Weekend Football Preview: 20-21 March 2010

Mourinho’s much anticipated return to Stamford Bridge is this week as he brings his Inter side for the second leg of their Champions league clash. StanJames.com makes Chelsea the favourites to progress but can the ‘Special One’ win at Stamford Bridge? Something very few people did during his tenure there.

After a 1-1 draw in Moscow last week Sevilla are in the driving seat reflected in the StanJames.com price of 1/4 to Qualify for the ¼ Finals. But CSKA cannot be written off just yet.

Stuttgart travel to the Nou Camp needing to score at least one goal against a Barcelona side who have only conceded 8 goals at home all season. StanJames.com prices them at 13/2 to progress to the ¼ finals at the expense of the Catalan giants.

Bordeaux have a 1-0 lead against Olympiacos and an all important away goal for the second leg of their Champions League tie. Bordeaux are 1/9 to make it to the last 8 with StanJames.com

Fulham face a difficult task in overcoming a two goal deficit against Juventus. They meet for the second leg of their Europa league tie on Thursday at Craven Cottage. Fulham are 13/10 to win in 90 minutes with StanJames.com

Liverpool welcome Lille to Anfield for the second leg of their Europa league clash. Having lost 1-0 in France they need to score to progress to the next round. They are 4/5 with StanJames.com to be in the draw for the Quarter Finals.

It is the Edinburgh Derby on Saturday at the Tynecastle Stadium when Hearts play Hibernian. StanJames.com will be covering this match live and in-running.

Aston Villa play Wolves in the Midlands Derby with both looking to improve their league position. Wolves are fourth from bottom and that is reflected in their StanJames.com price of 13/2.

There is a London Derby as West Ham visit the Emirates Stadium to play a resurgent Arsenal who are now just 2 points off the top spot. Meanwhile West Ham, 11/1 with StanJames.com, are looking to break away from the relegation zone and ensure top flight football next season.

In the Championship leaders Newcastle go to Bristol City looking to improve on the draw last week with North-East rivals ‘Boro. StanJames.com will be covering this match live and in-running as Newcastle aim to return straight back to the Premiership.

Clash of the weekend is Manchester United at home to Liverpool. With United looking to secure a record 4th successive title and Liverpool struggling despite a recent win over bottom club Portsmouth this will still be a closely fought contest. StanJames.com will covering the game in-running and currently offer 8/13 about Man U.

In the Championship 5th plays 8th as Coventry go to Leicester City looking to break into the play-off places. StanJames.com will have pre-match and in-running prices on this game.

In Scotland St Mirren and Rangers contest the CIS Cup final after St Mirren got the best of Celtics conquerors hearts. Rangers will start as favourites to lift the cup and StanJames.com will be covering the whole game live.

After their midweek game Chelsea travel to Blackburn Rovers to resume their pursuit of Premiership leaders Manchester United. Despite poor away form Rovers are strong at home. Despite this the home team are 11/2 with StanJames.com to take all 3 points.

Leeds United’s promotion campaign faltered last week against Southampton and they face a tough home game against a Millwall side that has scored 7 goals in their last two games. This game will be live and in-running with StanJames.com including Total Goals markets.

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