Champions League acca: PSG to fail to impress once again
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Ladbrokes takes you through its Champions League acca, with the first fixtures of the knockout round set to kick off tonight.
Reigning champions Manchester City kick things off with an away tie in Denmark against Copenhagen, with the tournament favourites taking on the weakest of the 16 remaining teams.
Elsewhere, Real Madrid travel to Germany to face RB Leipzig, whilst on Wednesday, Germany’s most decorated side Bayern Munich play Lazio in their knockout game.
The fourth and final Champions League game of this week sees PSG host Real Sociedad, and Ladbrokes has predicted a draw between the two sides in France.
You can back our four-fold acca, featuring picks from each of the Champions League games on offer this week, with odds of 16.33/1 with Ladbrokes.
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It shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise to read that, for the first leg of our Champions League acca, we’re going with a Man City victory over Copenhagen, who Ladbrokes has priced as the weakest of the 16 teams left in the competition.
Copenhagen may have beaten Man United in the group stage, but they won’t be expected to get any form of result against their Manchester rivals, Man City.
With the likes of Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne back fit, Pep Guardiola’s side simply have too much power and strength to struggle against the Danish side, so we’re going with a win for them away from home, with odds of 2/9.
There’s no denying that Leipzig are an exciting team, and they showed that with their performances against Man City in the group stage of the competition this season.
Despite scoring three goals across their two games with the reigning champions last year, Leipzig ended up losing both games, and we’re predicting more of the same for the German side this time around.
Leipzig, for all their exciting players, have underwhelmed in the Bundesliga this season, finding themselves in fifth place. Real Madrid, on the other hand, are top of La Liga, having just beaten second-placed Girona 4-0 to extend their lead at the top of the table.
With odds of 13/10, we’re going with a win for Real Madrid in Germany for the second leg of our Champions League acca.
Bayern Munich, fresh off losing 3-0 to Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, will hope to get back to winning ways with a victory over Lazio in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
For the penultimate leg of our Champions League acca, we’re going with a Bayern Munich victory, which Ladbrokes has at 4/6.
With the likes of Harry Kane, Jamal Musiala, and Leroy Sane, Bayern have some truly world-class attacking talent, and against a struggling Lazio side, they should have more than enough to get the job done.
PSG can consider themselves to even be in the Champions League. The French champions relied on a late penalty against Newcastle (and a controversial VAR call) to finish second in their group, with Dortmund taking top spot.
Real Sociedad, on the other hand, impressed during their first six games in the competition, beating out Inter Milan to top their group, where they were then drawn against PSG.
The game won’t be easy, with Real Sociedad being a rather exciting side, and PSG boasting the likes of Achraf Hakimi and Kylian Mbappe, so we’re going with a draw for the final leg of our Champions League acca, with odds of 27/10.
You can back Ladbrokes’ Champions League acca, at the time of writing, with odds of 16.33/1.
All odds and markets correct as of date of publication
