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Benfica vs Club Brugge: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

March 7, 2023 No Comments

The Champions League returns this Tuesday with high-flying Portuguese side Benfica hosting Club Brugge in the second leg of the knockout round. The hosts have one foot in the next round after a 2-0 win over their visitors in the first leg of this tie. Since that win in Belgium, the Primeira Liga leaders have won three successive league games by a two-goal margin. So confidence should be sky-high as they aim for a second straight UCL quarter-final appearance. The Eagles haven’t lost a UCL game since their quarter-final home leg loss against Liverpool last April (W9, D3). Read more: Osasuna vs Celta Vigo: Preview and Expert Football Prediction Only PSG held Benfica to a draw at home during that run (W4), and since May, they have not lost a competitive home fixture (W16, D2). So they will be confident of getting through here, with a draw enough to see them through. Club Brugge are up against an uphill task here, as Benfica have never lost to a Belgium side (W8, D2). The visitors travel to Portugal in poor form, as a run of one win in their last six fixtures (D3, L2) leaves them fourth in Belgium’s First Division. Even more worrying is a lack of goals, as they haven’t scored more than twice in one game – which they must do here to win without penalties – since October 29th. So given that Benfica have won 20 out of 21 previous European ties in which they won the first leg away from home (L1), we can expect a direct win for the hosts here. Click here to get the best direct win predictions.

Chelsea vs Borussia Dortmund: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

March 7, 2023 No Comments

Borussia Dortmund will look to advance to the next round of the Champions League when they travel to Stamford Bridge on Tuesday for the second leg of the knockout round. The Blues are looking to overturn a 1-0 first-leg deficit after falling to a narrow defeat in Germany courtesy of a goal by Karim Adeyemi. The loss formed part of a recent run of three consecutive defeats for Graham Potter’s side. But that run ended at the weekend as they secured a 1-0 home win over struggling Leeds United in the Premier League. The result also ended a run of six games without a win for Chelsea, who will now hope to make it back-to-back competitive wins for the first time since October. Read more: Brentford vs Fulham: Preview and Expert Football Prediction However, it will be tough to do so against this high-flying Borussia Dortmund side, who come into this fixture on a run of ten consecutive wins. The German Bundesliga side are arguably the most in-form team in Europe in 2023, having won all their games this year by a combined total of 26-8 while keeping four clean sheets. After struggling early in the season, they have rekindled their season and now sit level on points with Bayern Munich at the top of the league table. In the Champions League, they are unbeaten in their last five games (W2, D3) and even held Manchester City to a draw in that period. Edin Terzić will be hoping for more of the same from his boys as they try to advance to the quarter-final stage of the UCL for the fifth time in their history. Click here to get the best prediction for this game.

Inter Milan vs Porto: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

February 22, 2023 No Comments

Inter Milan will begin their latest attempt to progress beyond the UEFA Champions League last 16 for the first time since 2010/11 when they welcome FC Porto to San Siro on Wednesday. The Italian giants qualified for this round of the tournament by finishing second in their group after three games, including a famous win over Barcelona and losing two (D1). They come into this fixture in good form after a five-match unbeaten run in all competitions (W4, D1). They have lost just one of their last 12 competitive home games (W11), suggesting Simon Inzaghi’s boys could take charge of the tie at the San Siro, where the last seven UCL matches they’ve hosted were won by the side scoring first (Inter: W4, L3). Read more: Porto booked their place in this round of the UCL by finishing top of their group. After starting poorly with two losses in the group stages, the Portuguese side went on a four-game winning run to secure the top spot and book their place here. They have maintained their form ahead of this game as they have won their last ten competitive matches and are unbeaten since late October (W19, D3). Six clean sheets across their last seven competitive away games (W6, D1) also show how tough they are to break down. So we can expect a low-scoring affair here with a high chance of an under 2.5 goals game.

RB Leipzig vs Manchester City: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

February 22, 2023 No Comments

Manchester City will travel to Germany this Wednesday to take on RB Leipzig in the first leg of the knockout round of the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League season. RB Leipzig finished second in their group to qualify for this round, winning four games, including a 3-2 win over defending champions Real Madrid. That win over Los Blancos formed part of a four-game winning run for Die Bulen after they lost their first two group-stage games. So they will come into this fixture confident, especially as they have lost just once in 20 games (W15, D4). Manchester City come into this tie on the back of a disappointing 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest in the Premier League. The result saw them drop two points behind league leaders Arsenal despite having played a game more. Read more: Liverpool vs Real Madrid: Preview and Expert Football Prediction They turn their attention to the UCL, though, where they are still unbeaten this season (W4, D2). Overall, their UCL record on the road is one to be admired, losing just five of their last 26 European away games (W15, D6). However, their form away from the Etihad in recent weeks does raise a few eyebrows. It potentially hints at an upset, with the weekend’s draw against Forest leaving City with just one win from their last five competitive away matches (D1, L3). That said, we can expect an entertaining game at the Red Bull Arena, given that both sides always find a way to score goals. So, a ‘both teams to score/GG‘ prediction will be the best prediction for this game.

