Shakhtar Donetsk v Chelsea Odds : Home side look value for Champions League win in Ukraine

European Champions Chelsea will make the journey to Ukraine tonight to face Shakhtar Donetsk as Ladbrokes announce a new free bets offer and report punters are latching onto the home side at at 13/10 to take all three points.

The Blues are in superb form at the moment and have won their last six matches in a row, scoring plenty of goals and playing some superb football in the process, however a trip to Ukraine and Shakhtar looks a tough test.

Roberto Di Matteo will know what a tough encounter this is though and the atmosphere in the stadium is sure to be electric, which reflects in their price of 2/1 for the away win.

However, with a number of players competing in Euro 2012, which Ukraine of course co-hosted, they should know what to expect.

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With four points in the competition so far, Chelsea are after all three  in the one and the key to their success is likely to be the superb trio of Juan Mata, Eden Hazard and Oscar. The three creative midfielders have torn teams apart this campaign and it was Mata who was the key figure in their 4-2 win over Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.

John Terry should return to the side at the heart of defence after he missed the Tottenham game last Saturday.

As for Shaktar, they are not a team that will be easy for the visitors to beat, far from it. They have been in quite incredible form in the Ukrainian top flight, winning 26 of their last 28  games as they have a twelve point lead at the top of the table, while they have also taken four points from their two Champions League matches.

Goals have come from all over the park for Shakhtar so far this campaign, with William, Eduardo and Henrikh Mkhitaryanso all impressive in qualifying and they are sure to create plenty of chances.

This game is one between two teams absolutely brimming with confidence at the moment, so it could be a cracker with both sure to be going all out for the victory.

The Champions League always throws up some superb matches and this really does look to be one of those. Whoever comes out on top here will be in a great position to reach the knockout stages.

Kick-off is 7.45PM.

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