I can see it now. The whistle blows and kickoff begins at Metropolitano Stadium. Arsenal proceeds to park the bus and grinds this game to a halt playing for a nil-nil first leg. Arsenal knows that their success will happen in the second leg, back at home, in front of their supporters. They will do what we see them do so often, and that's try to minimize damage on the road and keep things close. Atletico Madrid does have a decent attack, and they have to know that their only chance of breaking ahead at home. I think this ends nil-nil, but if I had to pick a winner, I'd take this spread even with the juice, expecting very little offense from Arsenal.

While I'm expecting fireworks and goals galore in the PSG v Bayern fixture, I'm expecting almost nothing exciting to happen in this one. We have two defensive sided teams, with defensive minded managers. Arsenal especially have been the kings of the low scoring affairs as of late. Their two legs against Sporting saw a combined one goal over the two matches, and both their matches against Leverkusen saw the under 2.5 goals as well. Arsenal has no problem parking the bus on the road, especially in a game like this, and I'm expecting very little goals across both legs.

Everyone is talking about how dominate PSG have been at home this season, and they're not wrong! I expect PSG to be a fortress at home and to make this difficult, however, they haven't played a club like Bayern Munich yet this season. Bayern under Vincent Kompany will NOT sit back and play cagey on the road. This is a team that went to Madrid, and beat Madrid in the first leg last round. Before that, Bayern went to Atalanta on the road and scored six goals. Bayern won't park, and this game should be loaded with goals, but I don't see a world where Bayern don't leave at least equal on goals with how dominate this club has been all season long.

I did an entire writeup for this match so make sure to check that out under the "Analysis" tab, but just know that the over in this match is my favorite single bet for the game. Bayern Munich do not know how to park the bus. It is not in their DNA and with Olise, Kane, and Diaz running rampant at the front, this team is always a threat in front of the goal. I expect them to press and like always defensively struggle, especially against the Parisian opposition. There are too many incredible goal scorers on the pitch of this match to not just take the over 3.5 goals, and I wouldn't be shocked if we saw more than that.

I already have backed Bayern Munich on the .25 goal spread, but for those who crave a plus sign in front of their bets, I got you covered! It's hard for me to hide my bias, and I know there's going to be a lot of people betting on PSG to win the home leg, and Bayern to win their home leg, but I believe the Bavarians are about to shock everyone. I think it's Bayern's year, and Harry Kane is going to enjoy multiple trophies. With Kane in form, Diaz and Olise looking terrifying, and Neuer showing he can still be world class on his day, I believe they beat PSG, and I will never ignore Bayern Munich with a safety net.

The most historic club in Champions League history, are sitting down 2-1 in aggregate scoring as they travel to Munich to play the best attacking team in the entire world. This match is going to be amazing. This is the match that I would tell non-soccer fans that they have to watch. The pitch will be loaded with incredible attacking talent on both ends of the pitch. Players like Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappe, Michael Olise, Vini Jr., Luis Diaz and more will be out in full display. I predict the over 3.5 to hit, as well as the over 4.5 goals.

Arsenal are the favorites to win Champions League, and are still first in the Premier League. They have the best defense in Europe, and dominated in Lisbon for the first leg. They're doing all this, but, they're also slowly starting to unravel. They've been knocked out of two Cup competitions in the last month, and are coming into this match off a loss to Bournemouth. This team is tough, but mentally they're starting to break. I'm putting a little sprinkle, on the upset of the tournament for a Sporting side who won't back down.

Barcelona lost the first leg in a bit of an embarrassing fashion after Pau Cubarsi was sent off with a first half red card. Even though they lost, they looked terrifying in that match and dominated all the stats including possession while a man down. Atletico Madrid will continue to park the buss in this second leg, and I don't think they'll be able to stop this Barcelona attack firing on all cylinders and desperate for goals. I don't only think Barcelona will win, I think they'll advance (+250), if you want to get wild with it!

I keep seeing the same argument that "Liverpool have to go for it, they're down 2-0, so they'll push!" That's fine, I hope they do push, because if they do PSG are going to rip them to pieces on the counter-attack. Liverpool looked horrific in the first leg and showed an extreme lack in confidence on the pitch. While they'll be a bit more focused playing at home, I don't see LFC having it in them to beat one of the deadliest attacks in world football. I love DNB being playable, and wouldn't be shocked if PSG win the second leg as well.

I know that it can be scary when everyone is on the same side of a play. We are going to see that with PSG today. The Parisians have been flying high and possess some of the best attackers on the planet. This is the kind of match, at home, where they could very well end this tie in the first leg. Liverpool defense has been horrendous, and coming off a 4-0 loss to City, they'll be desperate to stop the bleeding, but they won't. I have PSG covering this by themselves.

I know I'm not the first expert on SportsLine to give out this bet, and I probably won't be the last! This line feels like a trap. I get that, I understand that, and I'll gladly fall for this "trap" every time with how red hot PSG and how poor Liverpool have been. This Liverpool side just hasn't lived up to their expectations. Mo Salah, Florian Wirtz, and Virgil Van Dyke have all struggled to find consistency this season, and the defensive struggles of Liverpool, on the road especially, should be obvious in this match. I have PSG not only winning this, but winning by multiple goals.

I'm betting on the UCL fixtures early because I think we're going to find some soft lines and solid CLV. This matchup is going to be the one everyone is looking at. We have arguably the best attack in the world right now under Vincent Kompany taking on a Real Madrid side that is finally expected to have Kylian Mbappe returning to the starting XI. The pitch is going to be littered with world-class talent, and two managers who are aggressively attack minded. I'm expected both legs to see BTTS cash, and over 3.5 as well.

I know that people are going to be say this line is too juicy at -146, but to be honest I would have used this as a parlay piece if it was -200. I know that Real Madrid have Champions League heritage and I understand that even as underdogs, they can pull off miraculous performances like they did against Manchester City last round. However, this is Bayern Munich's year. This squad is devastating and prides themselves on their road success. I wouldn't be shocked if the first leg sees a draw, but this line shouldn't be playable.

Arsenal love love love LOVE to keep the first leg on the road cagey and frustrate their opponents. There's a reason they had the best defensive record in the Group stage, and there's a reason they held Leverkusen to only one goal over two legs in the lest matchup. This team is able to dominate possession and grind matches to a halt, and I do not believe that Sporting will be good enough to break past it more than once. A nice 1-1 first leg is where I see this one ending.

I will be the first person to admit that Newcastle played an incredible first leg at St. James Park. They were the better team for 90+5 minutes, and still, managed only a draw. A controversial decision gave Barcelona a penalty at the last play of the game, as Barca left equal on goals. Now, Newcastle have the daunting and brutal task of traveling to Spain to take on Barcelona on their turf. Newcastle needed a lead after leg one, because I think Barcelona now win by multiple goals with home field advantage.