UEFA Champions League 2018-2019

[Harkorede]

I might be wrong, but I have feeling Ajax will qualify at the expense of Juventus, while Barcelona will also advance to the next stage.
Man City will overturn the 1 nil loss at the first leg too, and will face Ajax in the semi finals.

My predictions of teams to qualify.
Ajax
Barcelona
Liverpool
Man City

[kenzawak]

I might be wrong, but I have feeling Ajax will qualify at the expense of Juventus, while Barcelona will also advance to the next stage.
Man City will overturn the 1 nil loss at the first leg too, and will face Ajax in the semi finals.

My predictions of teams to qualify.
Ajax
Barcelona
Liverpool
Man City

I like that.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

I might be wrong, but I have feeling Ajax will qualify at the expense of Juventus, while Barcelona will also advance to the next stage.
Man City will overturn the 1 nil loss at the first leg too, and will face Ajax in the semi finals.

My predictions of teams to qualify.
Ajax
Barcelona
Liverpool
Man City

I like that.

If Ajax quality then this will be a big upset for Juventus. The way they (Ajax) played last night they may get it if the skill and luck favours them. But I tell you what, no matter who come against Liverpool, they will overcome it. I see a good team spirit in LFC team.

[Bdstar]

I might be wrong, but I have feeling Ajax will qualify at the expense of Juventus, while Barcelona will also advance to the next stage.
Man City will overturn the 1 nil loss at the first leg too, and will face Ajax in the semi finals.

My predictions of teams to qualify.
Ajax
Barcelona
Liverpool
Man City

Ajax played well last night.A team of youngsters but I think experience does matter a lot in UCL.So, I still believe in Ronlado, he can take Juventus to Semi final.And I agree that, Barcelona will qualify for the semi.But I still have doubt on Man City, they played bad against Spurs on first leg.Second leg is thier last chance, let's see What happens!                 

[kenzawak]

But I still have doubt on Man City, they played bad against Spurs on first leg.Second leg is thier last chance, let's see What happens!                

I don't think they played their best 11 yesterday. I believe they'll go through.

[Harkorede]

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I might be wrong, but I have feeling Ajax will qualify at the expense of Juventus, while Barcelona will also advance to the next stage.
Man City will overturn the 1 nil loss at the first leg too, and will face Ajax in the semi finals.

My predictions of teams to qualify.
Ajax
Barcelona
Liverpool
Man City

Ajax played well last night.A team of youngsters but I think experience does matter a lot in UCL.So, I still believe in Ronlado, he can take Juventus to Semi final.And I agree that, Barcelona will qualify for the semi.But I still have doubt on Man City, they played bad against Spurs on first leg.Second leg is thier last chance, let's see What happens!                

Experience indeed does matter a lot, but you don't think Real Madrid or Bayern Munich have the same experience as Juventus in the champions league if not more, do you ? Ajax have outplayed both these teams, I'm definitely not going to be surprised if they make it through as I find it even more probable.

[Naida_BR]

I might be wrong, but I have feeling Ajax will qualify at the expense of Juventus, while Barcelona will also advance to the next stage.
Man City will overturn the 1 nil loss at the first leg too, and will face Ajax in the semi finals.

My predictions of teams to qualify.
Ajax
Barcelona
Liverpool
Man City

I like Ajax's football and I think that they deserve to pass through the semi-finals but I would be sad to see Ronaldo kicked out.
The reason for wanting Juve at the semi-finals is to expect a draw of Barca- Juve and a clash of Ronaldo - Messi again. It will be an amazing series of matches to see and I think that we will see great performances for both guys.

[Pmalek]

Ajax will be without Tagliafico on the left wing for the return leg. He got a yellow card and is suspended for the 2nd match. Lasse Schone limped off because of an injury, I don't know how serious that is. Ajax is also still fighting with PSV for the league title so they can't afford to play badly in the league meaning they have to filed a strong lineup during the weekend. Juventus on the other hand has an 18 points advantage in the league and will be playing SPAL. At least 7 starters will be rested during that match and that could end up being the advantage the Juve needs to qualify for the next round. 

[Pab]

Kane is out until  rest of the season
it is official bad luck for Spurs
Personally my dream final was Juve-Ajax 
Now Ajax-Barca  Ajax win 4-3

[DeathAngel]

I might be wrong, but I have feeling Ajax will qualify at the expense of Juventus, while Barcelona will also advance to the next stage.
Man City will overturn the 1 nil loss at the first leg too, and will face Ajax in the semi finals.

My predictions of teams to qualify.
Ajax
Barcelona
Liverpool
Man City

I like Ajax's football and I think that they deserve to pass through the semi-finals but I would be sad to see Ronaldo kicked out.
The reason for wanting Juve at the semi-finals is to expect a draw of Barca- Juve and a clash of Ronaldo - Messi again. It will be an amazing series of matches to see and I think that we will see great performances for both guys.

