5 Champions League Tips - 13/9/22

Liverpool and Ajax go head to head at Anfield on Tuesday in what is a must-win game for Jurgen Klopp’s men following their abysmal 4-1 away defeat at Napoli on matchday one.

A player who will be looking to impress is Mohamed Salah, who struggled in Naples. The Egyptian has scored three goals and created three assists in eight matches this campaign.

Last season, the 30-year-old had a stunning campaign, managing 47 goal contributions in 51 matches and is priced at evens to have two shots on target here.

Bayern Munich and Barcelona meet once again in the Champions League group stages, having been in the same group last campaign.

Two marquee summer signings in Sadio Mane of Bayern Munich and Robert Lewandowski who actually left the Bavarians to join Barca will be looking to impress here.

Mane has scored five goals in nine appearances for Bayern since his summer move from Liverpool, whilst Lewandowski, who fired in 344 goals in 375 matches for his old club has started this season in a similar vein, scoring nine in six matches.

Viktoria Plzen and Inter Milan face off in the Czech Republic on Tuesday night, with the hosts desperately looking to bounce back from their heavy 5-1 defeat to Barcelona on matchday one.

Here, we have tipped Inter to win with a -2 Goal Handicap due to the Czech outfit struggling to deal with Barcelona as Xavi’s men amassed 20 shots, whilst their opponents scored with their only shot on target.

Inter themselves could do with a win here after suffering a 2-0 home loss to Bayern. Simone Inzaghi’s men won 1-0 against Torino at the weekend thanks to a late Marcelo Brozovic goal after some wasteful finishing and will more than fancy their chances here.

Sporting Lisbon hosts Tottenham Hotspur at the José Alvalade Stadium on Tuesday in what is a clash at the top of Group D.

The home side managed a 3-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt following goals by Marcus Edwards, Francisco Trincao and Nuno Santos, whilst Spurs beat a stubborn Marseille side 2-0 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium via a Richarlison brace.

Much to many people’s surprise, Son Heung-min is yet to score a goal this season, however, Sporting’s attack-minded style could play into the South Korean’s hands.

Son famously won the Premier League Golden Boot in the 2021/22 season, having scored 23 goals, of which none of these came from the penalty spot, whilst also creating nine assists.

The South Korean forward is priced at 10/3 to score his first goal of the season in a Tottenham win over Sporting.

The final tip on this list comes from Bayer Leverkusen against Atletico Madrid which could provide an entertaining contest.

Bayer Leverkusen come into this game under huge pressure, having lost 1-0 to Club Brugge on matchday one. Their two Bundesliga matches on either side of this loss saw them draw 2-2 with Hertha Berlin and lose 3-2 at home to Freiburg.

Atletico managed a thumping 4-1 victory over Celta Vigo at the weekend as Angel Correa, Rodrigo De Paul, Yannick Carrasco and Unai Nunez (own goal) all got on the scoresheet for Diego Simeone’s men. This victory was after a dramatic 2-1 home win over Porto on matchday one where Antoine Griezmann bagged a 101st-minute winner for the La Liga outfit.