Champions League Betting Tips for Tonight – Atletico Madrid v Liverpool & Dortmund v PSG

The Champions League knock-out stages get underway tonight and there are two matches to kick things off ahead of another two tomorrow. Tonight’s betting tips come from Atletico Madrid vs holders Liverpool, and Borussia Dortmund vs PSG.

Liverpool are currently joint favourites to win the Champions League along with Manchester City, but this could be a tricky first leg if Diego Simeone’s side can kill the game as he so often does. In the other tie, it is hard to see anything but a goal fest given that both Borussia Dortmund and PSG usually focus on scoring goals, not defending them.

 

Atletico Madrid vs Liverpool Betting Tips

Liverpool return to the scene of last season’s Champions League triumph tonight, looking to get an away goal and a first leg lead ahead of the return at Anfield.

Ateltico aren’t having a good season and are in danger of missing out on a top 4 spot in La Liga. They’re currently in fourth, level on points with fifth placed Sevilla and just two ahead of sixth. Diego Simeone’s side have only won one of their last seven matches in all competitions and in that run, only one match has had more than two goals in during 90 minutes.

That will be the tactic for Atleti tonight – stifle Liverpool and stop them scoring. Despite their poor run they are still very good at home and have won seven of their last nine matches there, losing 1-0 to Barcelona and drawing 0-0 with Leganes. They’ve kept a clean sheet in six of those nine games.

Clean sheets are where Liverpool are excelling at the moment as well. Since Van Dijk and Gomez rekindled their partnership in central defence Liverpool have hardly conceded any goals. A big blow for Atletico tonight will be that record signing Joao Felix is out injured, so Alvaro Morata will start up front and in truth, it’s hard to see Atletico scoring.

For my Atletico Madrid vs Liverpool betting tips, I’m betting on a Liverpool victory here and going for a 1-0 away win. I can’t see Liverpool scoring a lot of goals against this Atletico Madrid defence, but a 1-0 win would set them up nicely for the second leg at Anfield.

Score Prediction – Liverpool to win 1-0.

Odds – 11/2 with Betfred.

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Borussia Dortmund vs PSG Betting Tips

The second fixture for tonight’s Champions League matches comes from Germany and two teams that are usually prolific in front of goal. Dortmund warmed up for this game with a 4-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt at the weekend, while PSG somehow avoided defeat against Amiens, eventually drawing 4-4.

Dortmund’s last three home matches have resulted in 5-0, 5-1 and 4-0 wins so they are in fantastic form and have to fancy their chances of getting a first-leg lead tonight. They won two and drew one of their three group stage matches including a 3-2 win over Inter Milan, and it would be no shock if tonight’s match finished with a similar scoreline.

PSG had won 5-0, 2-1, 4-2 and 6-1 before the weekend 4-4 draw at Amiens but some of their star names were rested. Neymar and Mbappe are expected to start in a front three with Icardi and that spells danger for any team in the world. You would feel very short-changed if this game wasn’t filled with goals and PSG’s group stage results also point in that direction – they beat Real Madrid 3-0 in Paris before a 2-2 draw in Madrid, and put five past Club Brugge and Galatasaray.

For my betting tips on this game, I’m going for over 3.5 goals but also a huge odds correct score prediction of a 3-3 draw. This is just a punt but if the goals are flowing as expected, I can’t see either side settling for what they have.

Score Prediction – 3-3 draw.

Odds – 25/1 with Betfred.

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