Champions League: Last 16 Second Legs Betting Tips
The second legs of the Champions League Round of 16 games take place on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
Tuesday is packed full of action, starting with Barcelona protecting a 1-0 advantage against Benfica at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys.
Then there are the likes of Bayern Munich and Inter Milan holding substantial leads, while Liverpool are 1-0 up against PSG, having pulled off a dramatic smash and grab in Paris in the first leg.
On Wednesday, we start with the only tie where the scores are level after the first match, with Lille and Borussia Dortmund having drawn 1-1 in Germany.
The likes of Arsenal and Aston Villa would appear to have one foot in the quarter-finals, but Real Madrid face a tough task later on Wednesday evening, when they take a slender 2-1 lead to the home of their local rivals Atletico.
We have picked out four bets from these second leg games, which can be combined in a four-way accumulator that will pay out at 22/1 if successful.
TIP 1 – INTER TO WIN TO NIL @ 49/50
Inter vs Feyenoord: Tuesday 20:00
Inter’s 2-0 win in the first leg means that they can sit back, keep things tight and wait for Feyenoord to try and open things up.
The Dutch visitors will not be able to wait too long before making some sort of attempt to reignite this tie, but they face an uphill struggle, having failed to score in either of Robin van Persie’s two games in charge.
Though Feyenoord knocked out AC Milan at the San Siro in the play-off round, they were being outplayed until Theo Hernandez’s sending off gave them a man advantage.
Inter have both the defensive strength and the cutting edge to kill off this tie without conceding.
TIP 2 – PSG OVER 6.5 SHOTS ON TARGET @ 29/20
Liverpool vs PSG: Tuesday 20:00
Liverpool rode their luck to win 1-0 in Paris in the first leg, in a game that PSG dominated and frequently came close to scoring, before Harvey Elliott’s late winner.
In total, the French champions fired 27 shots at Alisson’s goal, of which 10 were on target.
It was only the heroics of the Brazilian keeper that kept Liverpool in the game and he seems set to face another busy night on Tuesday, with PSG looking to get themselves back into this tie.
Normally we might expect the Reds to control a match at Anfield, but the visitors have no reason to feel inferior after their first performance and should soon be peppering the home goal again.
TIP 3 – LILLE TO WIN @ 13/8
Lille vs Borussia Dortmund: Wednesday 17:45
LIlle find themselves as the narrow outsiders when they host Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday evening.
The French club fought their way back from being a goal down to draw 1-1 in Germany in the first leg and now have home advantage.
They have a strong record in this competition at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy this season, with notable results including a 1-0 win over Real Madrid and a 6-1 thrashing of Feyenoord.
Dortmund saw a four-game unbeaten spell come to an end over the weekend with a 1-0 home defeat to Augsburg and it is the outsiders that look the value here at home.
TIP 4 – REAL MADRID OVER 0.5 FIRST-HALF GOALS @ 10/11
Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid: Wednesday 20:00
Real Madrid’s scoring power looks set to make it difficult for their rivals Atletico to turn around their 2-1 deficit.
Goals by Rodrygo and Brahim Diaz were enough to give Los Blancos the advantage at the Bernabeu, despite Julian Alvarez’s brilliant strike which temporarily levelled the proceedings.
These sides have now met three times this season, with both La Liga games having finished 1-1 and if Real can score on enemy turf, then Atleti will have a mountain to climb.
Carlo Ancelotti’s team are making a habit of scoring early goals, finding the net in the first half of each of their last seven matches and, if they can make it eight at the Metropolitano, then this tie could be decided.
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