Chelsea-Maribor

Chelsea welcomes Maribor for the third game of the Champions League and wants at all costs the victory that will leave it alone first in the standings. He has 4 points so far in 2 matches, having a 1-1 draw with Schalke at home and a double with 0-1 at Sporting Lisbon. In the championship she is only first and at +5 from Man. City and seems to be unstoppable.

Today, top scorer Diego Costa and possibly Drogba and Shirley will be missing, leaving Remy with only one choice for the top of attacks. In the center and in the defense, the layout will be about the same as there is no one missing except Shirley. Chelsea maintain an excellent defensive top five with Courtois at the end Terry, Ivanovic, Cahill, Athpilicueta lining up behind the 2 defensive midfielders Matic and Fabregas.

Maribor is a remarkable set and has done so far with 2 draws with 1-1 scores within Sporting and save Schalke who was admittedly a great result.

My estimate is that Chelsea will make a professional victory against Maribor but not as easily and comfortably as the odds show and given the good defense of Chelsea and the remarkable team that Maribor has along with the absences of Shirley and Diego Costa I think that the under-over line is more or less stingy and that is why I bet on the Asian Under3.25 with odds of 1.950 on the Bet365. Given that the Chelsea defense will not concede a goal, I predict a professional victory with a score of 2-0.