Champions League Picks, Predictions & Best Bets (Jan 20)
By Sascha Paruk in Soccer News
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- Jan. 20 brings nine UEFA Champions League matches
- Tuesday’s marquee matchup sees Arsenal visiting Inter Milan
- See picks, predictions, and best bets for all nine Champions League games today
The UEFA Champions League rolls on today with nine matches from 10:30 am ET to 3:00 pm ET. Tuesday’s slate is headlined by a heavyweight tilt between Arsenal (6-0-0, +16 GD) and Inter Milan (4-0-2, +8 GD) in Italy. The Gunners are the only unblemished team and sit atop the UCL able with 18 points, three up on Bayern Munich, who won’t be in action until tomorrow.
The table below sets out today’s Champions League picks, predictions, and best bets for January 20th.
Champions League Picks & Predictions (Tuesday, Jan 20)
Odds as of 9:59 am ET, January 20th. Download the top sports betting apps for the Champions League.
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Kairat vs Brugge Pick: Kairat Almaty to Score First (+200 at DraftKings)
Kazakhstan side Kairat Almaty (0-1-5, 1 point) is tied for last and has the second-worst goal differential in the UCL (-11) but Club Brugge (1-1-4, 4 points, -8 GD) hasn’t been much better, and has to make an arduous trip to eastern Kazakhstan today. Almaty actually has more goals-for in the competition (5 vs 4) and has found the net in four of six games.
Brugge has conceded two or more goals in each of its last four games (all competitions) and is ripe to surrender early against an Almaty team with more offensive capabilities than books are giving them credit for.
Bodo/Glimt vs Man City Pick: First Half Under 1.5 Goals (-111 at bet365)
My best bet for Bodo/Glimt vs Man City is the first half to stay under 1.5 goals at nearly even-money. Man City (4-1-1, 13 points, +8 GD) is fourth in the table but the Citizens have scored five fewer goals than any of the three teams above them (Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid). They’ve been much more prolific domestically, leading the Prem with 45 goals through 22 matches. But this is another long road trip for the away team
Outside of a 10-1 victory over brutally overmatched Exeter in League Cup play, each of Man City’s last six matches has stayed under 1.5 in the first half, and four of those have been scoreless at the break. All three of Bodo’s home matches in the UCL have stayed under 1.5 in the first half, and those came against some quality teams (1-0 lead vs Juventus, 0-0 vs Tottenham, 0-1 deficit vs Monaco).
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Sascha has been working in the sports-betting industry since 2014, and quickly paired his strong writing skills with a burgeoning knowledge of probability and statistics. He holds an undergraduate degree in linguistics and a Juris Doctor from the University of British Columbia.
