It's all or nothing for clubs in the UEFA Champions League as the league phase enters its final set of games. Favorites will be looking to secure their earnings while underdogs aim to shock the field in a format that thrives on last-minute havoc.
We have 18 games to target on Wednesday's Champions League schedule, and our staff has come up with picks for five of them. Continue reading for our Champions League best bets for Wednesday, January 28.
Champions League Best Bets
The club logos in the table below represent each match that our soccer betting staff is targeting from today's games. Click on the team logos for any of the matchups below to navigate to a specific bet discussed in this article.
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Bodo Glimt vs. Atletico Madrid
Atletico is currently enjoying an impressive 13-game home winning streak. However, in Europe, they’ve conceded at least once in all three home matches. In fact, Diego Simeone's side hasn’t kept a clean sheet in a single Champions League game this season.
Bodo/Glimt’s recent 3-1 win over Manchester City put them in contention for the top 24. To do so, they would have win here and hope other results align. Kjetil Knutsen’s team has decent underlying metrics, ranking 12th with 12.8 xG (expected goals).
Expect the Norwegians to go all out as they’ve got nothing to lose. Bodo has scored at least one goal in all four European away games this season. We are banking on Bodo’s urgency for points to push them onto the scoreboard, even if they fall short in the end.
Pick: Atletico To Win and Both Teams To Score – Yes
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Bayern Munich vs. PSV Eindhoven
Bayern Munich are the joint-top-scorers in the Champions League this season, netting an average of 2.86 goals per game. Kompany’s side has won 14 of their competitive away matches this season by scoring an average of 3.25 goals per game, so they should have the firepower to beat PSV.
PSV have won just two of their last nine Champions League matches. They were beaten 3-0 by Newcastle on matchday seven, which is a real concern as they gear up to face a Bayern side with the highest goals-per-game average in Europe’s top five leagues.
Bayern suffered a shock defeat to Augsburg at the weekend, and Vincent Kompany will want to see a response from his players. However, they don’t need a result, with their place in the last 16 already secure, so there is no need for them to make wholesale changes to the starting lineup here.
Pick: Bayern To Win
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Olympiacos vs. Ajax
Olympiacos earned an impressive 2-0 win over Leverkusen on January 20, putting them on the cusp of reaching the Champions League knockout phase for the first time since 2014. The Greek side beat Kairat in their last away game in this competition, securing another impressive win.
Ajax have been poor in their home Champions League matches, losing all three and failing to score a single goal. Incredibly, they still have a chance to make it into the top 24 heading into the final matchday, with a win and a couple of results going their way.
However, we are backing the Dutch side to fall short, with Olympiacos getting the win that should get them into the knockout playoff round.
Pick: Olympiacos To Win
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F.C. København vs. FC Barcelona
Barcelona have failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their seven European fixtures so far. Hansi Flick ranks 20th based on defensive metrics, allowing on average 1.9 goals per game.
FC København has delivered solid output going forward, averaging 1.6 goals per game. They have scored in five out of seven European games this season.
Jacob Neestrup’s side has enough to breach the leaking Barcelona defense, but most likely not enough to find a win. Both teams have scored in four of the last five games in Europe for Barcelona and Copenhagen.
Pick: Both Teams To Score – Yes
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Inter Milan vs. Borussia Dortmund
Dortmund are the slight underdogs, but their home form has been excellent this season. Niko Kovac’s side has lost just one of their 13 home matches across all competitions, winning nine. During that run, they have scored 2.23 goals per game and conceded just 0.77.
Inter have struggled against the bigger teams this season. They have been priced at odds of 2.25 or greater in five matches, just as they are here, and have lost all five. They come into this game having lost their last three Champions League matches.
Dortmund have earned seven points from their three home matches in this competition, scoring 10 goals in the process. Niko Kovac’s side has also had a greater xG (expected goals) than their opponents in all three of those matches.
Pick: Dortmund To Win
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