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Napoli: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

February 21, 2023 No Comments

High-flying Napoli will travel to Germany this Tuesday to face Europa League defending champions Eintracht Frankfurt in the first leg of the knockout round of the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League season. The German side qualified for this tournament stage by narrowly finishing second in Group D, one point behind Tottenham. They recorded three wins in their group (D1, L2) while scoring seven goals and conceding eight. Read more: Torino vs Cremenose: Preview and Expert Football Prediction They come into this game on the back of a 2-0 win over Werder Bremen at the weekend, which kept them close to the Bundesliga top four. Head coach Oliver Glasner was able to rest some key players with this game in mind, so he will be desperate for his big hitters to make the difference in this fixture. Haven suffered just four defeats across their last 30 European home games (W17, D9, L4), plus a respectable record against Italian opponents on the European stage (W6, D3, L2); Frankfurt will be confident going into this game. However, Napoli is not a soft side. On the contrary, the Italian side are one of the most in-form teams in Europe at the moment. They will travel to Deutsche Bank Park in supreme confidence after three straight wins, with clean sheets and 2+ goal margins that have left them 15 points clear at the top of Serie A. The visitors scored the highest goals in the Champions League group stage (G20) and can be backed to at least find the net in Germany. However, despite their form, victory here would go down in history as only their second on German soil at the tenth attempt (W1, D3, L5). Meanwhile, all six of Napoli’s previous Champions League round of 16 games (W1, D1, L4) have seen both teams score. So we can expect goals from both teams here.

Liverpool vs Real Madrid: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

February 21, 2023 No Comments

Six-time UEFA Champions League winners Liverpool will welcome current holders and 14-time champions Real Madrid to Anfield this Tuesday for the first leg of the round of 16 tie. The struggling Reds qualified for this tournament round after narrowly finishing second in Group A behind a rampant Napoli side. They recorded five wins in six UCL group stage outings, scoring 17 times and conceding six goals. So, despite their poor performance in domestic competitions this season, they have maintained their high standards in Europe. However, things have been better recently, with back-to-back 2-0 wins in league action against Everton and Newcastle, moving them closer to the top four in the Premier League table. But this fixture hasn’t always gone Liverpool’s way in recent times. Jurgen Klopp’s men are winless against their Spanish counterparts in the last six H2Hs (D1, L5). However, they are always strong at Anfield, where they have lost only one of their last 23 home games (W16, D6). Read more: Getafe vs Valencia: Preview and Expert Football Prediction But Real Madrid wouldn’t care about Anfield and its famed atmosphere as they have the psychological advantage in this fixture. Los Blancos beat Liverpool to win the trophy last season despite playing worse than the Reds. They qualified for this tie by finishing top of Group F, with four wins, one draw and one loss, while scoring 15 times and conceding six. Carlo Ancelotti’s side are in good form, too, as they have won each of their last four fixtures with a mammoth 15 goals amassed in that time. So, they will fancy their chances here even though they have won only once in their last seven UCL visits to England (D2, L4). That said, we can expect an under 2.5 goals outing in this fixture, given how cagey things can get when both sides meet.

Borussia Dortmund vs Chelsea: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

February 15, 2023 No Comments

Chelsea will travel to Signal Iduna Park this Wednesday to face Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of the 2022/23 round of 16. The hosts come into this tie on the back of an impressive 2-0 win over Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga. The win was their sixth consecutive win in all competitive games after the restart, with each of those games seeing them score at least twice each occasion. Their results, plus a patchy run of form by Bayern Munich, has seen the Black and Yellow move to within three points of the top spot in the Bundesliga. So they will welcome Chelsea to this tie full of confidence yet desperate to improve on a winless record from their last 12 games against British clubs (D3, L9). Read more: PSG vs Bayern Munich: Preview and Expert Football Prediction However, Chelsea will travel to Germany in patchy form, having won just once in their last eight outings in 2023 (D4, L3). Despite being richly loaded in attack, they also failed to score more than once in any of those games. With the pressure mounting on manager Graham Potter, there is a feeling that his performance in the UCL could determine, to a large extent, how long he will last in Stamford Bridge this season. However, the manager has a good European record as he won his first four UCL games and could become the first English manager to win five consecutive UCL matches. However, overall, Chelsea’s record in the UCL round-of-16 remains patchy, as they have progressed from this stage of the competition just twice in their last six attempts. Given Dortmund’s form at home, this will be another tough outing for Chelsea, and this game will likely feature goals from both teams. Click here for the best BTTS/GG bets.

