CHELSEA VS APOEL NICOSIA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TIPS

Manchester City got the best of Chelsea at the week-end but few expect APOEL Nicosia to mount any form of serious challenge as they take on the Blues today at Stamford Bridge. The layers on Betfair have priced Chelsea at nearly 1.35 for the outright victory with a medium-sized amount of volume on this one with about $1,500,000 matched so far.
The punters favour Chelsea to either score a single goal, a 1-0 margin pays 6.8 or to run up the score by notching four strikes or more with “any unquoted” listed at 5.8 or so. Should anyone score a hat-trick in this fixture, you’re looking at an enticing 21.0. Chelsea are fairly well-priced to keep a clean sheet in this fixture with a 1.74 listing. They are 2.32 to concede at any point. APOEL aren’t exactly known for their goalscoring prowess so this one is up to you. Cech is under pressure after a string of mediocre performances and he will be looking to get things back on track here with a good performance.
Didier Drogba is 2.04 to score while Nicolas Anelka sits at 2.16. Florent Maluda is trading at around 3.85 with Michael Ballack at 4.9. Joe Cole is listed at 3.65 or so, alongside Gael Kakuta. Keep your eyes on Michael Essien, who commands a 6.2 anytime price.
The main over/under has been set at (-1.5) for Chelsea with them listed at 1.91 to win. APOEL (+1.5) are available at 1.95.
Didier Drogba is priced at 4.6 to receive a card in this match. I think that’s about right.
My bet is Chelsea to win convincingly in a relatively dull fixture. That’s my assumption here.