This week marks the return of the UEFA Champions League with the first legs of the quarter-finals taking place across Tuesday and Wednesday evening.
With the competition moving towards its final stages, we are starting to see some of Europe’s biggest and best sides come together as they battle to progress to the next round. These games are sure to provide plenty of drama, and we’ve picked out our top tips and booking codes for this week’s matches:
Real Madrid vs Manchester City
Real Madrid and Manchester City are two of the most in-form sides this season, and both these sides are among the favourites to go on and win this competition.
Real Madrid are top of La Liga by 12 points heading into this game and have only lost two games in all the competitions they have competed in so far this campaign. They are on a 13-game unbeaten streak ahead of this one, winning nine and drawing four, while they are still yet to lose at home.
As for Man City, they remain unbeaten since a 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa at the beginning of December, leaving them on a run of 25 games without defeat. They beat Real Madrid 5-1 over two legs in the semi-finals of last year’s competition and while they were only able to take a draw from their visit to the Santiago Bernabeu, they will be confident of taking victory in this one.
Despite last season’s scoreline, Real Madrid have been phenomenal at home this season and are by far the most successful side in the Champions League. We think this will help them to take a victory away from this first leg.
Real Madrid to win, 2.78
Arsenal vs Bayern Munich
Arsenal come into this game having just moved to the top of the English Premier League thanks to a win over Brighton and Liverpool’s draw to Manchester United. They will now change their focus to the Champions League, where they will be looking to get revenge against a Bayern Munich side who battered them 10-2 in their last appearance in the competition before this season.
Bayern Munich come into this game with the Champions League now their only chance of silverware having been knocked out of the DFB-Pokal and are 16 points behind Bayer Leverkusen. However, they come into this game in poor form as they have lost five of their last 10 games, with two of these coming in their previous two matches, including a 3-2 loss to Heidenheim after being 2-0 up earlier in the game.
If Bayern are to take anything from this one then they will have to severely improve on recent performances, but with Arsenal only losing at home twice this season, we believe they will win this one.
Arsenal to win, 1.75
Atletico Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund
Antoine Griezmann has had a fantastic season for Atletico Madrid this year, scoring 19 goals, the highest he has achieved since the 2020/21 season, with six of these coming in the Champions League. This leaves Griezmann as the joint top scorer in the competition, and he will fancy his chances of netting against a Borussia Dortmund side who lost 1-0 to Stuttgart at the weekend.
While Dortmund will not be an easy game for Atletico, they used their home advantage expertly to take down Inter Milan in the previous round, with Griezmann scoring a vital goal in that game, and we expect it to play out in the same way this time around.
Antoine Griezmann to score anytime, 3.00
PSG vs Barcelona
Another of the joint top scorers is fellow Frenchman Kylian Mbappe, who is set to face a Barcelona side that he will have fond memories of playing against.
The last time these two sides faced each other was in the round of 16 in the 2020/21 season, where PSG won 5-2 on aggregate. Mbappe was the star of the show in this tie, scoring a fantastic hat trick in the first leg at Camp Nou and following this up with a penalty goal in the second leg.
This will give Mbappe huge confidence coming into this one, while he has also scored five in his last five games for his club. For these reasons, we believe Mbappe will get himself on the scoresheet once again in this one.
Kylian Mbappe to score anytime, 2.10
Best Booking Codes:
6GBGQRC, 6GBGRR2, 6GBGT7L
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