Chelsea have one foot in the Conference League semi-finals as they prepare to host Polish side Legia Warsaw. The two will meet in the return leg of their quarter-final tie, with Chelsea leading 3-0 from the first leg. Read on for our prediction of the match.
Chelsea haven't dropped their favorites' status in any of their matches from the league stage of this competition. They will come into this game tipped to prevail again, after a comfortable away win in Poland.
They didn’t have the best preparation for it, though, after being forced to come from behind to draw 2-2 with Ipswich Town last time out. But in Europe they have nine straight wins.
Legia Warsaw will hope for some reprieve away from home after losing their last two matches. Both of those were at home, stretching their winless run at home to three matches.
In their latest outing, Legia fell 1-0 to Jagiellonia Bialystok. Now they switch to their travels and hope to bag a third straight away win. However, the venue they travel to is a tough one, especially as they have lost twice away in this competition.
Legia Warsaw conceded three goals in each of their last two matches on the road in the Conference League.
All signs point to Legia Warsaw’s campaign in Europe coming to an end at this stage. They are already carrying a heavy load after their home loss in the first leg. The team they are supposed to face to overturn a 3-0 deficit has not lost in this competition in the last nine matches.
Chelsea actually won all and have been scoring a lot. One of their high-scoring matches was away to Legia Warsaw. Based on this, our prediction for Chelsea v Legia Warsaw is for Chelsea to win and over 2.5 goals.