Wednesday Football: Best bets for Champions League

• Champions League tips for Wednesday

• Chelsea and AC Milan to score

• Man City could run riot again and Haaland to continue scoring

• PSG backed to beat Benfica

• Picks for Juventus and Real Madrid.

Are you looking for some betting tips for the football fixtures of the day? Well, I bring you today's top match predictions and give you my expert betting picks so that you can get ahead of the bookies.

Chelsea v AC Milan: both teams to find the net

Chelsea are yet to register a win in this Champions League campaign and they are 1.74 odds to get their first win at Stamford Bridge. But as I can’t trust them to deliver, my recommended pick is for both teams to score at 1.83 odds.

Manchester City v Copenhagen: City to run riot and Haaland to shine

Man City 1.08 v Copenhagen 50.0, the Draw 17.0

The odd says it all. City are favorite to trample the visitors and we are anticipating a lot of goals and perhaps another hat-trick from Haaland at the Eithad Stadium. You can back the home team to score at least 4 goals (over 3.5) at 1.73. Haaland to score anytime is at 1.30 – a good pick for the accumulator. Some may want to pick haaland to score the first goal at 2.90 or to score over 1.5 (2+) goals at 2.4 odds. De Bruyne to provide an assist at 2.10. There is also Haaland to have over 2.5 (3+) shots on target at 1.77.

Recommended bet: Bet builder – Over 2.5 goals, Manchester City 5+ shots on target, and Copenhagen 2+ cards at 2.00 odds (the bet code is HYHLA)

Benfica v PSG: French superstars to end perfect start of Portuguese giants

Benfica 4.5 v PSG 1.78, the Draw 4.4

Both teams have had a perfect start to this current campaign – winning their first two matches. But the away team are favorites to take all three points in this encounter. The 1.77 for a PSG win is a good value and worth backing as a single bet. But if you are interested in something different, you may want to back Mbappe to score a goal anytime at 1.90.

 Recommended bet: PSG to win at 1.77

Juventus v Maccabi Haifa: Back The Old Lady to get first win

Juventus 1.36 v Maccabi 11.0, the Draw 5.6

Juventus have had a poor start to the European campaign losing their first two games, each to PSG and Benfica. The away team share the same poor form. But the host are favorites to get a win first at 1.36. This can be added to your accumulator slip to boost the odds. But if you want something higher for a standalone bet, try any of the options below:

Cards – Back a total of over 4.5 yellow cards at 2.10

Fouls – Back over 24.5 fouls for both teams at 2.15

Recommended bet: Juventus to win at 1.36

Real Madrid v Shakhtar: Back Champions League holders to give the visitors their first taste of defeat.

Match result – Real madrid to win

Substitution – There will be a total of over 8.5 substitutions for both teams in the match. Madrid has made 5 substitutions in their two games this campaign and the away team used 4 of the possible 5 substitutions in their two matches. That’s an average of 9 substitutions for both teams. The selection code is 98P4A.

Bet Builder – 2+ goals, each team 3+ corners and each team 1+ card @ 4.32 odds

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