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TheODDSbible's Champions League Betting Preview

TheODDSbible's Champions League Betting Preview

Goals Galore?

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The Champions League returns this week, and it is a stellar fixture list over Tuesday and Wednesday night.

Manchester City travel to face Guardiola's former club Barcelona, Leicester City look to see off FC Copenhagen in order to retain their spot as group leaders, and Tottenham face a tough test away to Bayer Leverkusen.

Here we take a look at the best bets for this week's Champions League games..

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Sporting Lisbon vs Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund Win - 5/4 at Betfred

Dortmund have made a good start in this season's competition, previously holding Champions League powerhouses Real Madrid to a 2-2 draw at home, and will look to continue this form as they travel to Lisbon.

They will be aiming to retain their spot at the top of Group F with Real Madrid breathing down their necks, who are expected to easily pick up 3 points at home to Legia Warsaw.

Leicester City vs FC Copenhagen

Both Teams to Score - evens at Betfair

Leicester have not had the best start to their title defence this season, to say the least, currently sitting in 13th after just two wins from their opening 8 games.

All that aside though, their debut season among Europe's elite has so far gone to plan with maximum points from their opening 2 games and having yet to concede a goal.

However, FC Copenhagen will be keen to go after Leicester in order to claim top spot in their group, and with 5 goals from their opening two games it seems they could take advantage of the Foxes' knocked confidence in their meeting at the King Power Stadium.

You can also take Leicester Draw no Bet at odds of 4/11, you might as well, they're going to win the Champion's League anyway...

Arsenal vs Ludogrets

Arsenal Win and Over 2.5 Goals - 8/15 at BetStars

This should be a fairly straight forward test for Arsenal against a Ludogrets side who sit at the bottom of Group A and have conceded 4 goals in their first 2 games.

This could prove to be an important fixture for the Gunners as they look to top the group ahead of Paris Saint Germain, and if Sanchez & Co turn up this should be a rather comfortable winner.

Theo Walcott has also been in blistering form this season, and as such he could be seen as good odds to get on the scoresheet, currently 19/20 with BetVictor.

Barcelona vs Manchester City

Barcelona First Team To Score 2 Goals - 1/2 at Ladbrokes

This will no doubt be a special occasion for Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, as he returns to the team he made 263 first team appearances for as a player and managed for 4 years.

However, he will be focused on the job at hand as his team prepares to go against a team who have arguably one of the deadliest front threes of all time.

Although City have seen significant improvement under Guardiola, for a team who has conceded 8 goals in as many Premier League matches it is highly likely they will struggle to keep Barcelona out.

In their previous 4 meetings, only once have Barca not managed to score 2 against City; and that was a game in which they definitely should have.

Barcelona to win and Both Teams to Score deserves some attention at 8/5 with Betfair.

Are we all having a bet this week then, lads? Send them in.

Words By: @BenToomes

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