This tie is finely poised with Feyenoord only having a 1-goal advantage heading into the second leg. The first leg was nervy and neither side fully committed to the attacking part of the game knowing that a second 90 minutes was only a week away. This should change in the second leg with a goal for either of these sides opening up the contest.

Feyenoord have seen BTTS in 6 of their 9 Champions League games this season, Pascal Bosschaart’s side are quite unpredictable with a surprise change of manager at this crucial period of the season but their Champions League record suggests that their games usually see goals at both ends. They will do well to walk away with another clean sheet from this game but are aided by the fact that at some point Milan will have to go for the jugular which will leave space for the Eredivisie side to exploit on the counter.

Milan had the better of the chances in the first leg with 6 shots on target to Feyenoord’s 2 attempts on goal but only managed to generate an xG of 0.57, suggesting that Feyenoord were quite effective in limiting their clear cut opportunities in front of goal.

The Dutch side may find that task more difficult here, AC Milan have scored 7 goals across their 4 home games in the Champions League this season, winning 3 of these encounters but not without conceding 5 goals themselves setting up what should be another even tie with goals at both ends, especially after the first 1 goes in.

Celtic have seen at least 4 corners in each of their 9 Champions League games this season, Brendan Rodgers’ side have leaned on set pieces to make up for the scarcity of chances they are able to generate from open play against Europe’s elite.

The Scottish giants racked up 7 corners in the first leg meeting between the sides, they were very effective in taking advantage of the most obvious weakness in this Bayern Munich side which is in the full back areas. These attacking wide areas are where Celtic are strong, the likes of Nicolas-Gerrit Kuhn, Daizen Maeda and Jota all got joy against their opposite full backs and can test them again here to raise the Celtic corner count.

A trip to the Allianz will be daunting and Celtic aren’t likely to have much of the ball. However, Celtic have managed over this line in each of their 4 Champions League away assignments this season which has included trips to Dortmund, Atalanta and Aston Villa which shows that Celtic are still able to stay consistent in the corner department despite the disparity in quality between them and the elite sides in the Champions League.

Atalanta enter the second leg needing a goal to get back into the tie, Club Brugge’s win over Gian Piero Gaspariani’s side was 1 of the surprise last week with both sides qualifying from opposite ends of the Champions League table.

That being said, Atalanta can still be backed with confidence to navigate their way through this testing tie. Only a 95th minute penalty for Club Brugge saw Atalanta leave Belgium with a 1-goal deficit to overturn but they were otherwise quite competitive in what was quite an even affair.

This tie has the potential to go the distance looking over the metrics that have come out of the first leg, Club Brugge can be a stubborn and dogged side as they showed in their last League Phase game against Manchester City, but Atalanta have the firepower at their disposal to break their resolve and ensure progression to the next round of the Champions League.