The 2020 UEFA Champions League Semi Finals have arrived!
The Quarter Finals threw up a few surprises with the likes of PSG and Lyon overcoming the odds to set up a French vs German final four, let’s just hope the white flags are put away for this European showdown.
Once again our Champions League Clairvoyant has analysed the form and extracted all the betting value in our 2020 UCL Semi Final Preview!
Perennial underachievers PSG have reached their first Champions League Semi Final since 1994/95, 15 years before their opponents RB Leipzig were founded!
The Frenchmen snuck into the semis curtesy of two injury time strikes against Atalanta, with the winner coming off the boot of Stoke reject Choupo-Moting in the 93rd minute.
Alternatively, RB Leipzig slayed Spanish giants Atletico Madrid 2-1, with all three goals netted in an action packed 2nd half.
Mbappe played a pivotal role in turning PSG’s Quarter Final fixture around, the generational talent has scored five UCL goals after the 60th minute this champagne, proving a real clutch player for the French champs.
The young striker was forced to start on the bench against Atalanta, but now fully fit there’s a good chance he’ll prove to be the difference in this thrilling tie.
Lyon surprised the global footballing community last week when they knocked over a highly fancied Manchester City outfit, subsequently earning themselves a matchup against the side who put eight past Barcelona.
That’s right, Bayern Munich set the record for most goals in an UCL knockout fixture, with an empathic 8-2 victory over the once respected Barcelona.
The German Powerhouse are on a nine game UCL winning streak, outscoring their opponents by an average of 3.44 goals across that trip!
Bayern’s success this season has been driven by their Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, who has scored 14 goals in the UCL this campaign, three shy of C. Ronaldo’s all-time record.
Hans-Dieter Flick’s side has opened the scoring within the first 15 minutes across four of their last five UCL matches, if they manage to do so again here then expect this match to be blown wide open.
Best Betting Plays:
Bayern Munich (-3) $4.20
Over 4.5 Goals $2.88
Lewandowski to Score 2+ Goals $2.63
SGM: $8.85