The Champions League Group stages conclude this week and we take a look at 3 of Tuesday night’s matches from a betting angle.
Let’s start with a quick look at the Champions League Outright Betting where Bayern Munich are favourites at 3/1 ahead of Manchester City 9/2, Liverpool 13/2, PSG 11/1 and you can get 14/1 and better the balance.
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CHELSEA v KRASNODAR – Click here to bet
Chelsea are 3 points clear of Sevilla in Group E, but with a far superior goal difference and they are guaranteed to come top. Krasnodar, for their part, look sure to finish 3rd.
Chelsea continue to go well in all competitions and have won 9 of their last 10 matches with 1 draw in that time. They hammered Sevilla 4-0 away last week and beat Krasnodar by the same margin on the road earlier this season.
Krasnodar had a good 1-0 home win over Rennes last week and on the road they lost by 1 to Sevilla and drew to Rennes.
BETTING
Chelsea 3/10
Draw 19/4
Krasnodar 35/4
Suggested Bet: Handicap, Krasnodar (+2) at 19/20
I suspect that Chelsea will step off the gas for this game and possibly select some fringe players as they are right in contention for the EPL Title and have a hectic run coming up. This could allow Krasnodar to compete and I am backing them not to lose by more than a goal.
BARCELONA v JUVENTUS – Click here to bet
Barcelona and Juventus have dominated Group G and Barcelona have 15 points from 5 wins in 5 games, 3 points ahead of Juventus whose only loss was to Barcelona.
Barcelona’s 2 home games this season have beaten Dynamo Kiev 2-1 and Ferencvarosi 5-1 and Juventus’s 2 away games have been a 4-1 win over Ferencvarosi and a 2-0 win over Dynamo Kiev.
This past weekend Juventus beat Torino 2-1 at home in the League and Barcelona suffered a defeat 2-1 away to Cadiz.
BETTING
Barcelona 23/20
Draw 53/20
Juventus 47/20
Suggested Bet: The draw at 53/20
With the Top 2 spots in the table basically confirmed I am not sure either of these teams will be going 100% into this one and it would not surprise me to see both teams end up with a point. On the goals front there may be some value at under 2.5 goals at 23/20 and this is based purely on the fact that neither side has that much to play for and this could turn into a scrappy encounter.
RB LEIPZIG v MANCHESTER UNITED – Click here to bet
Group H is very well poised heading into the last round with 3 teams on 9 points including Leipzig and United. PSG separate the two on the table on goal difference with United top and Leipzig 3rd and with PSG playing bottom of the log, Basaksehir, Leipzig will know they have to win this game to progress. They have 100% home record to date beating PSG 2-1 and Basaksehir 2-0, while on the road, United lost to Basaksehir 2-1 and beat PSG 2-1.
When these sides met at Old Trafford, United ran riot winning 5-0 back in October.
BETTING
RB Leipzig 16/10
Draw 11/4
Manchester United 31/20
Suggested Bet: RB Leipzig win at 16/10
Leipzig showed with a 3-3 draw away to Bayern Munich in the League on the weekend that they are in cracking form and their home record is excellent in this Tournament. United have won 5 of their last 6 games in all competitions, but I get the feeling they are starting to take some strain and that European heartbreak awaits.
Note: All prices correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
