Europa League
2013-04-11 - Rubin Kazan vs Chelsea FC
A Sports Betting Pick by Cruiser
Football : Europa League
Venue: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Thursday 11th April 2013 – Kickoff time 18:00
Match Preview :
The first leg at Stamford Bridge ended in a 3-1 win for the English Premiership side Chelsea, bit Rubin Kazan has managed to get an away goal at Stamford Bridge last week and that has kept their hopes alive going into this match.
Bibras Natkho's penalty in the first leg means that all Rubin needs now is to win by at least 2 goals and stop Chelsea from scoring and they would advanced to the semi-finals at the expense of Chelsea.
But that is easier said then done as Chelsea have so far managed to win all five of their encounters against Russian sides and conceded just two goals in the process. And we can once again expect to see Rafa Benitez the interim manager who will likely rotate the squad for this match as they have played a lot of matches this season.
Captain John Terry should start this match while Fernando Torres will start in attack as Demba Ba is cup tied having played for Newcastle already in the competition. For the home side Rubin, they will depend on former Malaga centre-forward Salomon Rondon in attack to get the goals.
Possible lineups
Rubin: Ryzhikov; Navas, Kuzmin, Kaleshin, Ansaldi; Sharonov, Orbaiz, Eremenko, Natcho; Dyadyun, Rondon
Chelsea: Cech; Ivanovic, Terry, Luiz, Bertrand; Mikel, Lampard; Moses, Oscar, Mata; Torres
Predictions :
Go for Chelsea on level ball not to lose this match.
The Pick :
Rubin Kazan 0-1 Chelsea
Gooner’s Statistical Value Bet
Take Chelsea on Level Ball Asian Handicap.