Barca can’t meet Juve until a potential final.

The semi final is as follows -

Ajax/Juve vs City/Spurs
Barca/Man U vs Liverpool/Porto

[Sutters Mill]

I think Tottenham will struggle on the reverse fixture, especially with Captain Kane out now. I would rather them win but I think City will be too strong at home. Interestingly enough they'll both be playing each other a few days later in the Premier League. That will be a very interesting game as one team will surely want retribution for being knocked out whatever happens.

And both fixtures are at home.  So at least City got that going for them...  It's gonna take a whole lot from it's players and the staff to win the league imo, since there's the FA Cup final and they're still in the CL.

No offense to Liverpool fans, but them winning the league kinda feels like it's gonna fall on their lap cos of City's fixtures.

City definitely have the easiest of fixtures but Liverpool are still a game in front and can't afford to slip up. It's probably going to come down to whoever loses one game now and it'll probably be all over for them if they do.

Ajax will be without Tagliafico on the left wing for the return leg. He got a yellow card and is suspended for the 2nd match. Lasse Schone limped off because of an injury, I don't know how serious that is. Ajax is also still fighting with PSV for the league title so they can't afford to play badly in the league meaning they have to filed a strong lineup during the weekend. Juventus on the other hand has an 18 points advantage in the league and will be playing SPAL. At least 7 starters will be rested during that match and that could end up being the advantage the Juve needs to qualify for the next round. 

I think it would be very unwise of Juve to sit back and think they've got this in the bag. Ajax could be the dark horse of the tournament. They turned over Real Madrid away and I think RM seriously underestimated them having a 2-1 advantage from the first leg and two away goals and it cost them in the end. Real Madrid might not be the team they were the last few tournaments but all they were really missing was Ronaldo and Zidane. I think Real probably will win at home but they certainly should'nt take their foot off the gas and assume this will be a walk-over.

[Cloudbet]

Kane is out until  rest of the season
it is official bad luck for Spurs
Personally my dream final was Juve-Ajax  
Now Ajax-Barca  Ajax win 4-3

I was interested in how Kane's absence was going to affect Spur's odds going forward, and weirdly Tottenham have a higher win percentage when Kane isn't playing (although the sample size is much smaller):

With Kane:

- 39 Games
- 61.5% win percentage
- 1.9 average goals scored

Without Kane:

- 8 Games
- 66.7% win percentage
- 1.9 goals scored

(Stats from this article)

So weirdly they tend to score the same amount whether Kane is there or not, and actually his absence might not affect the team as much as I first thought. Maybe because it gives Son more freedom to roam?

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

By the way, is anyone noticing that we are not seeing many goals in this round like the last round?

There are fewer teams but the first leg of the RO16 had less goals (18) than the 2nd leg (34). We'll probably see more goals next week.

I do notice this in several occasions in other leagues too. I too expecting more goals in the 2nd leg and I am thinking to place few bets of over/under goals.

In the last round we seen over 2.5 goals in all matches I think.

[DeathAngel]

Kane is out until  rest of the season
it is official bad luck for Spurs
Personally my dream final was Juve-Ajax  
Now Ajax-Barca  Ajax win 4-3

I was interested in how Kane's absence was going to affect Spur's odds going forward, and weirdly Tottenham have a higher win percentage when Kane isn't playing (although the sample size is much smaller):

With Kane:

- 39 Games
- 61.5% win percentage
- 1.9 average goals scored

Without Kane:

- 8 Games
- 66.7% win percentage
- 1.9 goals scored

(Stats from this article)

So weirdly they tend to score the same amount whether Kane is there or not, and actually his absence might not affect the team as much as I first thought. Maybe because it gives Son more freedom to roam?

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

I think other players take more responsibility & maybe work harder on the pitch without Kane.
Son is a very good player & he doesn’t start a lot when Kane does.

[StarofBTC]

I think it is really shocking how this champions league leg ended, sportsbooks must be super excited about it. First tottenham beat City which was totally unexpected (without Kane I doubt they can keep up and will eventually get knocked out) and now Ajax getting a tie from Juventus which is again incredibly unexpected. I mean looking at the scores I bet there was millions even maybe billions of dollars lost from gamblers all around the world thanks to this leg.

If the second leg gets even weirder and somehow teams that didn't suppose to win (according to the odds at least) move than the outrights will get destroyed as well, plenty of people bet on City and Juventus to win it all as well, if they somehow fail to even go beyond this they will lose those bets too. I think the second leg will have no surprises but we have to wait and see.

