On Tuesday, February 11, as part of the first match of the 1/16 finals of the Champions League, French "Brest" and "PSG" will meet, Andriy Lunin's Madrid "Real" will compete with "Manchester City", "Borussia" will visit "Sporting", and "PSV" will measure forces with "Juventus". UNN tells about the first matches of the Champions League, who is the favorite of the confrontations, and where to watch the matches.
French derby
In the first match of the 1/16 Champions League, French teams will meet - "Brest" and "Paris Saint-Germain". The match, which starts at 19:45, will take place at the "Stade de Roudourou" in Guingamp.
"Brest" and "PSG" this season met twice in Ligue 1. In September, in the 4th round of the French championship, the "Parisians" celebrated a victory - 3:1, losing during the match, and in February, "PSG" crushed "Brest" away - 5:2.
In the upcoming match, the "Parisians" will not be helped by the main midfielder Warren Zaïre-Emery, who is recovering from an ankle injury. "PSG" also lost several key players, including Marco Asensio, who was loaned to "Aston Villa", and Randal Kolo Muani, who was loaned to "Juventus". The main central defender Milan Škriniar also left the team, being loaned to "Fenerbahçe". In addition, midfielder Xavi Simons moved to "RB Leipzig" for 50 million euros.
However, it is worth recalling that "PSG" strengthened in the winter transfer window with the Georgian from "Napoli" Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who has already managed to score for the new team and provide an assist.
At the same time, "Brest", which lost to Donetsk "Shakhtar" in the current Champions League draw, will not be helped by defender Bradley Locko and midfielder Jonas Martin, who have been in the team's infirmary for a long time.
Bookmakers give a confident victory to "PSG" - 1.4. You can bet on "Brest" to win with odds of 7.3, and on a draw - 5.1.
For the ninth time in the last 5 years
In the second match on Saturday at 22:00, Madrid "Real", for which Ukrainian goalkeeper Andriy Lunin plays, will visit the Etihad Stadium to face "Manchester City".
The last time the teams met was in April last year in the 1/4 Champions League. Then in the first match the teams played a fighting draw - 3:3, and in the return match the game went to post-match penalties (1:1), where thanks to two saves by Andriy Lunin, the "creamy" proved stronger than the "citizens".
In total, the teams have met 8 times in the last 5 years. Madrid "Real" is currently leading La Liga, being in first place, which cannot be said about Guardiola's wards, who are in 5th place and are slowly recovering after a series of failures.
In the last round, "Real" drew 1:1 in the Madrid derby against "Atletico", and "Man City" won a comeback victory against "Leyton Orient", a team from the 3rd division of England.
"Manchester City" strengthened in the winter offseason with Omar Marmoush for 75 million euros and Abdukadır Husanov for 40 million euros.
In the upcoming match, "Manchester City" will not be helped by winger Jérémy Doku, midfielder Rodri, and Vitor Reis, who was bought from Palmeiras in winter for 37 million euros. At the same time, defenders David Alaba, Dani Carvajal, Éder Militão, Antonio Rüdiger, and winger Lucas will not play for "Real".
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Bookmakers do not have a clear winner of the confrontation, giving almost equal chances. The odds for "Real" to win are 2.9, and for "Manchester City" - 2.3. A draw is estimated at 3.7.
"Borussia" with a new coach will try to spoil "Sporting's" mood
The third match will take place at the "Estádio José Alvalade", where Dortmund "Borussia" led by new coach Niko Kovač will visit local "Sporting". The last time the teams met was in 2021 in the group stage of the Champions League.
Then the teams celebrated one victory each. In the first match, "Borussia" minimally beat the Portuguese at home - 1:0, and in the return match, "Sporting" proved stronger - 3:1.
"Borussia" is currently in 11th place in the table, having lost to "Stuttgart" in the last round - 2:1. At the same time, "Sporting", having drawn with "Porto" - 1:1, continues to lead the Portuguese championship.
In the upcoming match, "Borussia" will not be helped by left-back Ramy Bensebaini and midfielder Felix Nmecha, who are recovering from injuries. For "Sporting", forwards Geny Catamo and Nuno Santos, as well as midfielder Morten Hjulmand, will not play in this match.
Bookmakers give a slight advantage to "Sporting" with odds of 2.3. You can bet on "Borussia" to win with odds of 3.05, and on a draw - 3.6.
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"PSV" will again measure forces with "Juventus"
In another match on Tuesday at the "Allianz Stadium" in Turin, local "Juventus" and Dutch "PSV" will meet. The teams have already played against each other this season. In the first round of the Champions League, the "zebras" proved stronger than "PSV" - 3:1.
"Juventus" is currently in 5th place in Serie A, having beaten "Como" 2:1 in the last round, and "PSV" shares first place with "Ajax", having 51 points each.
As already mentioned, "Juventus" strengthened with Kolo Muani, who scored 5 goals in 5 matches for the new team. At the same time, "PSV" lost several of its players, signing Tyrell Malacia from "Manchester United".
Before the match, both teams were missing several key players. In particular, Bremer, Kalulu, Juan Cabal, Andrea Cambiaso, and Arkadiusz Milik will not play for the "Old Lady" in this match.
"PSV" will not be helped by Olivier Boscagli, Sergiño Dest, Fode Fofana, Richard Ledezma, Ricardo Pepi, and Malik Tillman.
Bookmakers give a confident victory to "Juventus". You can bet on the "zebras" to win with odds of 1.9, and on "PSV" to win - 4.1. On a draw - 3.5.
Live broadcasts of the matches will be shown by the Megogo service.
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