Chelsea v Porto predictions: Blues can cruise into the last four

Free football tips, best bets and analysis for Chelsea v Porto in the Champions League quarter-final second leg on Tuesday.

Where to watch

BT Sport 2, 8pm Tuesday

Best bet

Chelsea to win & both teams to score
1pt 3-1 bet365, Betfair

Team news

Chelsea
Thomas Tuchel has no new injuries in his squad.

Porto
Sergio Oliveira and Mehdi Taremi are set to return to the fold after missing the first leg through suspension. Ivan Marcano is sidelined with a muscular injury.

Match preview

For the second time in a week Chelsea and Porto will lock horns at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in Seville in the Champions League quarter-finals and punters should anticipate a more expansive encounter than the gritty first leg between the sides.

In what was considered their 'home' leg, Porto looked to minimise the space available to Chelsea and force Thomas Tuchel's men to play more direct football.

But the plan backfired and thanks to goals from Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell, Chelsea take a 2-0 lead into the second leg.

The Londoners followed that result with one of their best games yet under Tuchel, thumping Crystal Palace 4-1 at Selhurst Park on Saturday.

Although Tuchel's Chelsea have earned a reputation as a defensively robust outfit, they showcased their attacking qualities in the Premier League win, managing 23 shots, ten of which were on target.

Porto need to go in search of goals in this second leg and that could leave plenty of space for Chelsea to exploit.

With that in mind and given that Chelsea have lost only one of their 17 matches under Tuchel - the freak 5-2 thrashing by West Brom - it is hard to see past a win for the English outfit.

But rather than take the 5-6 on offer for a Blues win, punters may instead opt for a Chelsea win and both teams to score at 3-1 with bet365 and Betfair.

Even though Porto are as big as 12-1 to qualify for the Champions League semi-finals, Sergio Conceicao's men have no choice but to go for it and will be boosted by the return of two key players.

Midfielder Sergio Oliveira and forward Mehdi Taremi, who has netted 16 goals in all competitions this term, are set to return from suspensions to feature in the second leg in Spain.

They showed attacking intent when winning the shot count 12-6 in the first leg, fired four goals across two legs in their round-of-16 tie with Juventus and are one of only two clubs to have breached Manchester City in the Champions League this season.

And so Chelsea will have to be wary of their opponents, who have scored 55 goals in 26 games in the Portuguese top flight this season.

But they have been pretty disciplined under Tuchel and should limit the damage and progress to the last four of the competition for the first time since 2014 with victory in Seville.

Key stat

Chelsea have won four of their last five matches in all competitions.

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