Low Odds, High Odds: 4 Tips for Tuesday’s UCL Action - 15/2/22

On Tuesday night, PSG and Real Madrid go head to head in the Champions League in the first leg of the round of 16.

PSG progressed through Group A with 11 points behind Manchester City in the standings, but, ahead of the likes of RB Leipzig and Club Brugge, whilst Real finished comfortably top of Group D with 15 points, above Inter Milan, Sheriff Tiraspol and Shakhtar Donetsk, with their only loss being in a shock 2-1 home defeat against the Moldovan champions.

Two players that will be expected to provide each sides firepower are France international teammates, Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe.

So far this campaign, Benzema has scored 22 goals in 26 matches for Los Blancos as well as creating eight assists, whilst Mbappe, who has been strong rumoured with a move to the Santiago Bernabeu in the summer has managed 16 goals and 13 assists in 28 games across all competitions.

The high odds tip from PSG and Real Madrid’s meeting in the Champions League round of 16 sees Lionel Messi to score first and PSG to win 2-1 be priced at 33/1.

Mauricio Pochettino’s men currently average just over two goals per game in Ligue 1 with 52 in 24 matches, whilst in the group stages, they beat the likes of Manchester City 2-0 in the group stages at home, meaning that they will likely give Real Madrid a very tough game at the Parc des Princes.

A player who will be determined to score against his old nemesis from his Barcelona days is Messi, who has a stunning record against Los Blancos, having fired in 26 goals and created 14 assists in 45 appearances against the Santiago Bernabeu club.

Sporting Lisbon host Manchester City at the Jose Alvalade Stadium in what is expected to be an uphill battle for the home side.

City progressed through Group A as winners, coming out on top against PSG, RB Leipzig and Club Brugge, whilst Sporting finished as runners-up in Group C, stunning the likes of Borussia Dortmund and Besiktas, but, finishing behind a strong looking Ajax side.

In Pep Guardiola’s sides last match, which was a 4-0 victory over relegation battling Norwich City in the Premier League at Carrow Road, the Sky Blues had 12 corners to the Canaries four, showing that two or more corners for both Sporting and City in each half is certainly attainable considering the Liga Nos outfit at the home side.

As mentioned above, City’s last match was the 4-0 hammering of Norwich on Saturday night in the Premier League.

A player that impressed in this game was Raheem Sterling, as the England international fired in a hattrick against Dean Smith’s men to take his overall tally up to 12 goals and three assists in 30 matches, averaging a goal every 159 minutes.

In the Champions League group stages, City have averaged three goals per game, having hammered in 18 goals in six matches, whilst Sporting averaged two goals conceded per game, but, in all due respect, away from Ajax, are yet to play a side of City’s nature in this season’s competition.