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Inter v Chelsea Odds Too Close To Call For First Leg

Carlos Ancelotti will travel back to Milan this week on a mission to plot the defeat of the side who were his deadliest rivals when he was manager at AC Milan. Whilst he is busy doing that his opposite number, Jose Mourinho, will be doing exactly the same thing hoping that his Inter Milan can beat his former club, Chelsea in what looks to be the pick of all the Round of 16 games in this year’s Champions League.

The Bookmakers are certainly finding it hard to separate the two sides for this first leg, Bet365 for instance has Inter at 13/8, Chelsea at 7/4 and the draw at 11/5. That said the same Bookmaker has Chelsea at 9/2 to win the Champions League outright with Inter only given a 12/1 chance.

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Chelsea will know that this will be a very tough fixture, Inter have not lost a home league this season, winning ten from thirteen games and conceding only 11 goals. Like Chelsea they sit on top of their domestic league and have very strong ambitions to go all the way in this tournament.

Football often throws up a touch of irony, which of course does nothing but make games like this all the more watchable. With both managers having huge resonance with the opposition the match in fact is really unmissable and promises a feast of quality football over two legs for all football fans.

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Chelsea will hope to be at full strength less of course, Ashley Cole. Frank Lampard will be back after missing out at the weekend, he is known to be one player who is feared by Mourinho and is many punters favourite to score the first goal of the night. Indeed for a man with such a fantastic goalscoring record, Lampard has excellent odds of 17/2 with Bet365, to do so.

We think , like the Bookmakers that this game is too close to call and believe it will end in stalemate, with either 0-0 or 1-1 being the likely scoreline. Both these outcomes carry excellent odds, which are listed below along with other potential Correct Score options.

Match Betting

13/8 Inter
7/4 Chelsea
11/5 Draw

Correct Score Betting

1-1 Draw – 5/1
1-0 Inter win – 13/2
1-0 Chelsea win – 13/2
0-0 Draw – 15/2
2-2 Draw – 12/1

Odds Provided Courtesy Bet365.

Posted: Monday, 22nd February 2010
Author: Rodney Wise
Tags: champions league, san siro stadium, internazionale, chelsea, bet365,

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