Champions League matchday 4 preview: Can Haaland score again?

The world’s greatest conflict once more for an additional week of Champions League soccer, and because the group stage progresses, factors have gotten an increasing number of priceless. Who has the power to assert them earlier than it’s too late?

We preview three key ties from matchday 4.

Copenhagen v Man Metropolis

Up to now, it has been a simple Champions League marketing campaign for Pep Guardiola and his males, who’ve cruised to a few straight wins and solely conceded as soon as. It hasn’t been fairly as easy for final season’s English champions within the Premier League, however they’re title contenders as all the time and look to have one of many strongest groups in world soccer for an additional yr working.

Effectively-fancied to go all the way in which in Europe’s premier soccer competitors this yr, Metropolis will hope to proceed their ahead momentum with one other snug win right here and at 1/8 to take action, solely the bravest of souls will probably be betting in opposition to Erling Haaland and co.

Talking of the serial goalscorer, Haaland has continued his unbelievable scoring run and is unsurprisingly solely 5/1 to bag a hat-trick, one thing that has turn into a well-known sight this season. Terrorising defences for enjoyable, it is going to be unlikely that he doesn’t web not less than as soon as (2/7), and even when he does hit a nasty patch after his unimaginable streak, he’ll little doubt have an effect on the sport in a method or one other.

It’s 7/5 that Man Metropolis win, over three objectives are scored within the match, and Erling Haaland will get on the scoresheet.

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Rangers v Liverpool

It has been a tricky begin for Liverpool this season, who’ve proven little indicators of manufacturing their highest stage within the Premier and Champions League. It’s possible that the incredible performances they displayed throughout 4 competitions in 2021/22 have come again to hang-out them and left the gamers overworked and barely burnt out.

Regardless of their difficulties, the Reds are all the time a menace and are nonetheless the 4/11 favourites to win in opposition to a robust Rangers group that created good probabilities within the reverse fixture. At 8/11, for each groups to attain, we might be in for an thrilling one and with each groups in want of the factors, anticipate it to be hotly contested.

Rangers, who will undoubtedly battle on the mercy of Roberto Firmino and Darwin Nunez, who mixed successfully in opposition to Arsenal on the weekend, are an extended shot at 17/2 to maintain a clear sheet, one thing that Liverpool have additionally been struggling to do. Summing up Liverpool’s season, Jurgen Klopp’s males are 6/5 to keep away from conceding themselves however are 29/10 to attain 4 or extra objectives.

Barcelona v Inter Milan

The Barcelona revolution has proven indicators of development, however each time it appears to be like to get the wheels turning once more, it’s halted by a disappointing outcome.

Barca misplaced 1-0 within the reverse of this fixture with a below-par efficiency that noticed them fail to convincingly threaten the Inter Milan defence whereas lapses in focus on the crucial moments of an Inter assault produced the match-winning aim.

Although they performed properly all through the sport, there appeared to be one thing lacking; somebody making a spark, carrying the ball ahead and bringing attacking teammates into the sport – a sure identify springs to thoughts.

Barcelona have baggage of high quality of their present group and can anticipate to win this fixture because the 4/9 favourites, although, as proven in very current historical past, the specter of the 2020/21 Italian champions can’t be understated.

Inter are 6/1 to take one other victory, and it’s 4/5 that each groups will rating. Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez will probably be Inter’s most important threats to the Barca aim at 14/5 and 10/3 to attain at any time, respectively. Nonetheless it’s Robert Lewandowski, one of many shining lights of Barcelona’s season up to now, that’s the favorite to web first at 2/1.

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