London duo can secure key wins

The Champions League is already at Matchday Four this week, with big group games for all the English sides as they chase qualification. Firstly, we preview the action involving Arsenal and Chelsea on Tuesday night.

Arsenal v Marseille

After a difficult start to their domestic campaign, Arsenal now appear to have turned the corner and Saturday’s impressive win over Premier League title contenders Chelsea was their eighth in nine games in all competitions.

Wenger’s men came in for plenty of criticism early on in the campaign and the 8-2 rout at Manchester United, as well as the subsequent 2-1 defeat at north London rivals Spurs, left some Gunners fans questioning whether the Frenchman was still the coach to lead the side forward.

However, important victories in the past few weeks – including Champions League Group F successes over Marseille in France and Olympiacos at the Emirates – have lifted the pressure on him.

A win over the Le Championnat side on Tuesday (Match Prices – Arsenal 4/6, draw 11/4, Marseille 9/2) will leave them in a commanding position in the group, and a place in the knockout phase surely beckons once again.

The Gunners to be leading at HT and FT looks good value at 6/4, while Theo Walcott to score anytime at 5/2 in the game also looks appealing.

Genk v Chelsea

Chelsea will need to quickly forget about Saturday’s defeat to Arsenal and claim another Champions League victory (Match Prices – Genk 11/1, draw 5/1, Chelsea 1/4) to aid their chances of qualifying from Group E.

An easy 5-0 win over the Belgian outfit a fortnight ago suggests three points should again be straightforward for Andre Villas-Boas’ side but, with the ongoing controversy surrounding skipper John Terry and the weekend defeat playing on their minds, it may not be quite as predictable as that on Tuesday.

Genk are sixth in the Belgian league after 12 games and, like the Blues, were involved in a high-scoring clash over the weekend – but they came out on top, 5-4, at FC Bruges.

It would still be unwise to back against Chelsea in this one, though, but do not expect a similar drubbing to the one they dished out to Genk at home, with 2-0 in the Correct Score market (5/1) looking like a good bet. Fernando Torres has finally looked more like himself in recent weeks and the Spaniard to open the scoring at 11/4 is also worth a punt.

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