The 2024/25 Champions League returns for the new season but with a whole new format. As always, the Squawka Bet team will bring you our Champions league betting tips for Europe’s most prestigious club competition.
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Ferencvaros have lost just one of their 10 previous home matches against English opposition, last doing so 3-0 against Leeds United in the European Cup in November 1969. Spurs, meanwhile, have won just one of their last nine away European matches.
Brennan Johnson has scored a goal in each of his last four appearances across all competitions, with the last two (vs Qarabag and Man Utd) opening the scoring in the 12th and third minutes, respectively.
Chelsea have lost just two of their eight previous competitive matches against Belgian opposition, with their last defeat coming in February 1995 when they fell 1-0 to Club Brugge in the Uefa Cup Winners' Cup.
Manchester United are averaging as many shots per game as fouls per game in the Premier League this season (12.3). At 23/20, I like the look of Lisandro Martinez and Noussair Mazraoui to give away a foul, with the latter having racked up the most of United this term with 10 in 6 league appearances. When it comes to Martinez, the central defender has committed one or more foul in five of his six league matches, picking up three yellow cards in the process.
Lisandro Martinez and Noussair Mazraoui 1+ Foul Committed
This will be a tough test for Manchester United. Captain Bruno Fernandes said on Tuesday, “We expect a really difficult game there, but we go there to win because it’s everything that we have to think about." The former Sporting Lisbon man has a history with Porto, and looking at his disciplinary record, he has been shown more yellow cards against Porto than any other side in his career. With six cautions in just 10 matches against Porto, he looks like a great bet here at 7/2, considering the importance of this game for United and Erik ten Hag.
Christopher Nkunku scored two goals in two games during Conference League qualifying, while he recently netted a hat-trick in Chelsea's 5-0 thrashing of Barrow in the EFL Cup.
Three of Liverpool's six league games so far this season have seen fewer than three goals scored. The same record stands for Crystal Palace in the league this season.
Liverpool have kept a clean sheet in two of their three away Premier League victories so far this season. The Reds are also unbeaten in their past 10 trips to Selhurst Park.
No player has been shown more yellow cards so far this season than Fulham’s Sasa Lukic, who has been cautioned on four occasions, along with a quartet of others. The midfielder averages over two fouls per game this season and leads the way for Fulham in that metric. Most bookmakers, such as bet365 and Sky Bet, have Lukic priced at 6/4 to be carded, while William Hill go even shorter at just 11/10. Unibet are a stand-out best price of 33/10, which jumps off the page in this card-laden campaign in the Premier League.
Manchester City have won each of their last 16 meetings with Fulham and are unbeaten in their last 49 home matches across all competitions. Pep’s side are just 1/4 to win the match on Saturday, and I feel the value lies in backing the hosts to win the game and both teams to score at 7/4.
Fulham have scored in seven of their last nine matches against Man City. The Cottagers have been a serious threat in attack this season, and despite Marco Silva's likely deployment of a low block, they can get on the scoresheet. City have conceded in all their last five top-flight outings, and although I see them coming out as winners, I see both teams finding the net.
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A new format might be confusing to some but it’s sure to bring some exciting match ups over the coming months. Get the latest predictions and betting tips for the next stage of Europe’s premier club competition here.
Champions League 2024/25 Predictions
It was yet another Galactico masterclass last season, with Real Madrid picking up yet another Champions League title, this time at the expense of Borussia Dortmund.
Carlo Ancelotti’s men were able to extend their record of European Cup wins, claiming their 15th title. It was the final season with the 32 team, eight group format with big changes ahead of the 24/25 season.
This season will see one 36 team league, with each side playing eight games to determine their finishing position within the league. The eight sides that finish highest will advance to the knockout phase, with the other eight teams being made up of the sides that finished between 9th and 24th in the league stage.
Those sides will face each other in a preliminary knockout round for the right to advance to the knockout stage proper.
