Tuesday's Champions League Tips: Back a 3/1 fast start for Bayern & 5/2 Inter to rumble Reds

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Kairat Almaty v Olympiakos 

15:30 kick-off
Live on TNT Sports 3 & Discovery+

No wins for either of these two and seemingly no hope of progressing either, but three points for either will give them some sort of chance heading into the final couple of rounds, so still all to play for in Astana - where the 'hosts' are 11/26.50 outsiders. The Greek's have hardly done too much to justify 1/21.50 favouritism but they should really be winning.

They're not the best sides at scoring goals, but conceding 27 goals between them as two of the worst defences in the group stage means we should really back goals to be scored here in what's essentially a must-win.

Bayern Munich v Sporting Lisbon

17:45 kick-off
Live on TNT Sports 3 & Discovery+

Bayern will be keen to bounce back after defeat at Arsenal, and they've played like an angry side since with three domestic wins and 11 goals scored - so at 2/91.22 you'd have to expect them to put Sporting away. The Portuguese side have won three at home but face a third straight tough away game after previously visiting Napoli and Juventus.

Sporting scored in those two tough away trips and will be dangerous again so we'll back them to score, but Bayern love a fast start, scoring more first-half goals than anyone else in the competition while a lot of Sporting's best work has come in the second half - so we can get a bit creative for an extra bit of value.

Inter v Liverpool

20:00 kick-off
Live on Amazon Prime Video

The visit of crisis club Liverpool will hold no fear for Inter, who look an attractive price at 23/202.15 after a strong response to losing their 100% record with a stoppage time defeat at Atletico Madrid - winning three straight and scoring 11 goals. They're unbeaten in 18 home games in this competition and the Reds arrive now in disarray off the pitch as well as on it.

Arne Slot's side are 9/43.25 but you just can't trust them with anything right now - even managing to draw a game they dominated at Leeds was a new low. They've scored in 11 of 12 European away games but they're conceding soft goals by the bucketload right now. Teams don't have to do much to find the net and if you give players like Lautaro Martinez, who's scored in his past five UCL home games, chances he'll gobble them up. Kevin Hatchard is backing Martinez to find the back of the net - read his match preview here.

It's hard to see anything other than more misery for the Merseysiders.

Barcelona v Einthract Frankfurt

20:00 kick-off
Live on TNT Sports 4 & Discovery+

Just one win in four for Barcelona, who've conceded three goals in both the draw at Brugge and defeat at Chelsea, but a return to Champions League footbal at Camp Nou, even with a reduced capacity, means they're 1/71.14 favourites here against one of the few defences worse than theirs so far.

Frankfurt have lost three of four, conceding 13 in the process, and with Barca winning their past three league games 3-1, 3-1, 5-3 this looks like a goalfest waiting to happen. Eintracht lost 6-0 at RB Leipzig but against this Barca defence I think they can get a goal here if nothing else.

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Tottenham v Slavia Prague

20:00 kick-off
Live on TNT Sports 1 & Discovery+

Spurs put up a decent fight at PSG last time and back at home, where they're unbeaten in 13 European games, against winless Slavia looks like the perfect fixture. They're 4/91.44 against a side that hasn't scored in four UCL games and in six of seven European away games.

Five of six Tottenham games have seen both teams score, but they got a clean sheet against Brentford at the weekend and both their previous home games in the competition have been wins to nil - Slavia's scoring problems in Europe suggest this can be another.

PSV v Atletico Madrid

20:00 kick-off
Live on TNT Sports Extra & Discovery+

PSV's Champions League results are crazy, their two wins have been a 6-2 hammering of Italian champions Napoli and 4-1 domlition job on English champions Liverpool - while they've also drawn with Olympiakos and Leverkusen and lost at home to Union SG!

They're 21/103.10 underdogs against Atletico Madrid, who are 11/102.11 but have lost both their away games in the group stage (at Liverpool and Arsenal) and have also lost back-to-back games in La Liga - while PSV are unbeaten in 14 in all competitions and have lost just two of 12 UCL home games. 

I think Atletico will be happy enough with a point, but the way goals have been flying in for both sides they'll have to score to get one.

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Atalanta v Chelsea

20:00 kick-off
Live on TNT Sports 2 & Discovery+

Both sides are level on 10 points with Atalanta 12/53.40 home underdogs and Chelsea 11/102.11 after an impressive win over Barcelona, even with the Spaniards playing 45 minutes with 10 men. Enzo Maresca will want an improvement on the 2-2 draw at Qarabag in their last away game though.

Chelsea's form has been shaky since with games coming thick and fast, but Atalanta have been dodgy as well, with just two home wins in the past seven not inspiring confidence. Their best results have come when keeping a clean sheet so this looks like a defensive scuffle on the cards - I wouldn't even rule out a 0-0 at 13/114.00.

But Chelsea should really have enough to pinch it.

Union SG v Marseille

20:00 kick-off
Live on Discovery+ & TNT Sports Extra

Another two puzzling sides, who both grabbed a second win of the campaign last time out. 19/102.90 Union have won away at PSV and Galatasaray but been soundly beaten otherwise, while 13/102.30 Marseille's impressive win over Newcastle came after losing at home to Atalanta.

Marseille's form hasn't been great, but playing at Anderlecht's stadium in this competition has hampered Union more than helped, while their recent trend of conceding in the opening 15 minutes in three straight games could undermine their chances. Marseille have scored first-half goals in four of five away games and led in three of them.

Monaco v Galatasaray

20:00 kick-off
Live on Discovery+ & TNT Sports Extra

Galatasaray have nine points from some kind fixtures - playing nobody higher than 13th-placed Liverpool, who they beat, but lost at home last time out against Union SG. So they're 2/13.00 for the trip to Monaco, where the 6/52.20 hosts held Man City and Spurs but have otherwise had mixed results in friendly fixtures against strugglers Bodo/Glimt (W), Brugge (L) and Pafos (D).

Gala are notoriously bad travellers, with only Olympiakos having a lower win percentage on their travels (of teams to play 50+ UCL Games), so they're a hard side to trust, but Victor Osimhen is undeniable - and it's no coincidence they've won the three games he's played (scoring six of their seven goals) and lost the two he's missed.

He played 90 minutes at the weekend, scoring twice obviously, and is 6/52.20 anytime scorer here. But if we're backing him to score let's roll the dice on a rare away win, with Monaco scoring just three goals in five home games one could well be enough.

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