Chelsea vs AFC Ajax Amsterdam
Chelsea and Ajax will meet again in the 4th week of UCL. They again fight over the top of Group H when competing at Stamford Bridge.
The host has just come back from losing in the Round of 16 of the Carabao Cup. When they met their mortal enemy, Man Utd, and surrendered with a score of 1-2. However, the accident was redeemed by the same score when facing Watford in the 11th week of the EPL which was held on Sunday (3/11) yesterday.
The victory was very important for the Blues to restore children’s morale, while maintaining competition at the top of the EPL. In the third week yesterday they surprisingly managed to win 0-1 in Amsterdam so that they are now entitled to top the Group H standings. Furthermore, they will try to continue to be there, although the condition of a number of players is still in doubt, say Ross Barkley, N’Golo Kante, Antonio Rudiger, and Andreas Christensen.
Meanwhile, the Ajax camp managed to treat yesterday’s defeat with two consecutive wins, each with a score of 4-0 and 2-4, against Feyenoord and PEC Zwolle. These two results also helped them secure the Eredivisie top position in Week 12.
Lisandro Martinez and Edson Alvares are doubtful, instead Razvan Marin and Ryan Gravenberch will appear from the start. The entry of the two players is expected to be able to help Ajax steal points in London, as Valencia did in the first week (0-1), as well as repeating the results of the visit to Mestalla (0-3) for Ajax in the second week. Erik ten Hag’s squad predicts a difficult match in this match as their first visit to Stamford Bridge.
Our Prediction: Over 2.5
Odds: 1.60