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Tuesday 13 March 2018

UCL Preview: Barcelona take on Chelsea; Man United eye much-needed win against Sevilla

Man United vs Sevilla

Kick off: 20:45 CET

Date: Tue, 13-Mar-18

1st-leg score: Sevilla 0-0 Man United

Probable Lineups
Focus
Paul Pogba managed to take part in some of

Monday's training session after missing

Saturday's 2-1 win over Liverpool but remains

a doubt.
Jose Mourinho has confirmed Anthony

Martial is available again after a two-game 

absence, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic also

 returned to first-team training on Monday.

Marouane Fellaini is an option again after

coming on against Liverpool, but Ander

Herrera, Phil Jones, Daley Blind and Marcos

Rojo are sidelined. Jesse Lingard will serve a

one-match European ban with his next

booking.
Few changes are expected from the side that

beat Liverpool.

Sevilla have confirmed Jesus Navas will miss

Tuesday's trip to Old Trafford through injury.

Sébastien Corchia is also sidelined, while

Miguel Layún is ineligible.
Gabriel Mercado is expected to move out to

right-back with Navas, Corchia and Layun

unavailable. This will pave the way for Simon

Kjaer to start at centre-back.
Few other changes are expected to the side

that held Manchester United to a 0-0 draw in

the first leg.

Sergio Escudero, Éver Banega and Gabriel

Mercado are all a booking away from a one-

match ban.
Prediction
Man United 2-1 Sevilla

Roma vs Shakhtar Donetsk

Kick off: 20:45 CET
Date: Tue, 13-Mar-18
1st-leg score: Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 Roma
Probable Lineups
Edin Dzeko and Federico Fazio missed

Friday's 3-0 win over Torino through 

suspension but will be fresh to return against 

Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday. Rick Karsdorp i

s still sidelined for the hosts.
Maxime Gonalons ended a two-month period

on the sidelines as a substitute against Torino

but will have to settle for a place on the bench

here.
Diego Perrotti is a booking away from a one-

match ban.
Sergey Krivtsov has been sidelined since

picking up an injury in the first leg and is

expected to miss out here. Maksim Malyshev

is also sidelined for the Ukrainian side.
Taison and Facundo Ferreya are a booking

away from a ban.
Prediction
Roma 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk

Besiktas vs Bayern Munich

Kick off: 18:00 CET
Date: Wed, 14-Mar-18
1st-leg score: Bayern Munich 5-0 Besiktas
Probable Lineups
Focus
With Domagoj Vida suspended and Pepe

injured, Besiktas have a big problem at centre-

back ahead of Wednesday's meeting with

Bayern Munich.

Ricardo Quaresma is available for the home

side after missing Saturday's 1-0 win over

Genclerbirligi through suspension.
Quaresma, Pepe, Duško Tošić, Tolgay Arslan,

Caner Erkin and Anderson Talisca are one

booking away from a one-match ban.
Bayern Munich lead 5-0 from the first leg and

Jupp Heynckes may shuffle his pack on

Wednesday as a result.
Robert Lewandowski, Joshua Kimmich,

Sebastian Rudy and Corentin Tolisso and are a
booking away from a ban, which may

influence

Heynckes' selection.
Kingsley Coman, James Rodríguez and

Tolisso

are injury concerns alongside Manuel Neuer.
Prediction
Besiktas 1-3 Bayern Munich

Barcelona vs Chelsea

Kick off: 20:45 CET
Date: Wed, 14-Mar-18
1st-leg score: Chelsea 1-1 Barcelona
Probable Lineups
Focus
Lionel Messi missed the 2-0 win over Malaga

this past weekend due to the birth of his child

but will return against Chelsea on Wednesday.
Nélson Semedo is back in contention after

missing the first leg through suspension but

may miss out this time around through injury.
Ernesto Valverde has a potential problem on

his hands with Andres Iniesta a huge doubt

and Philippe Coutinho not eligible to play in

the Champions League.
Paulinho and Ousmane Dembele are battling

for a spot on the right flank with the former

expected to get the nod.
Denis Suarez and Sergi Samper are also

doubts but neither are first choice anyway.
Ross Barkley, Tiemoué Bakayoko and David

Luiz are all huge doubts for Wednesday's trip

to Barcelona.
Eden Hazard may be tasked with playing

through the middle once again even though

Alvaro Morata and Olivier Giroud are available.
Conte must decide whether to start Cesc

Fabregas against his former club or play

someone more defensive in midfield like

Danny Drinkwater.
Antonio Rudiger is expected to start in

defence at the expense of Gary Cahill once

more.
Prediction
Barcelona 2-0 Chelsea

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