April 9-10 Champions League Betting Tips & Predictions

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Football Betting Tips

4 August, 2024

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Liverpool v Porto

The first of our April 9-10 Champions League betting tips is for Liverpool v Porto. Leg one of the quarter finals in this season’s Champions League and Liverpool have home advantage as they welcome Porto to Anfield. This will be a difficult game for The Reds, and they will get nothing cheaply against an opponent who fancy their chances of bagging a semi final berth, but fans being honest with themselves will know it could have been much worse. Porto, to be completely fair to them, aren’t the strongest side left in the tournament and Liverpool are expected to get the job done over two legs.

It won’t matter how they do it but securing a lead before the return fixture is important and those camped inside the home dressing room will be aware of that. The hosts caused a shock in the last round when eliminating Germans Bayern Munich a month ago, the tie ending 3-1 on aggregate to the English side. Strangely enough, the Anfield score was 0-0 heading to Munich, but an incredible performance saw Mane score a double, one either side of a van Dijk collector’s item, and that was more than enough to better Bayern, who needed an own goal from Matip to get off the mark. The home win is favourite with all major bookies, Bet365 offering up a market best price of 1/3. One for your accas.

Underdogs Up For a Fight

Porto caused a stir in the Round of 16 when stamping out the hopes of Italian side Roma. They found themselves on the wrong end of a 2-1 result at the first time of asking but did the damage when enjoying the backing of a home support, rallying to win 3-1 in the return, 4-3 ending as the aggregate score. That result ruined a fair share of bets with Roma expected to progress without too much hassle. The visitors proved their stomach for a fight and will be keen to do so again.

Soares broke the deadlock in the second leg when scoring on 26 minutes and although De Rossi netted a penalty to even things up shortly after, Marega and Telles made the difference, the latter winning the tie from the penalty spot in extra-time. The spot-kick was awarded thanks to a VAR decision and it proved again just how vital technology is in the modern game, when seasons are won and lost by the narrowest of margins. The away win is 9/1 at 888Sport, a draw 21/5 with the same firm. Neither interest us.

Our Tip: Liverpool to win – 1/3 at Bet365