It’s been 66 days since we last had Champions League action and many soccer fans will be glad to see the return of the most exciting competition in Europe. We kick off this week’s round of 16 games with a +530 soccer parlay. Here is all you need to know for your soccer picks.
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 – 03:00 PM EST at Estádio José Alvalade
Sporting Lisbon is coming into this difficult game following a domestic clash with rivals Porto, a game that had a LOT of drama. For context, the match ended 2-2 and there were 10 yellow cards and 5 red cards.
Lisbon enjoys a good tackle and foul and are going to be under a lot of pressure against the Premier League champions-elect, Manchester City. Sporting Lisbon is one of the highest carded teams in Europe, averaging 2.3 cards at home in domestic competition and 2.5 per game in this season's Champions League.
We could go on a rant here about how good Man City are etc but we won’t, Lisbon to pick up the most cards in this game at -105 seems like some amazing set of Champions League odds. Lisbon has seen 16 yellows in this year’s competition and Manchester City just 9 and 1 red, with 6 of those 10 coming in the final two matchdays.
Soccer Pick: Sporting Lisbon -0.5 Cards (-110) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review)
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 - 03:00 PM EST at Parc des Princes
Although PSG is favored on home soil here at odds of -105 to pick up a win in this first leg. We must remember this Real Madrid team is far from the Galacticos' era but also a tough nut to crack. Madrid kept four clean sheets in the group stage and domestically have allowed just 20 goals, the second-best in the league.
PSG might have the Holy Trinity in Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, and Neymar upfront but it hasn’t exactly been easy for the three to gel at PSG. For context PSG has only scored 24 goals in their previous 13 Champions League and Ligue 1 games, it’s not as many as one would think given the firepower they have.
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However, our pick here for this parlay is Real Madrid to find the back of the net at -286. It’s a good parlay booster and although Madrid has struggled to score as of late without Frenchman Karim Benzema, he might be available for this game and even if he is not, we cannot write off Vinícius Júnior scoring.
Soccer Pick: Real Madrid To Score (-286) at BetOnline
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 - 03:00 PM EST at Red Bull Arena
This round of 16 games has all the hallmarks for a goal feast. Any time Bayern Munich is involved there is usually goals scored and it helps that their opponents today are also a team who favor attacking over defending.
To throw out some stats here we can see that Munich has seen 4 of their previous 5 games against Salzburg hit over 2.5 goals, Munich has seen their previous 10 games hit over 2.5 goals, and Salzburg 9 of their last 10 in all competitions.
Interestingly Munich lost at the weekend as -500 favorites at the top-rated sportsbooks, they will be out for blood here and looking to put this tie to bed before they head back to Germany for the second leg.
Don’t write Salzburg off here either to get on the scoreboard, we wouldn’t be surprised to see this game end with 4/5 goals.
Soccer Pick: Over 3.5 Goals (-110) at BetOnline
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 - 03:00 PM EST at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Inter Milan is taking place in the round of 16 for the first time since the 2011/12 season. Liverpool has been regular in the knockout stages of this competition in the last 10 years and has been made favorites on the road at +110, which seems incredibly low in our opinion. However, Inter Milan is missing a number of key players including midfield maestro Nicolo Barella.
This is a game we really couldn’t find anything we liked in terms of value, odds, and even the total line and match winners. Both these teams are very difficult to beat and the tie or draw could be the best Champions League soccer bet at +260. If Inter were on the road here would understandably favor Liverpool.
It’s a lot of juice to lay but -400 for both teams to see at least 1 yellow card seems like a nice bet to boost the odds of our parlay as without this selection we are only getting +400 compared to +530 when we add this in.
We also like both teams to score at -145, you could use that either, or else just pass on this game and run with the +400 parlay.
Soccer Pick: Both Teams Over 0.5 Cards Each (-400) at BetOnline
Four-Leg Parlay (+530) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review)
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