European Champions League Match Week 3, Tips and Previews
Match Week Three Best Bet
October 20th
Atletico Madrid vs. Liverpool
Momentum is enormous in the Champions League and Liverpool brings this in spades when it heads to Spain to face Atletico Madrid.
The Reds battered FC Porto to the tune of a 5-1 result in match week two and will look to continue that form in this clash against an Atletico team who managed to record victory against AC Milan at San Siro.
Mo Salah’s form for Liverpool this season in all competitions has been insatiable.
Atletico’s defence is known as one of the most sturdy in European football and it will need to be at its very best if it is to stop the goal-scoring machine that is Salah.
Meanwhile, Liverpool’s offence is what has done the damage to opposition in recent weeks, while its defence has been slightly suspect.
Former Liverpool star Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann will surely look to get the Reds defence as the pair build chemistry up front.
Suspect this will be another high-scoring encounter involving Liverpool.
SUGGESTED BET:
Total goals scored over 2.5 at $1.90
Match Week Three Next Best
October 21st
Manchester United vs. Atalanta
This might look like a straight-forward match for Manchester United when it duels with Atalanta at Old Trafford, but it is anything but.
Atalanta has become a Champions League main-stay over the last two years and almost went all the way in 2019/20 before being knocked out in the Round of 16 last season.
La Dea currently tops Group F with four points from its opening two fixtures, while United picked up the pieces of a 2-1 loss against Young Boys on opening match week to defeat Villareal with a late match winner from none other than Cristiano Ronaldo.
It is a game in the complexity of the season for United.
A loss will have it on the verge of being knocked out early and mounting more pressure on manager Ole Gunnar Solksjaer, while a win will see it catapult to the top of the group.
Atalanta went lock, stock and barrel in defence during its latest Champions League fixture against Old Boys and expect something similar.
United will struggle to break down Atalanta and we could be set for a low-scoring draw.
SUGGESTED BET:
Draw at $4 or total goals scored under 2.5 at $1.75
Match Week Three Next Best
October 21st
Zenit St. Petersburg vs. Juventus
Juventus will attempt to keep its winning start to the Champions League intact when it travels to Russia for a Group H clash against Zenit St Petersburg.
Even though its domestic form might not be up to par, there is no doubting the European form of the Old Lady after a 3-0 triumph over Malmo was usurped by a brave 1-0 win over last year’s champion Chelsea.
For the home team, however, Krestovsky Stadium will provide a distinct advantage and the Zenit fans urging their team on might just very well be the edge it needs to cause the upset.
Suspect Zenit will be on the front foot for this contest and that should open the contest up nicely to a swift Juventus counter-attack.
Federico Chiesa’s pace and eye for goal is the danger for Zenit’s defence here.
