The final round of the Champions League’s inaugural 36-team league phase plays out its last round of fixtures across a bumper 18-game coupon this Wednesday night.
Familiar themes from the previous seven matchweeks are expected to deliver for punters once more, with Barcelona backed to bring goals, while Arsenal and Inter are expected to stop them.
Champions League Week 8 best bets
Barcelona vs Atalanta – Over 4.5 goals @ 19/10
Under 0.5 Girona goals vs Arsenal @ 11/8
Under 0.5 Monaco goals vs Inter @ 7/5
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La Dea to help big-scoring Barca hop high total goals bar
Barcelona sign off the league phase against Atalanta at the Camp Nou in a tie that could go off in a big way on the total goals front.
Overs backers need to back five or more to be scored before they get odds north of even money, but the case for the 19/10 about over 4.5 goals is compelling.
Hansi Flick’s side average 5.2 total goals in their UCL games this term, with five of their seven rewarding over 4.5 goals backers.
Barca themselves have scored a league-phase-high 27 (seven more than any other side) but they’ve also shipped twice or more in four of their seven ties.
Atalanta should be more than capable of adding some strikes to the tally as the third highest scorers in the extended table format.
Their last three outings in the competition have landed over 4.5 goals bets, including a 2-3 home loss to Real Madrid.
Tip: Barcelona vs Atalanta – Over 4.5 goals @ 19/10
Gunners can shut out Girona to lock down top-eight berth
Arsenal have the lowest expected goals against figure of any side in this season’s Champions League league phase (5.33).
That statistic highlights the potential value in backing the Gunners to keep a sixth clean sheet of this season’s competition away at Girona at 11/8. Last season’s La Liga surprise package have failed to find the net in each of their last four UCL games.
Tip: Under 0.5 Girona goals vs Arsenal @ 11/8
Inzaghi’s UCL clean sheet machine to strike again in Milan
Inter Milan have conceded just once across the first seven games of this season’s UCL league phase and they look a great price at 7/5 to blank Monaco at Giuseppe Meazza.
The blue and black wall go in search of a seventh clean sheet of the competition, having previously stymied rivals including a pre-Rodri-injury Manchester City and Arsenal.
Monaco aren’t conspicuous when it comes to displaying the firepower required to break through such a well drilled rearguard. They’ve scored once or less in five of their last seven away games against top-flight domestic and European opposition.
