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Penultimate Champions League holders can banish their wretched league form once again when they take on German Bundesliga club RB Leipzig at home in the second leg of their round of 16 tie in the Champions League.

Liverpool have been in freefall at home especially in the Premier League but the good news for Reds fans is that the team won't face RB Leipzig at Anfield, where they have lost the last six matches in the Premier League.

Liverpool will host RB Leipzig at the same match venue as the first leg due to Covid-19 restrictions. The first leg took place in Budapest, Hungary and it will once again host the second leg on Wednesday night. Ahead of the game with RB Leipzig, Liverpool are favourites as per the various soccer betting sites across the world.

British council responsible for overseeing gambling activities in the UK Betting and Gambling Council has rolled out new rules in a bid to curb the promotion of gambling activities by football clubs on social media.

The council confirmed that the new rules will ensure that clubs are guided in their content creation on their social media pages as they look to protect children from getting exposed to gambling and sports betting.

The newly revised code of conduct ensures that football clubs will not be able to add or insert links or calls to action under any post they make on social media.

Chelsea fans have every right to be optimistic about the long-term life under new manager Thomas Tuchel going by what has happened in the short-term life under him.

The Blues have become a different team under him in comparison to the final days of the Frank Lampard regime.

Chelsea legend Lampard was sacked by the club last month after a poor run of results and was replaced swiftly by Thomas Tuchel, who had lost his job as the PSG manager earlier this season. Under Thomas Tuchel, Chelsea have won three and drawn one of the four games played in the league and that has taken the team to within one point of Premier League holders Liverpool in the race for Champions League football next season.

Arsenal are the reigning FA Cup champions and they will start the defence of the title they won last season with an home game with Newcastle United on Saturday evening. The Gunners won a record 14th FA Cup title last season by beating London rivals Chelsea 2-1 in their final clash at the Wembley Stadium.

Chelsea had to finish the game with ten men after Croatian international Mateo Kovacic was dismissed for two yellow cards. Gabonese international hit man Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was the star of the game after he bagged a brace against the Blues. Arsenal have two more titles than their nearest challengers Manchester United who have won 12 titles in the history of the competition.

Manchester United have been receiving a lot of criticism for their difficult campaign, but recent weeks have seen the team display a lot of character.

The defeat against PSG at Old Trafford in the recent round places a lot of importance on the upcoming match against RB Leipzig. There will be no fans for this encounter and United will be hoping to make the most of the psychological advantage from the 5-0 victory in the reverse fixture. The match might turn out to be a lot more difficult for United even with the comfortable win in the previous round.

Betting is a very popular activity since ages. Lots of people throughout the world bet on different sports to win money. There are huge turnovers through these sports betting activities and thus it is a very rich industry for many of the sports enthusiast nations.

Though there are some countries which have banned any kind of sports betting but some countries have legalized it as they also can earn lots of revenues from it. The top leagues of football throughout the world are also not detached from the betting industry.

England manager Gareth Southgate has revealed the reason behind his decision to exclude Manchester United defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka from his latest squad.

Wan-Bissaka was conspicuously absent on the 29-man list of players called up to prosecute the internationals in November. Southgate and his wards are facing games against Home Nations rivals Republic of Ireland, Belgium and Iceland. The Republic of Ireland game is a friendly, while the others are in the UEFA Nations League.

The Brazilian national team is still the favorite to win the 2018 World Cup across several soccer betting sites. Despite managing only a draw in their first game, the South American country is still favorite to win the tournament. Indeed with players such as Neymar, Coutinho, and Jesus at the top of their game, it is difficult to see who can stop them. They are currently offered at 9/2 to win the tournament in July and if they continue to play as they did in their second game it will be difficult to stop them.

They are followed by Spain who has also impressed since the beginning of the tournament. They are at the time of writing co-favorite with Brazil at 9-2 to win the Russian World Cup. Despite not having some really big names in the team, the Spanish team can boast itself of having a great collective play. The playing style that has allowed them to win the World Cup and Euros are still present in the team and opposing teams can find it hard to get possession of the ball. However, their only problems seem to be the lack of a manager after they have sacked their boss just three games before the start of the world cup.

Roma take on Barcelona in the Champions League looking to make the miraculous turnaround and reach the semifinals of the competition. The Italians have not done well when it comes to European games. Hence, it was not surprising to see them suffer a 4-1 defeat against Barcelona in the first leg of the quarter-finals. This defeat places them at a serious disadvantage coming into the second leg. Gerard Pique and Luis Suarez came up with goals that help them achieve a big victory. As a result, Barcelona are overwhelming favourites to qualify for the next round.

However, the Spanish club comes into the game on the back of a poor away form. The recent visits to Italy in order to play in the Champions League have also not been ended up as good results for Barcelona. As a result, this will be the only ray of hope for Roma as they look to achieve an incredible comeback.

Chelsea take on Stoke City looking to extend their impressive run of form against Mark Hughes and his team. Earlier in the campaign, the blues were able to get a 4-0 victory over this opponent. Now, Chelsea are aiming for a seventh consecutive victory at home. This match represents the best possible option for Chelsea, as Stoke City have been playing as a relegation material over the last few months. The club has been very poor at the back and have conceded a lot of goals. There is a huge amount of pressure on Mark Hughes in order to deliver positive results, but this may not be the game where he comes up with a great tactical battle.

Hughes will know that facing Chelsea at Stamford Bridge happens to be one of the difficult aspects. Since Stoke have a game against Newcastle a couple of days later, it is better to focus on this game. Hence, Chelsea are available at a very strong price of 1.16 to win the game. Even a draw looks highly unlikely and this is why it is priced at 8.50. Stoke city are rank outsiders to win the match and it is not surprising to see them at 19.00. Since Chelsea are in a very short price, it would make sense to opt for a game that produces less than 2.5 goals from Stoke City. Interestingly, Stoke have been able to score in the last couple of the matches.