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Sixteen of Europe’s finest teams will bid to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League when the action resumes this month. There are some exciting fixtures to look forward to, including Barcelona vs. PSG and Atletico Madrid vs. Chelsea. Bettors can also find a great deal of value in the Champions League futures betting markets. These are some of the options that look interesting:

Man City to Win the Champions League

Pep Guardiola’s men surged 10 points clear of Liverpool at the top of the Premier League table when they thumped the Reds 4-1 on Sunday. It was their 14th consecutive victory in all competitions. Man City’s run has been remarkable, as they have been without key players Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne for several weeks. Yet there is a collective brilliance about this team right now and the results have been impeccable.

Man City have always been superb going forwards during Guardiola’s tenure at the club, but they are now a lot more solid at the back. They boast the best defensive record in the Premier League this season, and they have conceded just twice in their last 10 league games. New signing Ruben Dias has fully justified his extravagant price tag, and a rejuvenated John Stones has been a revelation alongside him. Phil Foden is going from strength to strength in midfield, Ilkay Gundogan is on fire, Bernardo Silva is back to his best and this team is simply bursting with creative talent.

De Bruyne will soon be back from injury to inspire his team to even greater heights. Aguero will hope to play a role in the run-in, but Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling, and Ferran Torres provide plenty of alternative firepower. The squad is deep enough to weather injury problems in the weeks ahead, and Man City have a great chance of winning the Champions League for the first time.

They breezed through the group stage, with five wins and a draw from six games. That draw came away at Porto, when qualification for the last 16 was already assured and Guardiola rested several key players. Man City earned a reasonably comfortable clash with Borussia Monchengladbach in the round of 16, and they are the heavy favorites in the Champions League odds to prevail.

Man City looks poised to win a third Premier League title in four years this season, but they are yet to reach the Champions League final. Domestic opponents have thwarted them in the past – they lost to Liverpool in 2018 and Spurs in 2019 – but City looks vastly superior to the other clubs in the Premier League right now. They have enough quality to get the better of teams like Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Juventus, so it is easy to see why they are second favorites to win the Champions League. Reigning champions Bayern Munich are understandably the favorites, but the +360 on offer at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) for Man City lifting the trophy looks like a better value.

Long Shot Pick: Sevilla Could Spring a Surprise

Sevilla showed their quality when they beat Man Utd and Inter Milan en route to winning the Europa League last year. They only had a few weeks to rest before the new season began, as the pandemic forced the Europa League to run deep into the summer, so they naturally struggled with fatigue during the opening weeks of the season. Yet Sevilla is now looking back to its best and the team is currently on a seven-game winning streak in all competitions.

That has left them just a point behind Barcelona and Real Madrid in La Liga. They have cemented their status as a great cup team by sweeping opponents aside in Copa del Rey, and they could cause a few upsets in the Champions League. Sevilla landed a tricky last 16 clash with Borussia Dortmund, but they should be able to win it if they play to the peak of their powers. Dortmund have lost three of their last four games in the Bundesliga, and they really struggle defensively.

Sevilla is superb in midfield, and Youssef En-Nesyri has suddenly established himself as an extremely dangerous striker. Jules Koundé and Diego Carlos form a terrific partnership at the heart of the defense, and Monchi has furnished talented manager Julen Lopetegui with plenty of high-quality players across the team. If they reach the quarter-finals, they could claim some big scalps. BetOnline has +4000 on Sevilla winning the Champions League, and that looks like a very interesting long shot.

Top Scorer: Lewandowski Can Overhaul Neymar and Co.

Four men currently share the lead in the race to win the Champions League Golden Boot this season: Alvaro Morata, Erling Haaland, Neymar and Marcus Rashford. Man Utd have already been eliminated, so Rashford will not add to his tally. Morata is likely to play second fiddle to Cristiano Ronaldo at Juventus, while Haaland will not get too many opportunities against a highly disciplined Sevilla side. Neymar could be an interesting option, as PSG are up against his former club, Barcelona, in the last 16, and he will be keen to show them what they are missing.

He is third in the betting at +700 with SBR’s best sportsbooks to win the top goalscorer award, behind Haaland (+550) and Lewandowski (+600). Lewandowski only has three goals to his name so far, but he looks like a great option at those odds. Bayern Munich is up against Lazio in the last 16, and he should run rings around their porous defense. He was the top scorer in the last Champions League, and it is easy to see him repeating that feat this year, as Bayern score plenty of goals and he is the focal point of their attack.

We know the 16 teams left in the chase for the European Cup, a group which includes 17 of the last 18 Champions League finalists.

