Chelsea v Bayern Munich, 8pm Tuesday 25th February
The last time Chelsea played in Munich's Allianz Arena, a 33-year-old Frank Lampard was among those lifting the Champions League trophy. Fast forward eight years and the now Chelsea boss will be hoping for a similar outcome against Bayern in their Last 16 knockout tie.
Before returning to Munich, though, The Blues must navigate a home tie on Tuesday night at Stamford Bridge. A 2-1 win over Tottenham at the weekend was ideal preparation, while Bayern are coming off the back of late win against bottom of the table Paderborn. It was enough to cement their place at the top of the Bundesliga while Chelsea's victory over Spurs solidified their place in the Premier League top four.
That Champions League final in 2025 was one of just four meetings between these clubs, with Chelsea winning two and losing the others on penalties. They've shared a massive 17 goals over those four fixtures and we could see quite a few more on Tuesday.
No club have scored more Bundesliga goals this season than Hans-Dieter Flick's side, while Chelsea have conceded more than Crystal Palace, Sheffield United and Wolves. Both teams to score is quite short at 8/15, but we fancy an away win and both sides to find the net at 2/1 with William Hill.
Robert Lewandowski dominates the scoring charts yet again in Germany, but 3/4 for him to net at Stamford Bridge doesn't really appeal. Serge Gnabry, who scored four at Spurs on his last visit to London, looks much better value at 2/1 to add another against Chelsea and 13/2 to score first.
Real Madrid v Manchester City, 8pm Wednesday 26th February
"When Real Madrid knock on the door, other clubs tremble," said Pep Guardiola when asked about the Spanish club's reported interest in Raheem Sterling. The Manchester City manager won't exactly be trembling at the thought of facing Real on Wednesday night, but the tie has some added significance with a Champions League ban looming for the Premier League champions.
The two clubs have met just four times previously, with the head to head record favouring Madrid who have won twice and drawn twice. They've all been tight affairs, though, with just eight goals across those meetings. Both City's losses came at the Bernabeu and were by one-goal margins and we would not be surprised to see similar this week.
The hosts, who will be without Eden Hazard, are 13/8 to win, which looks pretty attractive to us. Both sides are second in their domestic leagues, but Zinedine Zidane's team are still involved in La Liga's title race, lying just two points off table-toppers Barcelona. As such, the 8/5 for Los Blancos to qualify also looks enticing, when compared to City's odds of 1/2 to progress to the Champions League Quarter-finals.
Another home win by a one goal margin can be backed at 7/2 and we also like the look of a Real win and Under 2.5 Goals at 6/1.
Only Lionel Messi has scored more league goals than the evergreen Karim Benzema this season. The French striker netted in two of those previous clashes with City and is 13/10 to add another on Wednesday night.