2019 Champions League Quarterfinals Betting Odds

Four teams will move forward on the Champions League contention this week as the second leg of quarterfinal games take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday’s matchups feature Manchester United and Barcelona facing off at Camp Nou at 3 pm Eastern, while Juventus will host Ajax at the same time.

On Wednesday Manchester City hosts Tottenham while Porto plays host to favorite Liverpool. Both those games are at 3 pm central as well.

To overcome Barcelona (-270 money line, u3¼-125 total, -1½-107 goals), Manchester United (+806 money line, o3¼+105 total, +1½-113 goals) will have to take advantage of every opportunity they get, and at the same time keep Barca off the scoreboard. They will take a page out of their playbook against PSG earlier in the tourney when they came back from a 2-0 loss at home by netting 3 away goals in the second leg. In that game Manchester executed to perfection, scoring each of their goal opportunities. Mostly Man U is going to need lighting to strike twice, which is nearly impossible because Barcelona is much more robust than PSG. Messi had an average evening in the first leg, but Barcelona set the tone pretty quickly and was able to contain ball control, so his wizardry wasn’t really needed.

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Further, United was unable to force Barcelona keeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen to make a save. Barcelona literally let Man U defeat itself in that game, as the only goal was a Luke Shaw own goal. Luis Suarez’s header glanced off of Shaw and into his own net, giving Barça a precious away goal that will be hard for Man U to overcome in the second leg this afternoon. If they do win, it will be the first home loss in a Champions league game for Barca dating back to 2013 (30 games).

In Tuesday’s other matchup, Juventus (-146 money line, u2¾-108 total, -¾-120 goals) has a lot of experience and young Ajax (+448 money line, o2¾-112 total, +¾EV goals) will have to play above their heads to overcome them. The first leg turned up a 1-1 tie in which Ronaldo scored his record 125 UCL goal. Ajax is an exciting team that plays with no fear and nothing to lose, but for as impressive as Ajax are, they are not a defensive team, and in Turin, they will face a formidable challenge in trying to beat Juventus. One factor working in Ajax’s favor are injuries to Juventus captain Giorgio Chiellini and forward Mario Mandzukic.

In the other matchups, on paper Porto (+279 money line, u2½-113 total, +½-123 goals) has no chance against Liverpool (+111 money line, o2½-107 total, ½+103 goals) who won the first leg 2-0 and were finalists in last year’s Champions League tournament. However, this year Liverpool is focused on winning the domestic league and has some crucial matches coming up so they may actually rest players for this event. However, these teams met last year in the Champions League round of 16, and Liverpool took that game 5-0.

Finally, Manchester City (-315 money line, u3¼-117 total, -1½-114 goals) were dealt a blow in their first leg against Tottenham (+936 money line, o3¼-103 total, +1½-106 goals). Despite Harry Kane going down to injury, Tottenham showed its depth at scoring when Son Heung-min blasted a shot at the 78th minute that found the back of the net. Now Man City will be going for the jugular in front of their home fans. To overcome the disappointment of the first leg, it will be essential to get out and get on the board early and set the tone.