UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season

[babo]

Atalanta's performance in the Champion's League so far has been commendable, especially considering they are the defending Europa League champions. Their chances of advancing to the last 16 are indeed promising, given they need to face only Arsenal, Real Madrid, and Barcelona, and they have already secured a point against Arsenal.

True, all true, but how much did Atalanta spend? Very little. I believe it is one of the few teams that has spent nothing or almost nothing as it develops players in its spring.
It's clear now that facing Real Madrid (faced) and Barcelona are very difficult challenges, never mind. We will do better next season.

[len01]

AC Milan have an opportunity to get their first win of their Champions League campaign this season when they face Bayern Leverkusen next, hopefully they can get redemption for their lose to Liverpool in their first fixture to move up the table or else face difficult getting points to secure their promotion to the next stage of the tournament.

For now it is too risky to believe in betting on Milan victory because the inconsistent performance is slightly weakening making our bet lose. As we can see at that time you can see Milan unimpressive performance when playing against Liverpool and on the one hand Leverkusen currently has a very strong defense and always has a defensive strategy when they can't beat their opponents.
So it would be better for me to bet on other options such as BTTS or over 3.

Possibly before the match starts I dare to take the risk on Leverkusen victory -1.

[mamesso]

For now it is too risky to believe in betting on Milan victory because the inconsistent performance is slightly weakening making our bet lose. As we can see at that time you can see Milan unimpressive performance when playing against Liverpool and on the one hand Leverkusen currently has a very strong defense and always has a defensive strategy when they can't beat their opponents.
So it would be better for me to bet on other options such as BTTS or over 3.

There is no reason to bet on a Milan win even though they just managed to pick up an important win at Inter headquarters. Milan's chances of winning are very small, maybe 5.00. The defeat from Liverpool in the first match can illustrate that Milan performance is still inconsistent. They have also only managed to win 2 of the last 5 games. But before this match starts, Milan will face Lecce at San Siro and Leverkusen will visit Bayern Munich headquarters.

Possibly before the match starts I dare to take the risk on Leverkusen victory -1.

This match will take place at BayArena which is Leverkusen pride stadium, of course Xabi Alonso will not waste the opportunity to get three points in front of his supporters.

[fadhilz123]

Atalanta's performance in the Champion's League so far has been commendable, especially considering they are the defending Europa League champions. Their chances of advancing to the last 16 are indeed promising, given they need to face only Arsenal, Real Madrid, and Barcelona, and they have already secured a point against Arsenal.

There are still many opportunities for Atalanta to advance to the last 16 because there are still seven more matches to gain points before going to the next round and of the seven matches that Atalanta will face, the toughest are probably only when they face Real Madrid and Barcelona. In addition, there are no opponents who can make it difficult for Atalanta to get full points in this round because apart from Barcelona and Real Madrid, I think the other five teams that Atalanta will face are fairly easy teams for them.

[Velvet78]

Next week we continue with the second week games after a break. There are some really interesting games are waiting for us. 

Like Arsenal - PSG and Leverkusen - Milan on Tuesday. Arsenal really couldn't make the kind of a start they would like. They could have even lost to Atalanta if it weren't for David Raya's great saves. PSG also struggled to get ahead against Girona but still won. Considering the odds below, I wasn't expecting the gap to be this big. Bookmakers underestimate PSG a little, don't you think? I even think PSG won't lose so I would rather double chance @2.05.



When it comes to the other game, Leverkusen are highly favoured which is no surprise. Milan are really not trustworthy at all to me. They didn't start well with Fonseca but that win in the Milano derby recently could motivate them more. But I still don't think they can resist Xabi Alonso's students. My choice would be Leverkusen win @1.63. 

[mammusu]

Atalanta's performance in the Champion's League so far has been commendable, especially considering they are the defending Europa League champions. Their chances of advancing to the last 16 are indeed promising, given they need to face only Arsenal, Real Madrid, and Barcelona, and they have already secured a point against Arsenal.

ThereSuccessfully holding Arsenal to a draw in the first match of the Champions League certainly opens their hopes to qualify for the round of 16 playoffs wide open this season, especially since they will only face Madrid and Barcelona who are classified as strong teams at the moment, while the rest they will face opponents who can be said to have a balanced strength and quality with Atalanta,  As a team that won the Europa League last season, of course Atalanta has greater motivation to be able to compete for the UCL champion and obviously it will provide high motivation for them, but even so the challenge in the Champions League is certainly not easy and their is required to be able to continue to be consistent in maintaining performance in every match they have, because it will be key for Atalanta to go further in the UCL this season.

[shinratensei_]

Next week we continue with the second week games after a break. There are some really interesting games are waiting for us. 

