We were unexpectedly treated to a 7-goal thriller in the opening game between Real Madrid and Manchester City whilst Liverpool brushed Villarreal aside with a 2-0 win on home soil, although it could have been a lot worse for the Yellow Submarine.
With just two games remaining ahead of the final on May the 28th we have come up with a +240 soccer parlay ahead of these final two fixtures.
Wednesday, May 04, 2022 – 03:00 PM EDT at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
We expected Madrid to shut up shop in the first leg but the game quickly got out of hand and we ended up witnessing a 4-3 win for Manchester City. Although Madrid can count themselves lucky that they only lost the game by one goal as they could have easily come away from the first leg down 4 of 5 goals with the number of chances Man City ended up missing.
Real Madrid wrapped up the La Liga title at the weekend with a 4-0 win over Espanyol and can now focus all their attention on the Champions League. Los Blancos will be without David Alaba for this matchup, which is a major blow to the Spanish giants. Encouragingly, they have scored 2+ goals in six of their previous seven Champions League home games.
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Man City comfortably beat Leeds United 4-0 at the weekend to remain top of the Premier League and unlike Madrid, they are still in a battle with Liverpool to win the English Premier League.
We expect this second leg to be feisty as there is just one goal separating the two teams and even if either team was to unexpectedly go 2/3 goals ahead, we feel it will still get feisty. For this reason, we are swaying towards the over 5.5 cards at +100. When we saw our favorite Italian referee Daniele Orsato is the man in charge here, it was a must-bet. Orsato has averaged 6.2 cards in the Champions League this season, also don’t be surprised to see a red card here at +260.
We also advise taking this as a single soccer pick.
Score Prediction: Real Madrid 2 - Man City 2
Soccer Pick: Over 5.5 Cards (+100) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review)
Tuesday, May 03, 2022 - 03:00 PM EDT at Estadio de la Cerámica
Villarreal’s season is almost done as they suffered a 2-0 loss at Anfield and never looked like scoring, then they went on to lose in La Liga at the weekend to Deportivo Alves, meaning they are now 4 points adrift of a Europa League spot and a battle for the Conference league between themselves and Atletico Bilbao is all they have left to play for. Yes, they can still make the top 5th but it seems unlikely.
They would become just the second team in Champions League history to overturn a 2 goal deficit from the first leg in the semi-finals of this competition. The only team to do so was Liverpool against Barcelona in 2019.
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Liverpool beat Newcastle 1-0 at the weekend to keep their Premier League dreams alive, although they will know it’s unlikely that Man City slip up and they will be focusing all their attention on winning this competition. Funny enough, they could be and most likely will be facing Man City in the final.
We simply can not see Villarreal overcoming a 2-goal deficit to one of the best teams in the world. Liverpool will look to control the game here and we see them producing another 2-0 victory.
The Reds have scored 2+ goals in 8 of their 11 away games this calendar year. Although Liverpool will respect Villarreal here, they will be looking to waste no time, control the ball, and get this fixture out of the way. It’s almost a formality that they make the final.
Liverpool doesn’t need to win, a draw will do, but with the home team needing to attack and leaving gaps at the back for their pacey strikers to run into, we see them scoring at least twice in 2-0 or 2-1 win. Following the Champions League odds, we will take the Reds.
Score Prediction: Villarreal 0 - Liverpool 2
Soccer Pick: Liverpool to Win (-130) at BetOnline
Soccer Pick: Two-Legged Parlay (+240) at BetOnline
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