Champions League: Milan can stun shattered Newcastle
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Champions League betting tips from Wednesday’s group games
The group stage of the Champions League finishes on Wednesday night when Newcastle hope to join Manchester City and Arsenal in the knockout stage.
The Magpies must beat AC Milan and hope PSG fail to win at already-qualified Borussia Dortmund to advance to the last 16.
We have Champions League betting tips from all three British clubs, plus the game in Germany which can be backed in a four-fold acca at 38/1.
Newcastle v AC Milan (Wed, 20.00, TNT Sports 1)
Beleaguered Newcastle head into their final group game knowing only victory against Milan will give them a chance of making it through to the knockout stage, although even that won’t be enough if PSG win at Borussia Dortmund.
The Magpies, though, go into the game with an injury-ravaged squad which was laid bare in 3-0 and 4-1 defeats by Everton and Tottenham last week in which Kieran Trippier looked a shadow of himself and clearly in need of a rest which manager Eddie Howe can ill afford.
Their home record has been outstanding in the Premier League, with seven wins and one defeat in eight games, but that counts for nothing if the team are running on empty.
Milan, like Newcastle, have five points and although their Serie A form has been patchy lately, they look better value at 13/5 having been much the better side at the San Siro where the teams shared a goalless draw.
Borussia Dortmund v PSG (Wed, 20.00, TNT Sports 3)
In the same group, PSG have plenty to be thankful for having benefited from a dubious handball decision to rescue a point against Newcastle, with prolific forward Kylian Mbappe converting the resulting penalty deep into stoppage time.
Defeat would have left the Ligue 1 champions in third spot, but instead they hold the aces in second spot for their trip to Dortmund, whose motivation is solely to finish top of the group.
A draw may not be enough for PSG, who beat the Bundesliga side 2-0 in the reverse fixture and have won eight successive games in Ligue 1 to top the table by four points.
Although they have lost both games on the road in the Champions League, they are up against a team already through to the next phase and one which has lost two of their last three home games in the Bundesliga.
PSG to win and +1.5 goals at 23/20 is the next of our Champions League betting tips.
Red Star Belgrade v Manchester City (Wed, 17.45, TNT Sports 2)
Group winners City, 2/1 favourites to retain their Champions League title, are one of only two teams with a perfect record from the group phase, although they conceded in four of their five games.
One of those came against Crvena Zvezda, more commonly known as Red Star Belgrade, who took the lead at the Etihad just before half-time only to fall to a 3-1 defeat.
Erling Haaland missed Sunday’s 2-1 comeback victory at Luton and is out of this game with a foot injury, but that should not make too much difference to the outcome against a team that have picked up just one point from their five games.
City have scored exactly three goals in all five group matches and they are 27/20 to score at least that number as our next selection.
Celtic v Feyenoord (Wed, 20.00, TNT Sports 2)
The last of our Champions League betting tips sees eliminated Celtic wrap up their campaign hoping to earn their first victory of the group stage, although even that would not be enough to secure a place in the Europa League.
Celtic had both Gustaf Lagerbielke and substitute Odin Holm sent off in a 2-0 defeat in the Netherlands for the reverse fixture and their confidence will not be high after the Scottish Premiership leaders lost their first game of the season at Kilmarnock over the weekend.
Feyenoord are 10 points clear at the top of the Eredivisie having won all 15 games this season and although they cannot overhaul second-placed Lazio, the Dutch side should have too much for the Glasgow giants.
The visitors to win at 23/20 wraps up our Champions League predictions.
All odds and markets correct as of date of publication
