Barcelona at Stamford Bridge.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Chelsea continued their good recent run with a comfortable 2-0 win over Burnley on Saturday, stretching their unbeaten streak to five matches across all competitions in the process (W4, D1). The ease at which they won allowed boss Enzo Maresca to rest some of his key players ahead of this heavyweight clash, and that should stand them in good stead as the Blues look to close the gap to the top eight. Confidence ought to be high given that they’ve won five of their last six home games in the UCL (L1), albeit the only defeat came against Spanish opposition in the form of Real Madrid.[/p]
[p]Barcelona travel to London on the back of making a successful return to the Camp Nou, thrashing Athletic Club 4-0 to keep pace with Real Madrid in the La Liga title race. They sit level on points with Chelsea in the UCL after coming from behind three times to rescue a draw with Club Brugge on matchday four. That result extended some troubling road form that’s seen them win just one of their last four away games across all competitions (D1, L2), a record that’s mirrored when isolating just their last four UCL trips.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Chelsea have lost just one of the last nine UCL H2Hs (W2, D6), but that did come in the last meeting in March 2018. Barcelona are winless across their last four trips to Stamford Bridge (D2, L2).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Chelsea have won three of their last four matches without conceding.[/p]
[p]All nine of Chelsea’s UCL goals this season came between the 15th and 60th minutes.[/p]
[p]Barcelona have scored in 24 successive UCL games.[/p]
[p]Barcelona have received a pre-round competition-high 12 yellow cards this season.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Pedro Neto will be looking to finally make his mark in the UCL and carries good form into this game with five goal involvements in his last six appearances (G3, A2) after scoring against Burnley at the weekend. Lamine Yamal’s name on the scoresheet in the UCL usually promises entertainment, with each of his seven strikes for Barcelona in the competition coming in games that featured over 3.5 goals.[/p]
[p]Chelsea talisman Cole Palmer misses out here but Reece James is expected to be fit, while Barcelona’s Marcus Rashford was absent from their weekend fixture through illness.[/p]
[p]For all the latest team news, please check the Flashscore match centre.[/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Barcelona’s firepower has been matched by their vulnerability in this season’s UCL, so backing both teams to score looks to offer a good chance of a return.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Ryan Fisher[/i][/p]