A place in the Champions League quarter-finals is at stake on Tuesday with the second legs of four last-16 matches taking place.
There were some stunning results in the Champions League last 16 last week and more drama is expected in Tuesday’s return legs.
Trophy favourites Arsenal have work to do after a 1-1 draw away to Bayer Leverkusen while Norwegian champions Bodo/Glimt take a 3-0 lead to Sporting Lisbon in the 5.45pm kick-off.
Premier League big guns Chelsea and Manchester City are also bidding to overturn three-goal deficits when they host holders Paris Saint-Germain and 15-time winners Real Madrid.
We have put together a Tuesday-night Champions League acca which pays 15/1, if successful.
Tuesday’s Champions League League Tips
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Both teams to score in Sporting Lisbon vs Bodo/Glimt @ 19/40
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Arsenal to win & under 3.5 goals vs Bayer Leverkusen @ 23/10
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PSG to beat Chelsea @ 19/10
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Under 3.5 goals in Manchester City vs Real Madrid @ 3/4
A fourfold bet pays 15/1
Confident underdogs unlikely to sit back in Lisbon
Bodo/Glimt beat Sporting Lisbon 3-0 in Norway last week, extending their remarkable Champions League winning streak to five matches.
Bodo beat Manchester City 3-1 and Atletico Madrid 2-1 in their last two league-phase games before a 5-2 aggregate victory over Inter Milan in the play-off round.
They won the second leg against Inter 2-1 at San Siro and are unlikely to park the bus against Sporting so both teams to score looks a decent accumulator selection.
Leg 1: Both teams to score in Sporting Lisbon vs Bodo/Glimt @ 19/40
Gunners can grind out narrow home victory
Arsenal were second-best for much of the first leg against Bayer Leverkusen before Kai Havertz converted an 89th-minute penalty to earn a 1-1 draw with his former club.
Mikel Arteta’s men are nine points clear in the Premier League and are hot favourites to beat Leverkusen at the Emirates Stadium, where they saw off Atletico Madrid 4-0 and Bayern Munich 3-1 in the league phase.
But Arsenal made hard work of their last three league wins, edging past 10-man Chelsea 2-1 and Brighton 1-0 before scoring in the 89th and 97th minutes of Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Everton.
Another low-scoring win could be on the cards against a solid Leverkusen side who drew 1-1 with Bundesliga leaders Bayern at the weekend.
Leg 2: Arsenal to win & under 3.5 goals vs Bayer Leverkusen @ 23/10
Holders primed to silence Stamford Bridge
PSG produced some superb knockout-stage performances during last season’s Champions League triumph and they thumped Chelsea 5-2 in Paris last week.
The Blues were level at 2-2 going into the final 20 minutes of the first leg before being torn apart by PSG’s ruthless forwards.
Chelsea lost 1-0 at home to Newcastle in the Premier League on Saturday and they may be exposed by PSG’s slick counter-attacks as they chase an unlikely second-leg comeback.
Leg 3: PSG to beat Chelsea @ 19/10
Out-of-sorts City could be kept quiet by Real
Like Chelsea, Manchester City have a mountain to climb in the home leg after they suffered a shock 3-0 defeat to Real Madrid in Spain.
Real’s injury crisis is easing, with Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham back in the squad, and Federico Valverde’s brilliant hat-trick means they have one foot in the quarter-finals.
If City were on top form then a comeback would not be out of the question. However, Pep Guardiola’s men have looked short of attacking inspiration recently, drawing 1-1 at relegation-threatened West Ham on Saturday night.
The Citizens’ last home result was a 2-2 draw with struggling Nottingham Forest and their previous seven Premier League matches at the Etihad Stadium had all ended with under 3.5 goals.
Leg 4: Under 3.5 goals in Manchester City vs Real Madrid @ 3/4
