It’s getting to the crunch stage of this year’s Champions League competition, we have eight teams remaining, with Benfica being the biggest outsiders at +2000, and Man City the outright favorites at +170 at the soccer odds board. We have put together a nice +440 parlay ahead of the quarterfinals 1st leg, so let’s check out our selections.
SL Benfica vs. Liverpool FC
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 – 03:00 PM EDT at Estádio da Luz
SL Benfica have made their first Champions League quarter-finals since the 2015/16 season, although they will likely face an exit in this round as they face one of the best teams in the world in the form of Liverpool.
SL Benfica have been struggling to keep clean sheets at home having allowed 11 goals in their previous 10 games, with just two of those being clean sheets. It’s hard to see 34-year-old Jan Vertonghen and 34-year-old Nicólas Otamendi keeping pace with Liverpool’s pacy strikers in this encounter.
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They struggled big-time away to Braga last time out and we expect Liverpool to put this game to bed and win easily. English sides have outscored their Portuguese opponents by a massive 26 goals to 3 in their previous 11 games. Liverpool has won 5 of their previous 7 road games by 2 goals or more.
SL Benfica vs. Liverpool FC Score Prediction: Benfica 0-3 Liverpool
Champions League Pick: Liverpool -1.5 (+110) with BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review)
Manchester City FC vs. Atlético de Madrid
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 – 03:00 PM EDT at Etihad Stadium
This is going to be a big clash between two former La Liga rivals Pep Guardiola and Diego Simeone, although many will be surprised to learn both managers have only faced each other three times, Guardiola winning twice and Simeone once.
All three games were decided by one goal and that’s how we are expecting this game to shape out. Manchester City FC will likely pound the Atlético de Madrid goal for 70+ minutes of this game and come out as 1-0 or 2-1 winners. It was hard to find the value in this game, so we decided to take Manchester City FC to rack up over 5.5 corners.
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“The Blues” have seen 6 or more corners in all 20 home games played this season. Although we are laying a lot of juice here, we see this as a banker to add to our BMR parlay. You could add over 6.5 corners to boost the parlay odds but we have decided to play it somewhat safe with the over 5.5.
Interestingly these teams have never faced each other in a competitive fixture. We wouldn’t put anybody off taking Atlético at +1.5 goals for odds of -110. This means even if they lose by one goal you cash and with the away goal rule scrapped this year Atlético will be more than happy to shut the shop and take a 0-0 or worst case 1-0 defeat.
Manester City FC vs. Atlético de Madrid Score Prediction: Man City 1-0 Atlético de Madrid
Champions League Pick: Manchester City FC Over 5.5 Corners (-195) with BetOnline
Villarreal CF vs. Bayern Munich
Wednesday, April 6, 2022 – 03:00 PM EDT at Estadio de la Cerámica
The “Yellow Submarine” will have a tough matchup to make the semis as they face off against the almighty Bayern Munich. One thing they do have in their favor for the first leg is their strong home form, which has seen them undefeated in their previous nine on home soil, with three of them ending in a tie.
Meanwhile, Munich have not looked 100% themselves all year long, especially defensively where they have failed to keep a clean sheet on the road in 5 of their previous 25 outings (if we exclude their 12-0 victory over the 5th tier Bremer).
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Bayern Munich will no doubt show respect to Villarreal on home soil, therefore we can’t see them winning this game as easily as many might presume. They are as low as -145 with the top-rated sportsbooks to claim a win in this matchup.
Both teams to score is the way we are leaning here, Villareal should have enough about them to find the back of the net on one occasion at least against this leaky Munich outfit. Although we predict Munich to win, don’t be surprised to see a 1-1 draw.
Villareal CF vs. Bayern Munich Score Prediction: Villarreal 1-2 Bayern Munich
Champions League Pick: Both Teams to Score (-140) with BetOnline
Champions League Parlay
- Liverpool FC -1.5 (+110)
- Manchester City FC Over 5.5 Corners (-195)
- Villarreal CF vs. Bayern Munich BTTS (-140)
Parlay Pick: Three-Legged Parlay (+440) with BetOnline
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