Champions League Betting Early Quarter-Final Predictions

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Champions League Betting Early Quarter-Final Predictions

Club football takes a short break to accommodate Marchs international window, but it wont be long before Europes most prestigious competition returns to action.Theres no shortage of intrigue after the Champions League quarter-final draw UEFA John Collins Jersey headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, revealed four breathtaking match-ups.From record-time winners Real Madrid and reigning holders Manchester City going head-to-head for the third season running to Harry Kane returning to North London. The sub-plots seem spectacular.All that makes the options wealthy and appealing as we cast our eyes over all four quarter-final ties to predict the outcomes.Real Madrid vs Manchester CityA blockbuster between the winners of the last two seasons makes for good reading for football lovers and has all the makings of a final before the final type of contest.Los Blancos had a bitter pill to swallow last season as Man City outcla sed them on their road to the title, steamrolling to a 5-1 aggregate win in their semi-final tie.Pep Guardiolas men seem determined to defend the crown as they remain the only side in this seasons Champions League boasting a 100% win ratio.Guardiola made a survival admi sion after the Cityzens eased past Newcastle United 2-0 in the quarter-finals to keep their treble repeat dreams alive, per .Madrid could tear the Spaniards ambitions apart, but the perennial Premier League champions should come out on top of this clash between the two continental superpowers.Prediction: Manchester City into semi-finalsArsenal vs Bayern MunichAfter years of suffering, this could be a memorable season for Arsenal.In addition to topping the Premier League table, theyre back in the Champions League quarter-finals for Jeremy Lin Jersey the first time since 2009/10.Everything could still go sideways for the Gunners, particularly in Europes top competition, where they face a Bayern Munich side that humbled them 10-2 on aggregate in their last Champions League appearance.Indeed, 2016/17 was Arsenals final season with Arsene Wenger at the helm as the legendary Frenchman left North London at the end of the following campaign.While this is a different Arsenal side, Bayern will be heavily motivated to halt Khyri Thomas Jersey Arsenals relevance in the Champions League after surrendering their decade-long dominance of the Bundesliga.Kane will be particularly eager to beat the Gunners, given his long-term a sociation with Tottenham Hotspur before finally leaving his homeland for Munich last summer.Bayerns chances in this tie may receive a crucial boost after Gabriel Magalhaes withdrew from the Brazil squad due to injury, claims .Prediction: Bayern Munich into semi-finalsAtletico Madrid vs Boru sia DortmundAtletico Madrid went above and beyond to overturn a 2-0 aggregate deficit against Inter Milan before squeaking into the quarter-finals via penalties.Diego Simeones side will enter this tie against Boru sia Dortmund as favourites, even though the overall H2H stakes in the Champions League remain perfectly balanced (W2, L2).However, the Spaniards can ill-afford to underestimate their German counterparts, who made it out of the so-called group of death before ousting PSV Eindhoven in the opening knockout round.With both sides heavily leaning on their home support, theres Pete Maravich Jersey a conviction that if Los Rojiblancos can leave Signal Iduna Park unscathed, no one would bet against them to bow out.Prediction: Atletico Madrid into semi-finalsParis Saint-Germain vs BarcelonaMaking it out of the Champions League round of 16 is already a big deal for Paris Saint-Germain, considering their habit of exiting the competition at this stage.Les Parisiens have failed to reach the quarter-finals in five of their last seven seasons. But both times they did, they at least reached the semi-finals.In an awkward twist of fate, Luis Enrique goes up against his former employers, whom he inspired to the famous remontada in 2017 against none other than PSG.With revenge at the forefront of their minds, the French heavyweights, led by Kylian Mbappe, have an account to settle with Barcelona, but it could be a huge ask.Xavi Hernandez has announced his departure from the Catalan outfit at the end of the season despite guiding the defending La Liga champions into the Champions League knockouts for the first time in three years.Barcelona last played in the competitions quarter-finals in 2019/20, making this contest even more significant in the eyes of the disappointed Camp Nou faithful.But we Bob Pettit Jersey believe PSG will add to their agony.Prediction: Paris Saint-Germain into semi-finals
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