AC Milan vs Tottenham: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

February 14, 2023 No Comments

AC Milan will welcome Tottenham to the San Siro this Tuesday for their first leg of the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League round of 16. Both teams qualified for this tournament round despite winning three group games out of six. AC Milan finished second in their group behind Chelsea, while Tottenham won their group. The hosts, who qualified for this round of the tournament for the first time in nine seasons, have some ongoing concerns about a potential lack of presence in Europe in 2023/24 due to their domestic form. Read more: Sampdoria vs Inter Milan: Preview and Expert Football Prediction But they ended their seven-game winless run (D2, L5) across all competitions with a 1-0 Serie A victory against Torino last Friday. So they will welcome Tottenham to San Siro in better shape. Meanwhile, the visitors come into this tie in bad shape after they were beaten in the Premier League by Leicester City (4-1). The result ended a run of three straight wins for Spurs and kept them outside the top four in the Premier League. They travel to San Siro looking for a repeat of their performance here when they secured a 1-0 win in this fixture to qualify for the next round. However, they have a poor record away from home in the UCL, with their 2-1 win over Marseille in their last UCL away game just their fourth in 14 Champions League away trips (D5, L5). That said, given both sides’ patchy form, this game could go either way, with a goalless draw or a high-scoring affair possible. Click here to get the best Under 2.5 goals, and over 2.5 goals bet.

PSG vs Bayern Munich: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

February 14, 2023 No Comments

Bayern Munich will travel to Paris this Tuesday to face struggling French giants Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League round of 16. PSG endured a difficult weekend in the French league as they were beaten 3-1 by Monaco. The loss was their fourth in 2023, mounting pressure on coach Christopher Galtier. The coach, after the game, conceded that he is “worried” about this first leg against Bayern as injuries to the likes of Lionel Messi, Marco Verratti, and Kylian Mbappé have hit his squad. Read more: Liverpool vs Everton: Preview and Expert Football Prediction However, Mbappe and Messi are expected to be fit enough to start this game, so we can expect some entertainment and goals as PSG are the only remaining side in the knockouts yet to keep a clean sheet, while they have scored in all but one of their last 32 UCL home games. Bayern Munich will also come with an arsenal of goals and entertainment, with the Bavarians the only side that won all their group-stage games. They were also the top-scoring side in the group stage with 18 goals despite having Inter Milan and Barcelona in their group. The last time Bayern won their first seven games of a UCL campaign was in 2019/20, and that season they lifted the trophy. So they will be hoping for a seventh win on the bounce in the UCL and a fourth consecutive win in all competitions, having beaten Bochum 3-0 at the weekend. With both sides laden with attacking depth, we can expect a high-scoring affair with over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring.

AC Milan vs RB Salzburg Match Preview

November 2, 2022 No Comments

AC Milan risk missing out on a place in the knockout round of the Champions League like last season unless they secure a win in this game. The Italians have just a point more than Salzburg ahead of this game and they need just a draw to secure passage into the next round of the competition. The Rossoneri have not had the best of seasons both domestically and in Europe, but they will feel good enough to get at least a point in this game to secure passage to the next round of the competition. They lost their last competitive game in the league to Torino and that is not an ideal way to prepare for this game, but Salzburg has just a win from their last three competitive games. It doesn’t seem the Austrian side is prepared to beat the Italians and that should see this game end in a very close scoreline. Both Teams to Score is the best bet prediction for this game. For similar predictions, click here.

Benfica vs Club Brugge: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

Chelsea vs Borussia Dortmund: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

Inter Milan vs Porto: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

RB Leipzig vs Manchester City: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Napoli: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

Liverpool vs Real Madrid: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

Borussia Dortmund vs Chelsea: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

AC Milan vs Tottenham: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

PSG vs Bayern Munich: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

AC Milan vs RB Salzburg Match Preview

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