Like Arsenal - PSG and Leverkusen - Milan on Tuesday. Arsenal really couldn't make the kind of a start they would like. They could have even lost to Atalanta if it weren't for David Raya's great saves. PSG also struggled to get ahead against Girona but still won. Considering the odds below, I wasn't expecting the gap to be this big. Bookmakers underestimate PSG a little, don't you think? I even think PSG won't lose so I would rather double chance @2.05.

I don't think bookmakers were really underestimating PSG. I think it's very fair odds for PSG considering the fact that their opponent is still in its best form. It's gonna be difficult for them to beat their opponent in an away game. Their opponent is as good as Manchester City. I have no reason to think the bookmakers are underestimating them, given the gap.

But let's see it from their odds movement. Their odds dropped from 5.60 to 4.60. They can go lower as the game nears. This means bookmakers are confident that they can steal points from their opponent.

[fullhdpixel]

How come Arsenal failed to secure the signature of Gyökeres from Sporting in the summer, could it be his transfer fee was too expensive or was the player was not ready to leave Sporting at the time because Arsenal showed serious interest in getting Gyokeres signed to the club. Maybe in January they could try again, I doubt they have moved on from the deal. I would like to see him come to the premier league in January, Gyökeres has some amazing stats in Sporting, I’d like to see him replicate that in the premier league.

It's true that Gyokeres could be perfect for Arsenal, and to be fair Arsenal also could be great for Gyokeres as well, would fit so great. He did play at EPL before but he wasn't great, he had a great three season (well two before this and now third season now) so he looks good, but that dude wasn't good at championship for a few years, meaning that he failed to score a lot, he was "one goal per 200 minutes" type of striker, which I do not feel like is a good number. Now he looks like he is much better, but is it because he fits the team better or if he is a better player.

If Arsenal spends a lot of money, he comes there, and becomes a "one goal per 200 minutes" player yet again, then we are going to end up with a lot of trouble later on. It would be money wasted yet again.

[Dzwaafu11]

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Celtic performance in first game of this season in UEFA Champions League were amazing because no one were expecting result like this while Slovan Bratislava is also good team and having top spot in Slovakian League, but things were completely surprising in this first game of Champions League with Celtic were dominating from the start and until end we are having 5 goals from them which is amazing stuff now they are having next game against Dortmund which is also at his prime with having good result against Club Brugge now next game is going to be challenging for the Celtic as they can keep momentum, or we will have easy win for the Dortmund.

Stuttgart is also not bad at all even they lost against Real Madrid, but we can expect good performance from them in coming matches as they are having good fight back against Dortmund in Bundesliga game and now next game they are going to play at home against Sparta Prague which is going to be interesting with Stuttgart is heavy favourite for the win in this game.

You are right. Celtic performance is good in the Champions League, and we should be expecting a good result from them in their coming I don’t underrate Celtic in anyway because I know what they can be capable of doing, which is why I said we should underrate them. However, Celtic against Dortmund, I will still give Celtic a chance of winning the game because, judging from their previous performances, it can be denied that they are doing well. Dortmund are not showing that good result that Celtic are currently bringing out, which is why I’m curious if they can win Celtic. 

As of Stuttgart against Real Madrid, we all know how good Real Madrid is, and they can’t even play Real Madrid talkless of winning them, so I don’t think everybody expects winning from them against Real Madrid. But still, Stuttgart is also good; they are performing well. 

[X-ray]

Atalanta's performance in the Champion's League so far has been commendable, especially considering they are the defending Europa League champions. Their chances of advancing to the last 16 are indeed promising, given they need to face only Arsenal, Real Madrid, and Barcelona, and they have already secured a point against Arsenal.

There are still many opportunities for Atalanta to advance to the last 16 because there are still seven more matches to gain points before going to the next round and of the seven matches that Atalanta will face, the toughest are probably only when they face Real Madrid and Barcelona. In addition, there are no opponents who can make it difficult for Atalanta to get full points in this round because apart from Barcelona and Real Madrid, I think the other five teams that Atalanta will face are fairly easy teams for them.

Atalanta's opponents

Real Madrid (Spain),
Arsenal (England), Draw
Celtic (Scotland)
Sturm Graz (Austria) at home,
Barcelona (Spain),
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine),
Young Boys (Switzerland) 
Stuttgart (Germany) away.

You're right that Atalanta's toughest opponents will be Real Madrid and Barcelona. They will miss three points against these clubs.

But it's hard to call the rest of their opponents easy to beat. They still have to play a German club (Stuttgart) and a Scandinavian club (YB). Both are hard-to-beat teams. And i expect them to potentially miss points in these matches, too.

And i don't mind with the rest of their opponent, but Celtic may give them trouble.