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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Both teams have scored in six of Netherlands' last eight matches, including a 1-1 draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina in their last outing. Both teams have also scored in three of Spain's last five games.
Netherlands are unbeaten in their last three games against Spain, while they haven't lost in normal time against La Roja in their last eight meetings, last doing so in February 1983.
Fotis Ioannidis was Greece's top scorer during the Nations League group stage, netting three times. Only Erling Haaland (7), Benjamin Sesko (5), Kerem Akturkoglu and Harry Wilson (both 4) scored more in League B.
Germany were far from convincing on their travels in the group stage. They drew 2-2 with the Netherlands and played out a 1-1 stalemate in Hungary.
Five of Germany's last six Nations League away matches have finished with the scores level, dating back to a 1-1 draw with Italy in Bologna in June 2022. They also drew 1-1 with Switzerland at the Euros; another could be on the cards here on Thursday.
Davide Frattesi started all six of Italy's Nations League group stage fixtures, scoring in the victory against France and in both games against Israel.
Frattesi has recorded at least two shots in five of those six games, except for the home defeat to Les Bleus on matchday six, when he was substituted after 67 minutes.
He has started only five times in the league for Inter this season this season, scoring against Udinese and netting a brace against Empoli.
Eduardo Camavinga returns from suspension for this clash with Croatia. At 6/1, he looks a little overpriced to pick up a card, considering his recent disciplinary record for his national side. The Frenchman has been booked in three of his last five competitive internationals and has made at least two fouls in each of those.
In what has been a miserable campaign for Manchester United, Bruno Fernandes has been one of the only players who has consistently performed at a high level. The Portuguese is in fantastic form at the moment with seven goals and three assists in his last seven starts for his club. For his national side, Bruno provided a goal or assist in four of his five Nations League group-stage matches, and he looks like a solid price here at 17/10
All four of Portugal's victories in the UEFA Nations League group stage featured both teams getting on the scoresheet. A Selecao are unbeaten in their last seven matches across all formats, while Denmark are winless in their last four (D2 L2).
Despite their recent poor form, Albania haven’t shipped more than three goals in their last thirty-four games, since their 5-0 defeat against England back in 2021. At 10/11, taking England to win the game and under four goals being scored looks a nice way into the game. The Three Lions have only scored more than three goals once in their last 23 matches, while Albania's last nine matches have all seen Under 3.5 goals land.
England's all-time leading scorer with 69 goals in 103 caps, Kane is likely to retain the captain's armband and lead out his team under former boss Tuchel, who he briefly worked with at Bayern Munich.
The 31-year-old generally thrives at Wembley, where he has scored 11 times in the Three Lions' last eight competitive internationals.
That includes a hat-trick in England's most recent meeting with Albania in November 2021, when his side ran out comfortable 5-0 winners.
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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…
Price boosts are one way to get ahead of the betting game, especially considering that most major bookmakers will be offering these on every game of the 2024/25 Champions League campaign – or at least once we reach the group stages.
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:
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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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