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On paper at least, UEFA Champions League, Group C looks to be one of the toughest groups in the competition. Two of the teams who would expect to navigate their way to the latter stages of the competition are Atlético Madrid and Chelsea and the European giants square up on Wednesday night. Both teams featured in our Atlético Madrid vs Chelsea preview will be keen to put down an early marker for later battles. The football betting odds suggest that the mid-week duel should be a game of fine margins and we think so too. The home team, famous for their defensive organisation under Diego Simeone, have four clean sheets in five heading into our Atlético Madrid vs Chelsea betting tips. They have suffered defeat just once in twenty-three matches at home in the Champions League. In nine of their last eleven games in the same competition on their own turf, they stopped the opposition scoring.

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The Blues are unbeaten in seven since their harrowing 2-3 loss to Burnley on the opening weekend of the Premier League season. Prior to today’s Atlético Madrid vs Chelsea predictions, their UCL campaign this season got off to a perfect start with their 6-0 win over group minnows Qarabag.

Atl. Madrid have lost just once in five previous meetings with Chelsea. Their most recent encounters came back in 2014 when Madrid got the better of their London opponents in the knockout stages of the tournament, winning 3-1 in Stamford Bridge after the teams had played out a dull 0-0 draw in the first leg in the Spanish capital.

Atlético Madrid vs Chelsea Prediction and Betting Advice

The home team’s remarkable European record in Spain makes them the standout choice to win as part of our Atlético Madrid vs Chelsea picks. One defeat in twenty-three home matches is a sequence that any of the continent’s biggest and best sides would be proud to have. It means that Conte’s Chelsea have a huge task on their hands on Wednesday. Both squads have almost a clean bill of health and when the XI’s are matched up, there isn’t much to choose between them. Atlético’s defensive record should see them through – if the likes of Barcelona and Bayern Munich have been unable to score against Simeone’s men at their own stadium in recent months, then the Blues less potent attack should find life very tough going. William Hill have terrific odds available if you want to back the home team to take the points on Wednesday.

Chelsea have scored fifteen times in their last four outings, but that doesn’t lessen the confidence we have in the next part of our football predictions. The home team have built all of their recent success on a foundation of defensive surety. There has been under 2.5 goals scored in four of their last five in all competitions, but it’s the evidence found in their European fixture statistics that convince us the most. In eight of their last ten Champions League battles at home, Atl Madrid have been involved in low scoring games which have ended below the 2.5 goals threshold. They are masters of the narrow win, beating their opponents by a one-goal margin in five of those matches. Simeone will keep things tight once again on Wednesday, so backing the under goals market is a smart choice for any bettor. Dafabet have the best premium odds for the goals markets for the mid-week clash.