[bestcoins1]

I think it is really shocking how this champions league leg ended, sportsbooks must be super excited about it. First tottenham beat City which was totally unexpected (without Kane I doubt they can keep up and will eventually get knocked out) and now Ajax getting a tie from Juventus which is again incredibly unexpected. I mean looking at the scores I bet there was millions even maybe billions of dollars lost from gamblers all around the world thanks to this leg.

If the second leg gets even weirder and somehow teams that didn't suppose to win (according to the odds at least) move than the outrights will get destroyed as well, plenty of people bet on City and Juventus to win it all as well, if they somehow fail to even go beyond this they will lose those bets too. I think the second leg will have no surprises but we have to wait and see.

Yes, indeed there were many surprises in the first leg, but it was common because the team entering this stage was a strong team
I'm pretty sure there will be another surprise in the second leg especially in the match Juventus vs ajax

[Harkorede]

Kane is out until  rest of the season

That's indeed a big blow for them, At the time of the season where he's expertise will be needed the most. Although, I'm expecting Man City to the tie over and qualify for the semi finals, but I do believe Kane will be needed for Tottenham's bid for a top four finish this season.

[examplens]

Kane is out until  rest of the season
it is official bad luck for Spurs
Personally my dream final was Juve-Ajax  
Now Ajax-Barca  Ajax win 4-3

I was interested in how Kane's absence was going to affect Spur's odds going forward, and weirdly Tottenham have a higher win percentage when Kane isn't playing (although the sample size is much smaller):

With Kane:

- 39 Games
- 61.5% win percentage
- 1.9 average goals scored

Without Kane:

- 8 Games
- 66.7% win percentage
- 1.9 goals scored

(Stats from this article)

So weirdly they tend to score the same amount whether Kane is there or not, and actually his absence might not affect the team as much as I first thought. Maybe because it gives Son more freedom to roam?

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

thanks for this stats. I think Son is more important than Kane at this moment. he gave some very important scores while last Kane injury.

[Harkorede]

Kane is out until  rest of the season
it is official bad luck for Spurs
Personally my dream final was Juve-Ajax  
Now Ajax-Barca  Ajax win 4-3

I was interested in how Kane's absence was going to affect Spur's odds going forward, and weirdly Tottenham have a higher win percentage when Kane isn't playing (although the sample size is much smaller):

With Kane:

- 39 Games
- 61.5% win percentage
- 1.9 average goals scored

Without Kane:

- 8 Games
- 66.7% win percentage
- 1.9 goals scored

(Stats from this article)

So weirdly they tend to score the same amount whether Kane is there or not, and actually his absence might not affect the team as much as I first thought. Maybe because it gives Son more freedom to roam?

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

thanks for this stats. I think Son is more important than Kane at this moment. he gave some very important scores while last Kane injury.

It's an undeniable fact that Son is in a better form than Harry Kane, but going by the stats I think 39 games with Kane @ 61.5% is very impressive. It could have been possible to have an easy run of fixtures between eight games, but there's definitely no way of avoiding a relatively high number of tough games over 39 matches.

[Pmalek]

Ajax will be without Tagliafico on the left wing for the return leg. He got a yellow card and is suspended for the 2nd match. Lasse Schone limped off because of an injury, I don't know how serious that is. Ajax is also still fighting with PSV for the league title so they can't afford to play badly in the league meaning they have to filed a strong lineup during the weekend. Juventus on the other hand has an 18 points advantage in the league and will be playing SPAL. At least 7 starters will be rested during that match and that could end up being the advantage the Juve needs to qualify for the next round. 

I think it would be very unwise of Juve to sit back and think they've got this in the bag. Ajax could be the dark horse of the tournament. They turned over Real Madrid away and I think RM seriously underestimated them having a 2-1 advantage from the first leg and two away goals and it cost them in the end. Real Madrid might not be the team they were the last few tournaments but all they were really missing was Ronaldo and Zidane. I think Real probably will win at home but they certainly should'nt take their foot off the gas and assume this will be a walk-over.

My initial prediction was correct. Juventus will be resting many first team starters for tomorrows league match so they can be 100% fit for the return leg VS Ajax.
Take a look at the called up players VS SPAL that features some U21 players as well:

1. Szczesny 2. De Sciglio 6. Khedira 10. Dybala 12. Alex Sandro 15. Barzagli 16. Cuadrado 18. Kean 19. Bonucci 20. Cancelo 21. Pinsoglio 22. Perin 30. Bentancur 33. Bernardeschi 37. Spinazzola 38. Coccolo 39. Kastanos 40. Mavididi 41. Nicolussi Caviglia 43. Gozzi

Source:
https://www.juventus.com/en/news/news/2019/squad-list-for-ferrara.php