5 Champions League Betting Tips to Watch This Week - Gameweek 1

Dynamo Kyiv make their return to the Champions League and will be up against the odds as they Juventus. The Old Lady are chasing their first Champions League trophy since 1996 and will be hopeful that Cristiano Ronaldo, the competition's all-time top scorer, can lead them to European glory, third time lucky.

Kyiv have been involved in just two matches with over 3.5 goals in their last 12 Champions League group stage games, and with Ronaldo missing this one,

Andrea Pirlo takes charge of his first Champions League campaign since his appointment as Juventus manager and will be expecting to improve upon last season, where they were knocked out in the round of 16 by Lyon.

We are tipping the odds of 11/8 for Juventus to win and under 3.5 goals.

FC Midtjylland have never qualified for the group stages and make their debut against free-scoring Atalanta, who managed an extroadinary 116 goals in all competitions last season.

There have been over 3.5 goals in Midtjylland’s last three games and with winger Anders Dreyer scoring in three in a row, it’s likely that we will be witnessing yet another goal-fest on Wednesday night in Denmark.

Atalanta reached the quarter-finals last season scoring 17 goals in their nine games and have continued their entertaining style of football so far this season, with their games average 5.75 goals after four matches.

Sky Bet are offering odds of 7/4 for Atalanta to win and over 3.5 goals in the game.

Ajax meet the 2018/19 champions Liverpool, who are now winless in three games and will be hoping to improve upon last season’s disappointing group stage exit, after reaching the semi-final in the year previous.

Erik ten Hag’s side have scored in the first half of four of their five games so far this campaign and scored on 105 occasions last season, with nine games being cancelled due to the postponement of the league.

Liverpool have struggled lately, and questions have been raised over their defence, which has conceded 15 games in seven games, with each game seeing five goals on average so far. In four of their five league games, both teams have scored in the first half and with Virgil van Dijk and Alisson unavailable it is likely that they will concede again.

We are tipping the odds of 5/2 for both teams to score in the first half, and it certainly looks likely under this struggling Liverpool side - click the link to have this in your bet slip!

Lazio begin their European journey at home to Borussia Dortmund and will be keen to impress after a poor start to the season, where they have won just one of their opening four. At the same time, Dortmund have won three of their opening four games thus far.

The home side will be boosted by the return of captain Ciro Immobile, top scorer in the Serie A last season with 36 goals, who is currently serving a suspension in the league.

All four of Dortmund’s competitive wins this season have been to nil and they will be expecting another solid defensive display in the Champions League this week.

With Haaland and co. already in great form, Dortmund are 7/2 to keep a clean sheet against Lazio.

After losing to rival’s AC Milan at the weekend, Inter will be looking to bounce back with a victory in Europe against Borussia Monchengladbach, who are unbeaten in their last three games.

Both teams have scored in Inter Milan’s last five competitive fixtures and striker Romelu Lukaku has scored four in his four appearances this season, as well as three goals in two games for Belgium last week.

Similarly, both teams have scored in Monchengladbach’s last three games and they will be keen to get a result after being dealt a difficult draw in the group stages.

Sky Bet are offering odds of 2/1 for Inter Milan to win and both teams to score.

By Tom Eaton