One of the central matches of the upcoming Wednesday of the Champions League will be an encounter between London Chelsea and the Italian team of Roma. Bookmakers in this couple are on the future hosts side, the footballers from the English capital and one may agree with such action line. Chelsea play fine in the Champions League, the Blues managed to win three points in the match against Atletico, while Roma do not look so well in big matches for now, both in the championship of Italy and the UCL.
It is already clear, that Chelsea will not be able to retain the English Crown in the 2017-18 season. After eight played rounds in the EPL, the Policemen are only fifth in the table, nine points away from the leading Manchester City. But everything is fine for the Londoners in the UCL: two victories in two games with the goal difference of 8:1.
Roma managed to defeat Qarabag in Baku with great difficulties with a score of 2:1 within the second round of the UCL group stage. Before that, Chelsea managed to retain the pressure of Atletico Madrid at their home ground. The match ended with a 0:0 draw, but the Mattressers looked better than the Wolves and deserved to win. Last weekend, Roma lost Napoli 0:1 at their home ground.
Chelsea need to guarantee themselves the Champions League play-off advancement and the first place in the group in the nearest future, therefore in both matches against the Romans the Englishmen will play to win. The Giallorossi in their turn already lost to Inter and Napoli and with great difficulties contained Atletico in the first round of the UCL group, Chelsea have decent chances to win
Prediction for the match: Chelsea to win