2024/25 Champions League schedule
League phase Matchday One: 17-19 September 2024
League phase Matchday Two: 1-2 October 2024
League phase Matchday Three: 22-23 October 2024
League phase Matchday Four: 5-6 November 2024
League phase Matchday Five: 26-27 November 2024
League phase Matchday Six: 1-11 December 2024
League phase Matchday Seven: 21-22 January 2025
League phase Matchday Eight: 29 January 2025
Preliminary Knockout Round First Leg: 11-12 February 2025
Preliminary Knockout Round Second Leg: 18-19 February 2025
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Manchester City, perhaps unsurprisingly, are comfortably the favourites to lift the trophy at 5/2 as things stand.
Beaten finalists Inter Milan are not expected to be among the front runners, but with Harry Kane up front, Bayern Munich are expected to be among the teams competing at 12/1 – as are Real Madrid, the most successful team in the competition’s history, at 3/1.
Arsenal are then priced at 9/1 but PSG saw their odds lengthen to 16/1 after coming up short in the semi-final last season.
Squawka’s Champions League experts
For millions of readers monthly, Squawka is the place to come for the latest news, views and, most importantly, stats for the Champions League and beyond.
Our team of experts is made up of some of the most clued-up and football-obsessed writers, with backgrounds in betting and journalism, combining our use of the stats with our own knowledge.
Which is why, throughout the Champions League action, we’ll be bringing you all of our best bets as well as our most informed stats-based previews, picking out carefully selected and data-driven bets.
When do Squawka release their Champions League Predictions?
We aim to have you covered with our Champions League match-by-match tips on this very page at least 24 hours in advance of the fixtures being played and we’ll look to be equally prepared with any accumulator tips that we post for these games.
Our match previews will be posted as early as possible ahead of the relevant fixture and will include all the information you need ahead of placing your bet including the best odds, stats, predictions, team news and of course our specially selected, data-driven best bets for the games.
What betting markets are popular for the Champions League?
Full-time results
There’s no more popular market to use your Champions League betting tips on than full-time results and score lines.
As each game doles up different opponents, varying playing styles, and fluctuating form, you’ll have the chance to work out what the final scoreboard will look like.
Both teams to score
Simple really – both teams must score for a BTTS bet to payout, and that’s regardless of who wins the game at the end of the 90 minutes, making it one of the more popular wagers to use with those Champions League betting tips.
This also counts for extra time goals and penalty permutations, which will come in handy in the final, so keep your eyes peeled.
Over 2.5 goals
Whereas you need both teams to find the net in a both teams to score bet, you only need a certain amount of goals to be scored in an overs or unders bet, giving you the chance of winning even if one team fails to score.
You can change the parameters on how many goals you wish to bet on there to be scored on this kind of bet, so if you’re expecting a goal fest then why not go for over 3.5 or even over 4.5? All you need is that amount of goals to be scored for your bet to be a winner.
Player total shots
Here you’ll be able to forecast how many shots you think any given player will rack up over the match, normally as an under/over wager.
Last season, it was the likes of Harry Kane and Erling Haaland who were racking up the shots and putting the opposition keeper to the test.
Bookings
The man leading the all-time charts is none other than Sergio Ramos, unsurprisingly, with 40 to his name. No fewer than nine players were booked four times last season in the Champions League.
Goalscorer markets
You can back on all kinds of goalscoring markets – first goalscorer, last goalscorer, anytime goalscorer, or even to score two or more goals or a hat-trick.
This week’s Champions League predictions
There are plenty more wagers still yet to place, especially on all of this week’s action, which will give you all the opportunities to put those Champions League betting tips to use. So, without further ado…
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All the big games will have price boosts on them including new customer offers at massive enhanced odds and existing customer price boosts.
Best bookmakers for Betting on the Champions League
There are many bookies out there that’ll be offering competitive odds, specials, and Champions League betting tips on all the action. Yet few provide a comprehensive online betting experience for you to hoot about. So, we’ve sorted through the lot and listed the creme of the crop below:
We don’t just provide tips and predictions for the Champions League action. You’ll see the same love and dedication for this particular European competition applied to all the other major leagues and tournaments too.
Here are some of the other competitions we cover:
There are always plenty of Champions League free bets and offers doing the rounds as the action hots up.
Fortunately, once the big teams are sussed out, these offers normally involve them, from specials to price boosts offering huge enhanced odds on the biggest favourites.
So, make sure to stay in the loop with all the Squawka Bet Champions League betting tips, free bets and much more for this year’s campaign.
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