
The Champions League group stage has reached its halfway point, so the fixtures on Tuesday, 25 November and Wednesday, 26 November are especially important with the push for a place in the last 16 now taking shape.
Champions League tipster Ben Smith has put together a five-leg accumulator on BetMGM this week, featuring some of the best Champions League odds on offer.
Ajax and Benfica meet as the bottom two sides in the Champions League, with neither having collected a point from four matches. Defeat here would all but end any faint hope of reaching the playoffs.
For Ajax, things have continued to decline following their 3-0 home loss to Galatasaray on matchday four. They were beaten 2-1 by Utrecht before the international break and returned with another setback, a 2-1 home defeat to Excelsior.
Benfica eased past Liga 3 side Atletico in their first match after the break, but their record against stronger opponents remains unconvincing. They lost 1-0 at home to Leverkusen in their last Champions League fixture and followed that with a 2-2 draw at home to Casa Pia.
Benfica have not scored in their last three Champions League matches, and while José Mourinho will see this as a chance to end that run, he is unlikely to take major risks away from home.
With both teams struggling for confidence, particularly Ajax, this has the feel of a tight match that could produce few goals.
Qarabag have been one of the unexpected performers in the Champions League so far, and their seven points from four matches give them a fair chance of progressing.
Teams often struggle when travelling to Baku, but Qarabag have handled themselves well away from home too. They beat Benfica and took the lead at Athletic Bilbao before eventually losing 3-1, with the Spanish side pulling away in the final 20 minutes.
Napoli looked more like themselves at the weekend with a 3-1 win over Atalanta, but they have not always found it straightforward to put teams away at home this season. Their previous two home matches ended in goalless draws with Eintracht Frankfurt and Como, and this is unlikely to be a simple task either.
They also have a major league match on Sunday away at Roma, so if they are ahead against Qarabag, they may prefer to manage the game and protect their energy rather than push hard for more goals.
Inter are one of three teams with a perfect record after three Champions League matches, but this trip to Madrid is their toughest test so far.
Atleti have been consistently reliable at home, winning 11 of their last 12 Champions League matches in the city. They have also been productive this season, scoring at least three goals in each of their home league phase games.
They scored five against Real Madrid in La Liga in September, and although Inter defend well, they are not often up against an attack of this calibre.
Over 2.5 goals looks a fair approach here.
Liverpool are in a full-scale slump, with their Champions League position the only positive in an otherwise difficult campaign. They sit eighth in the group after three wins from four matches, two of those coming at home to the Madrid clubs and the other a convincing result away to Eintracht Frankfurt.
Their last two league games, both 3-0 defeats to Manchester City and Nottingham Forest, have shifted the mood sharply, and Wednesday’s meeting with PSV carries plenty of pressure.
Mohamed Salah is struggling for form, Alexander Isak is neither fully fit nor firing, and the defence has looked disorganised. PSV, who put six past Napoli in October and are unbeaten in two months, look more than capable of causing problems for the out-of-sorts English champions.
Tottenham went to Arsenal on Sunday with a cautious approach and paid the price. They managed only three shots across the ninety minutes, while Arsenal controlled the game throughout. To add to the misery, Eberechi Eze - who came close to joining Spurs in the summer - scored a hat-trick for the home side.
A trip to Paris to face the European champions is far from ideal for Thomas Frank as he tries to steady his team ahead of an important period in the Premier League. He is still without several key players, and they face a PSG side coming off a 3-0 win over Le Havre in which they recorded 31 shots.
Spurs pushed PSG close in the Super Cup, but a similarly tight contest feels unlikely given the current circumstances.
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