The Champions League returns in midweek, with no fewer than 18 matches to look forward to across Tuesday and Wednesday.
There are some real heavyweight battles on Matchday Two of the League Stage, as the teams start to get to grips with the new format.
On Tuesday, the standout fixtures see Arsenal face Paris Saint Germain and Bayer Leverkusen play host to AC Milan.
Meanwhile, Aston Villa against Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig versus Juventus catch the eye on this Wednesday’s schedule.
We have selected five matches and five bets to consider for Europe’s top club competition.
- BAYER LEVERKUSEN TO BEAT AC MILAN
- ARSENAL V PSG - ARSENAL TO WIN AND BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE
- BORUSSIA DORTMUND V CELTIC - OVER 3.5 GOALS
- ASTON VILLA V BAYERN MUNICH - DRAW
- RB LEIPZIG V JUVENTUS - UNDER 2.5 GOALS
Bet On The Champions League
Bayer Leverkusen vs AC Milan
The BayArena is the venue on Tuesday for Bayer Leverkusen v AC Milan - two teams who had contrasting fortunes in the first round of matches.
German champions Leverkusen started their Champions League campaign with a crushing 4-0 win at Feyenoord, while Milan fell to a 3-1 home defeat against Liverpool, despite taking the lead in that game.
The Italians have bounced back with two Serie A wins, against Inter and Lecce, but they were both at the San Siro and this is an entirely different test for Paulo Fonseca’s men.
Bayer are unbeaten in their last four matches in all competitions - three wins and one draw - and scoring 15 goals during that run of fixtures.
German forward Florian Wirtz has scored three times in their last four games and is one option to consider in the goalscorer markets.
BAYER LEVERKUSEN TO WIN
Arsenal vs PSG
Mikel Arteta’s men have extended their unbeaten run to eight matches in all competitions, after their late win over Leicester on Saturday.
That victory leaves Arsenal in third in the Premier League table and they can now fully focus on picking up their first European victory of the campaign.
A 0-0 draw at Atalanta was a good result on Matchday One, but only if the Gunners can back it up with a home win over a PSG side who don’t look the threat of recent seasons.
Luis Enrique has lost his talisman, Kylian Mbappe, and although PSG sit top of Ligue 1, they struggled in their opening European test.
The French champions needed an injury-time own goal from Paulo Gazzaniga to edge past Bologna at home and they will find it even harder to break down Arsenal.
It is worth noting though that PSG have scored in each of their seven matches this term, while Arteta’s squad have conceded in their last three games.
ARSENAL TO WIN AND BTTS
Borussia Dortmund vs Celtic
If you were picking a match that screams goals in Gameweek Two, it would be the clash at the Westfalenstadion between two attacking teams in Borussia Dortmund and Celtic.
Dortmund have had a mixed start to the season, which has left them sat fifth in the Bundesliga, but they are a real threat going forward.
Nuri Sahin’s men have scored 12 goals in their last four games, including a 3-0 away win at Club Brugge in Gamweek One of the Champions League.
Celtic have a 100% record in all competitions going into Tuesday’s clash, winning nine from nine and scoring 33 goals in the process.
A 5-1 success over Slovan Bratislava will give Brendan Rodgers real hope that his squad can gain something from their trip to Dortmund.
OVER 3.5 GOALS
Aston Villa vs Bayern Munich
Villa Park will host its first Champions League game in over 40 years, when Bayern Munich visit on Wednesday evening.
Unai Emery has managed to take Villa to this level in double quick time and their opening game success at Young Boys suggests they have realistic hopes of qualifying for the next stage.
Bayern is another step up in level though and will give a better indication as to where Villa are amongst Europe’s elite clubs.
The visitors are still being judged under new boss Vincent Kompany, who has limited coaching experience at the very top level.
Kompany may also be without his key attacking weapon, with Harry Kane suffering an ankle injury in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Bayer Leverkusen.
THE DRAW
RB Leipzig vs Juventus
Two evenly matched teams meet at the Red Bull Arena on Wednesday, when RB Leipzig and Juventus do battle.
The hosts lost their opening League Stage encounter, with a 2-1 defeat at Atletico Madrid, thanks to a stoppage-time goal from Jose Maria Gimenez.
Since then, Leipzig have bounded back with four points from two games and kept clean sheets in both Bundesliga matches, although they came against St Pauli and Augsburg - two teams at the bottom end of the table.
Defending has also been key to Juve’s solid start to the season, with the Turin giants conceding just one goal in seven fixtures in all competitions.
That goal came in Gameweek One’s 3-1 home success over PSV Eindhoven, with Thiago Motta expected to make his team incredibly tough to break down on the road.
UNDER 2.5 GOALS
