Chelsea FC vs Galatasaray | UEFA Champions League Preview, March 18, 2014

Chelsea FC vs Galatasaray | UEFA Champions League 2014 Chelsea and Galatasaray will fight for a quarter-final place after the first match in Istanbul finished with a 1:1 draw. Chelsea took lead in the 9th minute with Fernando Torres goal and Galatasaray equalized in 65th minute through Chedjou Aurelien. Match info : Date: March 18, 2014 KICK-OFF: tuesday, 7:45 PM GMT Venue: Stamford Bridge — London Referee:‬ F. Brych‎ Competition: UEFA Champions league 2013-14 TV ON: Fox Sports, Sky Sports, beIN SPORTS 1, beIN SPORTS 3, beIN SPORTS HD 1, beIN SPORTS HD 3   Chelsea managed to secure a very important 1-1 draw over in Turkey at the end of February and having scored an important away goal in that game, Jose Mourinho’s players look destined to qualify for the next round of the competition, where they could be the only English club left in the competition unless Manchester United can turn around a 2-0 defeat in wednesday night’s live game. Meanwhile, Galatsaray did not have their best moment at home two weeks ago so it would be a surprise if they can raise their game here. The Turkish side travelled to England on eight previous occasions and didn’t come away with a win from any of them. And five of those trips have ended in defeats as well. Looking at their away form, it is not too good, they have failed to win in their last four away games from home with a D1 L3 record. Their last away victory was in the second leg of last season’s round of sixteen, beating Schalke 3-2. Chelsea Team News: the Blues have experienced a shock in the championship last weekend, since they were defeated with 1-0 away at Aston Villa, with the fact that they ended the match without suspended Willian and Ramires. In this way, their advantage over Liverpool and Arsenal has now reduced to just four points, while Manchester City is still in the game for the title, because they have six points behind and three games less. However, their main priority is this match in the Champions League, so we expect that Mourinho will send a very strong team to the field, while he still cannot count on the injured midfielder van Ginkel and striker Eto’o, as well as two suspended newcomers Matic and Salah. Galatasaray Team News: The midfielder Aydın Yılmaz will miss the match due to an ankle injury. The defenders Aurelien Chedjou (groin), Gokhan Zan (hamstring) and Hakan Balta (thigh), as so the midfielder Hamit Altıntop (back) are doubtful in ftont of this match due to injuries.   The Statistics : CHELSEA LAST SIX HOME FORM DATE   RESULT OPPOSITION 2013-12-11  W 1-0   H v Steaua_Bucharest   2013-11-06  W 3-0   H v Schalke   2013-09-18  L 1-2   H v Basel   2012-12-05  W 6-1   H v Nordsjaelland   2012-11-07  W 3-2   H v Shaktar_Donetsk   2012-09-19  D 2-2   H v Juventus   GALATASARAY LAST SIX AWAY FORM DATE   RESULT OPPOSITION 2013-11-27  L 4-1   A v Real_Madrid   2013-11-05  L 1-0   A v Copenhagen   2013-10-02  D 2-2   A v Juventus   2013-04-03  L 3-0   A v Real_Madrid   2013-03-12  W 2-3   A v Schalke   2012-12-05  W 1-2   A v Braga   HEAD TO HEAD CHELSEA v GALATASARAY DATE   HOME SCORE   AWAY 1999-09-28    Chelsea   1-0   Galatasaray