Our pals Robbie Earle and Robbie Mustoe broke down the odds for Premier League teams to win the crown (see video above) and we’re picking up what they’re putting down as revisit the UCL power rankings we posted prior to the group stage.

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Now we love the 2 Robbies breakdown, but let us bring our own take to the rankings.

Can we defy our pals at SportsBet? We’ve got a couple of quibbles…

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16. Porto (+12500)

After allowing three goals to Man City at the Etihad on Matchday 1, allowed zero goals the rest of the group stage. Olympiacos isn’t an an attack force and neither is Marseille, but that’s a quality record.

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15. Lazio (+6600)

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It shows the depth of this Round of 16 that Lazio sits 15th of 16 teams. The Roman side hasn’t looked as strong in Serie A this season, either, but all it would take is a run of form to make Lazio feel just as imposing as a half-dozen of the teams in front of it.

14. Atalanta (+4000)

Might’ve lost badly to Liverpool at home but then handled the Reds at Anfield and won qualification to the knockout rounds by winning at Ajax. Waxed Lazio away during league play.

13. Borussia Monchengladbach (+8000)

Enter these rankings on a brutal run of form but any team with Marcus Thuram and Alassane Plea leading an attack with so many complementary pieces being arranged by Marco Rose can do damage on a given day. Ask Shakhtar, who beat Real Madrid twice but lost to Gladbach 6-0 at home and 4-0 away.

12. Sevilla (+4000)

A tournament team that hardened itself and burnished its credentials by beating Manchester United and Inter Milan during last season’s Europa League run. Julen Lopetegui is a good manager, too. But the zero goals scored against Chelsea plus the beating suffered against Bayern in the UEFA Super Cup have us leery of moving them up.

11. RB Leipzig (+3300)

The Julian Nagelsmann factor is real, and Leipzig has taken points off of Manchester United, Bayern, and PSG this season after dismissing Atletico Madrid from the Champions League last season. All of that is without Timo Werner.

10. Borussia Dortmund (+2000)

Erling Haaland is a force and BVB has difference makers at nearly every position. A bit young, but Marco Reus being healthy is something they haven’t had in ages and Mats Hummels is back to his very best.

9. Barcelona (+1500)

They have Lionel Messi, so there’s that, and he’s also on an incredibly unfortunate run where he’s underperforming his expected goals and assists by five. Still La Liga’s top team in terms of possession, shots per game, pass accuracy, dribbles, and fouls conceded.

8. Real Madrid (+1600)

Are they the team that lost to Shakhtar Donetsk twice or the team that took 10 of 12 points from Gladbach and Inter Milan? The club that dominated Barca at the Camp Nou, or the one that lost at home to Cadiz and Alaves? Can’t count on ’em.

7. Atletico Madrid (+1800)

Atleti has some insane defensive stats this season, even for a Diego Simeone club. The La Liga leaders allowed four goals to Bayern Munich in a rout to start the Champions League group stage and two to Red Bull Salzburg on the second match day.

Bayern got one the second time they played and Salzburg was blanked. All told, Atleti has allowed 10 goals in 16 matches between Champions League and domestic outings including a stupid-looking two in 10 La Liga matches.

6. Chelsea (+1400)

Only City allowed fewer goals in the group stage than Chelsea’s two, and Frank Lampard’s Blues are also the second-stingiest team in Premier League (Spurs). And just wait until Timo Werner finds true comfort in Chelsea blue.

5. Liverpool (+600)

This has nothing to do with anything but the loss of Virgil van Dijk. Take the most important player away from anyone in the top four — KDB, Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar — and they’d drop just as far if not farther.

4. Juventus (+1400)

Needed seven saves of Lionel Messi from Gianluigi Buffon to keep Barca off the board and claim the group. Cristiano Ronaldo remains lethal finisher and Juve is deep everywhere.

3. Manchester City (+450)

Only sitting behind two sides who cast aside UCL demons last season, something City has to do under Guardiola. But the City attack is as deep as anyone and the defensive depth is there. If Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus can find health and form, perhaps City should be 1B.

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2. Paris Saint-Germain (+900)

Last season’s finalists haven’t been unstoppable in Ligue 1 this season but there were COVID-19 concerns. Thomas Tuchel remains a good tactician, having taken 2-1 losses to Manchester United to RB Leipzig and turning them into 1-0 and 3-1 wins in the second meeting. Defense post-Thiago Silva is the big question, but when Kylian Mbappe and Neymar are at their best, it’s often time to call ballgame.

1. Bayern Munich (+275)

The reigning champions are super deep, though this is a second-straight season with a Bundesliga title race that’s remained competitive this far into the season.

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