After a poor run of form, Chelsea have gotten back to winning ways with two convincing wins on the bounce against West Brom and Hull City.
While those opponents cannot be compared to their visitors in this game, those wins have helped to restore some confidence and that is very important as they face Barcelona in this game.
With Barcelona struggling against teams who defend and hit them on the counter like Espanyol, Conte could adopt the same strategy here as his team have proven to be comfortable with counter attacks this season.
Four of their last five meetings with Barcelona have ended in draws.
Barcelona have also not been at their very best recently with their 2-0 win over Eibar last weekend only coming after two unconvincing draws against Espanyol and Getafe.
They also did not do so much to impress in their game against Getafe and Chelsea could get a first leg advantage in this game.
Barce come into this game as favourites especially as Chelsea have struggled recently, but they scored less than 12 goals in the group stages and that means they could struggle to break down Antonio Conte’s men here also.
Barce have won by more than a goal in only 2 of their last 7 games ahead of this match.
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