WhoScored Tipster: Champions League quarter-final top tips
Borussia Dortmund vs Monaco - Dortmund & Over 3.5
Thomas Tuchel will need to restore confidence quickly from defeat in Der Klassiker ahead of the visit of Leonardo Jardim’s free-scoring Monaco. A return to the Westfalenstadion is just what the doctor ordered then, with Dortmund winning 13 and losing none of their 17 home matches across the Bundesliga and Champions League.
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No team have scored more goals in this season’s tournament than Tuesday’s hosts (25), while no team have scored more goals in Europe’s top 5 leagues than their visitors (88). For that reason, odds of 3.10 on a home win with over 3.5 goals are too tempting to resist.
Juventus vs Barcelona - Under 2.5
Juventus will be hoping to turn the tables from their 2015 final defeat to Barcelona, who suffered yet another disappointing result on the road at the weekend, losing 2-0 at Malaga. Their most memorable defeat away from, of course, came at PSG before completing a quite remarkable comeback from 4-0 down in the first leg to qualify for this quarter-final.
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The hosts have an outstanding record at the Juventus Stadium, where they have not lost all season, but both Sevilla and Lyon have taken a point in Turin. Their home games in the Champions League have generally been tight, with under 2.5 goals in all four, and given the Old Lady have shipped the fewest goals in the tournament (2), 1.80 on a repeat is good enough for us.
Atletico vs Leicester - Atletico win to nil
Diego Simeone’s side are the outstanding favourites on Wednesday so there’s not much value in the outright Atletico win at 1.30. Their odds are so short for a reason though, despite the Foxes’ resurgence, with a 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu extending los Rojiblancos’ unbeaten streak to 8 games. While Simeone’s defence hasn’t been quite so tight this season, they’ve conceded just once at home in the Champions League and kept 6 clean sheets in their last 9 league outings at the Calderon. Odds on the hosts to win to nil are currently at 1.83 and a pre-match flutter up to £50 will afford bet365 users an in-play bet of the same value.
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Our tip, as a means of covering your initial bet risk-free, is to back Jamie Vardy to score anytime at a whopping 4.75. The England international has been back among the goals of late and is surely to visitors best hope on the counter. A run of 7 goals in his last 9 games began with his first ever Champions League strike, which came in Spain at Sevilla…
Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid - Bayern to win by 1
Carlo Ancelotti has the task of repairing the mental scars he inflicted upon Bayern whilst manager of Real Madrid three years ago, securing a 4-0 win at the Allianz to progress 5-0 on aggregate in their semi-final with the Bavarians. His assistant back in 2014 will be in the opposite dugout hoping to ensure that his side has the edge ahead of a return leg at the Bernabeu, and a crushing defeat for either side certainly seems unlikely.
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Preceding the aforementioned Madrid rout the last seven meetings between these sides had never been decided by more than a single goal. Home advantage along with the confidence that comes from a 4-1 win over your rivals may just give Bayern the edge, at 3.75 to win by one on Wednesday.
