Champions League football returns with Chelsea welcoming Lille to Stamford Bridge this week and it has been a bit of a rollercoaster since the group stages for Thomas Tuchel's side.
The Blues are 8/25 favourites with Grosvenor Sport with Lille at 19/2 and a draw is 17/4.
Chelsea's title race challenge collapsed over the festive period and now find themselves 13 points behind leaders Manchester City, when before they were in leading for most of the first-half of the season.
However, the Blues have salvaged something domestically with a Carabao Cup final to look forward to this weekend, they are still in the FA Cup and, oh, they are Club World Cup champions too.
They welcome French-champions Lille who are struggling domestically despite an impressive display in the group stages.
Jocelyn Gourvennec is not having the best season since his appointment in the summer with the side currently mid-table in Ligue 1 and 23 points behind leaders PSG but did manage to finish top of Group G ahead of RB Salzburg, Sevilla and Wolfsburg.
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Team stats
- In matches involving Chelsea, both teams scored in 17 from 38 matches in all competitions while for Lille it is 22 from 34 - both teams to score is 57/50
- Chelsea saw 17 of their matches in all competitions with three or more goals while Lille finished 18 of them the same way - over 2.5 goals is 8/11
- Chelsea average 10.88 total corners in all competitions and 12.08 at home while Lille average 9.96 total and 10.77 away - over 10.5 total corners is 57/50
Player to watch
Hakim Ziyech has been in decent form in a Chelsea shirt recently picking three goals in his last three league matches as well as playing a vital role in their Club World Cup win too.
He is 21/10 to score anytime.
H2H
This will be the third meeting between the two sides with Chelsea winning the other two matches.
Against French opposition, Chelsea have played 18 times, winning nine, drawing four and losing five.
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