CHELSEA are more likely to be drawn towards Real Madrid than another pot one group in Thursday’s Champions League draw, information has proven.
Carlo Ancelotti’s facet knocked the Blues out within the quarter-finals of final season’s competitors, profitable an exhilarating tie 5-4 thanks largely to Karim Benzema.
2
2
Madrid then went on to carry the trophy for a record-extending 14th time, beating Manchester City within the final 4 and Liverpool within the closing.
Now Chelsea could possibly be set to meet them once more – however this time a lot earlier within the event.
Thomas Tuchel’s males are in pot two for the draw and can face considered one of Madrid, Eintracht Frankfurt, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Porto or Ajax within the group stage.
They can’t be drawn with Man City as groups from the identical nation can not come up towards each other till the quarter-finals.
But in accordance to Footantic on Twitter, 60,000 simulations of the draw have been performed and in 16.5 per cent of them Chelsea have been grouped with Real Madrid.
They are narrowly forward Frankfurt and PSG, with AC Milan thought to be the least likely of the seven groups to face Chelsea.
Pot three additionally has some very tough sides which the Blues may come up towards.
Borussia Dortmund, Napoli and Sporting Lisbon are all in that pot of eight.
FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALS – BEST NEW CUSTOMER OFFERS
As are Inter Milan – a fixture which might see Romelu Lukaku return to Stamford Bridge simply months after leaving on mortgage.
Pots for Champions League draw:
Pot one: Real Madrid, Eintracht Frankfurt, Manchester City, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Porto, Ajax.
Pot two: Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, RB Leipzig, Tottenham
Pot three: Borussia Dortmund, RB Salzburg, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter Milan, Napoli, Sporting Lisbon, Bayer Leverkusen, Marseille, Club Brugge, Celtic.
Pot 4: Benfica, Maccabi Haifa, Viktoria Plzen [more teams yet to qualify].