UEFA Champions League Odds & Playoff Leg 2 Betting Picks

While the Champions League has been back for over a month now, it still doesn’t feel as though the tournament has really begun just yet.

Many fans don’t really pay attention until we get to the draw for the main part of the tournament.

My Analysis

That draw will take place on the 29th in Monaco, when 36 teams will be split into pots and quickly find out which 8 teams they will face in the new League Round of the tournament.

Before we get to that point, though, we still need to see who will be in, which will be decided over the next few days when we have the 2nd leg games in the Playoff Round.

Tuesday Champions League Qualifying Games

There are 3 games in total on Tuesday, with a couple of these matchups looking to be all but done.

Galatasaray lost on the road in the first leg against Young Boys, going down 3-2, but they will like their chances of overturning that deficit on home soil.

Salzburg did the hard part, going on the road and picking up a 2-0 win over Dinamo Kyiv in the opening leg.

You would certainly like their chances of closing this one out at home, but they will likely be looking for an early goal that would put this matchup to bed.

It’s a very similar story for Slavia Prague in their second leg game against Malmo.

Prague went into Sweden last week and picked up a 2-0 win, which has them in very good standing heading home for this one. It would be a surprise to see them slip up here.

Wednesday Champions League Qualifying Games

The final day of qualifying for the League Round comes on Wednesday, with no less than 4 games to look forward to.

The first of those sees Qarabag playing at home and trying to dig out of a deep hole after a 3-0 loss to Dinamo Zagreb in the opening leg. I don’t see any way that they come back from that defeat.

Red Star Belgrade will be at home for the second leg of their matchup with BODO/Glimt, and they have some work to do if they want to move on and secure a big money spot in the league stage.

They are 2-1 down from the opening leg, but they will very much like their chances of getting the win at home.

Things look a little more difficult for Slavia Prague, who are going to need to go all out in their home leg against Lille, who won 2-0 in the opening game.

You have to give the edge to the home team, but I would not count out the Danes.

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