Tuesday’s Champions League Treble Tips

Feyenoord and Atletico will clash in Rotterdam on Tuesday night.

Feyenoord are still in the mix to progress to the last sixteen of this competition, currently one point behind second-place Lazio. Feyenoord have won two of their four games, having beaten both Lazio and Celtic. Goals have been plentiful in games involving the hosts, with Feyenoord scoring seven and conceding five.

Forward Santiago Gomez is Feyenoord’s top scorer in both the league and this competition. The Mexican striker has scored eighteen goals in fifteen appearances across the two competitions. The hosts have only kept a clean sheet on one occasion in the Champions League so far.

Atletico currently lead Group E, and are unbeaten across all of their four games. Atletico’s games have seen a total of seventeen goals, with the hosts scoring freely. Atletico have scored an average of three goals per game, with the in-form Alvaro Morata and Antoine Griezmann scoring nine goals between them. Atletico’s defensive record has been slightly out of character, with the hosts conceding in three of their four games, highlighting potential instability at the back.

When the sides met in Madrid, Atletico won 3-2. Both sides have shown their defensive frailties at times in this competition, as well as their capabilities going forward. Expect goals here.

Last season’s Champions League winners Man City will welcome Leipzig to the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night.

It has been well over a year since City last lost in this competition. Pep Guardiola’s men have been in fine form this campaign, winning all of their opening four games. City have scored freely, finding the net twelve times already. Nine of these goals have been shared by Erling Haaland, Julian Alvarez and Phil Foden. City have kept things tight defensively, only conceding three goals in total.

Leipzig are underperforming in the Bundesliga, currently finding themselves in fifth place. They sit in second place in Group G, eight points clear of the two teams below them. However, their only real test came when they hosted City at the Red Bull Arena, a game which they lost by a two-goal margin. Leipzig have struggled at the back at times in this competition, failing to keep a clean sheet in any of their four games.

Both sides have already secured their places in the knockout stages; however, both will be hoping to finish top of the group. Despite their closeness in terms of points, there is a clear difference in quality between the two sides, with City being the more superior of the two. The hosts got the better of Leipzig in their last meeting, and with the home advantage, things should be even easier for City this time around.

Young Boys and Red Star will meet in Switzerland on Tuesday night, and both sides will be confident of being amongst the goals in this one.

Where Young Boys go, goals seem to follow. In the Swiss Super League, the fourteen games involving Young Boys have seen a total of forty-seven goals, averaging over three goals per game.

Young Boys have scored thirty-two in the league, with forwards Jean-Pierre Nsame, Meschack Elia, Cedric Itten and Joel Monteiro netting nineteen goals collectively. The hosts have scored four in the Champions League, only failing to score when they visited Man City. Elia and Itten have scored three goals between them in this competition. Young Boys have shown vulnerability at the back, conceding eleven goals already.

Red Star’s league games have been packed with goals, with the hosts scoring thirty-nine and conceding seventeen. Jean-Phillipe Krasso and Osman Bukari have been threatening going forward, amassing seventeen goal contributions between them. Bukari has performed well in the Champions League, scoring twice and assisting once in three starts.

Red Star’s defensive record is not much better than that of Young Boys, having conceded ten goals. The visitors are without a clean sheet in this competition so far.

Both teams have scored in five of Young Boys’ last seven games and in all of Red Star’s last eight. When the sides met in Serbia, the pair drew 2-2. Goals should fly in at both ends.