Football Bet of the Day: Double trouble for PSG

Barcelona v PSG
Tuesday 19:45 (Live on ITV1)

It's not quite the island of dreams after all. Maritimo 1 Nacional 1 on Madeira yesterday and we're moving on fast.

From the far, far south-west of Europe to the very epicentre of continental football...

Whichever way you look at it, PSG go the Camp Nou needing to score three times in 90 minutes this evening if they're to stand any chance of extending their Champions League participation beyond the final whistle.

We make this Barcelona's 25th competitive home game of 2014/15. On only one occasion (a Liga game with Villarreal in early February) have they conceded even twice.

To stand any chance of completing their unlikely task, PSG must play on the front foot from the off. Which means, of course, they will be very vulnerable to the laser-precise counterattacks of Messi, Neymar and Suarez.

Even without such a pressing need for goals of their own, PSG have conceded before half-time in 10/13 Ligue 1 away matches.

Barcelona, meanwhile, have struck first-half goals in 15/17 competitive home games since late November and been winning at both 45 and 90 minutes in 12/17 - including, of course, the group-stage meeting with tonight's opponents, which was 2-1 at half-time and 3-1 at full-time.

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