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Kvara has his eye in
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Dembele's assist record impressive
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DiMarco offers value at 21/103.10
Champions League Final Oddsboost
Paris SG winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is expected to play a pivotal role in tonight's Champions League final against Inter Milan, with shots and fouls a regular part of his game. The 24-year-old has registered seven shots on target in his last six Champions League games, and in those six matches he's been fouled an incredible 13 times.
Today you can back Kvaratskhelia to have 1+ Shot on Target and to be Fouled 1+ times at a price of 4/71.57 on the Betfair Sportsbook (excluding ET & Pens). But we can do better than that. Visit the Betfair Sportsbook now to see what price the double has been boosted to, and to see all our other Champions League oddsboosts.
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Betfair's Build Ups tool allows you to pit one player against another and with a Champions League final honing into view that offers up a plethora of duels to consider.
Here's a pick of the bunch, starting with two midfielders not averse to a shirt pull or a late challenge.
To Commit More Fouls - Joao Neves v Henrikh Mhkitaryan
There is little to separate these players in the per-90 stats. The Inter schemer has sinned 1.48 times per 90 this term. Neves' average is 1.46.
Where a disparity does emerge is in the multiples of fouls committed. Across Inter's last 50 games in all comps, Mhkitaryan has fouled more than once in 12 contests. In this regard Neves trails with eight.
On the face of it then, the former Manchester United star is the player to back in this particular match-up, but a pertinent detail persuades us otherwise.
Neves tends to reserve his more fractious performances for the big games. He committed three fouls in last weekend's Coupe de France final. He forced the ref to blow up four times away at Arsenal and four times again during PSG's home victory over Aston Villa.
The bigger the stage, the dirtier he gets and the Allianz Arena is one hell of a big stage.
Back Neves to commit more fouls than Mkhitaryan
To Have More Shots On Target - Khvicha Kvaratskhelia v Marcus Thuram
This is an evens shout full of value.
In his last outing for Les Parisiens - a 3-1 home win over Auxerre - Kvaratskhelia scored twice and all told amassed five shots on target. No-one in the PSG ranks has bettered that tally all season and if nothing else, it reveals that the 24-year-old has his eye in.
Elsewhere, the winger's SOT-count has been steady since heading to France in January as his overall stat of 1.20 per 90 illustrates.
Marcus Thuram's figures are inferior to his counterpart but what most convinces here is that since early March he has troubled the oppo keeper every 213.5 minutes.
The French international didn't even manage a single shot on target in 120 minutes at home to Barcelona, a seven-goal thriller that produced 17 SOT by its conclusion.
Back Kvaratskhelia to have more SOT than Thuram
To Have More Assists - Ousmane Dembele v Denzil Dumfries
Dembele is 10/34.33 to assist anytime this Saturday in the main market. Here he is available at a slightly better price to out-assist a player who has six this season to his 13.
Moreover, deployed on the same flank as Kvaratskhelia and Nuno Mendes, Dumfries' forays forward will likely be restricted to the occasional gallop in Munich. This is a match-up as much about opportunity - or lack of - as data.
If the Dutchman's attacking instincts are expected to be seriously compromised there are no such concerns with Dembele, deployed at the very heart of a maelstrom of movement from PSG's fabulous front five.
He should be fancied to add to a productive recent record that's seen him assist five times in his last nine starts.
Back Dembele to assist more than Dumfries
To Have More Shots - Nicolo Barella v Vitinha
The Italian midfielder trails to Vitinha in their respective shot-counts for 2024/25, but it's the Inter man backed here with recent output a big factor.
A consistent provider of a single effort on goal per 90, Barella went up a level at home to Barcelona, registering three across the contest.
By comparison, PSG's Portuguese metronome has focused more and more of late on his defensive responsibilities. Subsequently, he has taken on just the one attempt in his last five-and-a-half hours of football.
Back Barella to have more shots than Vitinha
To Win More Fouls - Federico Dimarco v Achraf Hakimi
There is a very simple reason why Hakimi is 10/111.91 to win this particular match-up over his counterpart. He has consistently won more fouls this term than Dimarco, 1.15 per 90 to 0.44.
Yet, with the pair set to come into direct contact many times over this Saturday, should we flip it we discover that the playing field becomes more even.
The Italian has averaged 0.77 fouls per 90 this season, erring more than once on six occasions in Inter's last 50 fixtures.
Hakimi meanwhile has averaged 1.07 fouls per 90, committing multiple fouls every five outings. At the Emirates last month, the Moroccan sinned five times and was booked for his troubles.
Acknowledging this makes Dimarco's price tempting to say the least.
Back Dimarco to win more fouls than Hakimi
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