Dan Fitch is taking a chance on a young Benfica star to give his treble a boost against Liverpool, as he creates Bet Builders for Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-finals…
City will get the job done
Atletico Madrid 5.14/1 v Manchester City 1.834/5; The Draw 3.814/5
Wednesday 13 April, 20:00
Live on BT Sport
Manchester City hold a 1-0 advantage from the first-leg of their quarter-final tie against Atletico Madrid, as they travel to Spain for Wednesday’s return match.
Since that win City have played their Premier League title rivals Liverpool, who they will face again at the weekend in the FA Cup semi-final. Pep Guardiola’s team were twice ahead in a first-half in which they were much the stronger team, only for Liverpool to ultimately earn a 2-2 draw.
Atletico’s loss to City ended an eight match unbeaten run (W7 D1). They then followed the first-leg result with another defeat at the weekend, when they lost 1-0 away at Mallorca in La Liga.
Atletico have the talent within their squad to bounce back from such a disappointment against most teams, but then Manchester City aren’t most teams. Having gained an advantage in the first-leg, we have the expect City to ultimately get the job done.
As City only need a draw, it makes sense to play it safe and back them to merely avoid defeat in the Double Chance market at 1/7 on the Sportsbook. To that we’ll add under 2.5 goals at 3/4, which has landed in four of their last six games.
Another bet that has landed in four of City’s last six games, is under 1.5 first-half goals at 1/3. This treble creates a Bet Builder at odds of 2.1511/10.
Nunez scoring against quality opposition
Liverpool 1.330/100 v Benfica 11.521/2; The Draw 6.86/1
Wednesday 13 April, 20:00
Live on BT Sport
The other Champions League quarter-final tie taking place on Wednesday, sees Liverpool hosting Benfica.
Liverpool hold a commanding 3-1 lead from the first-leg. Jurgen Klopp’s team were 2-0 ahead by half-time. Benfica put themselves back in the tie in the second-half, only for Luis Diaz to score a late goal to give Liverpool a two goal advantage.
After the 2-2 draw with Manchester City on Sunday, Liverpool are now unbeaten in six (W5 D1). Their last loss came at home to Inter in the last round of the Champions League, when they went through with a 2-1 aggregate win. That result shows that this is no formality, but Inter are a stronger side than Benfica.
The Portuguese giants won 3-1 against Belenenses at the weekend, after losing their previous two games. Darwin Nunez scored a hat-trick, with the young Uruguayan now having scored 31 goals in 36 appearances this season, which includes five goals in this season’s Champions League.
With those goals coming against the likes of Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Ajax and the first-leg against Liverpool, Nunez looks massively overpriced at 3/1 to score. To that bet, we will add a Liverpool win to our Bet Builder at 1/4.
Finally we will go with there to be goals in both halves at 1/3. It’s landed in each of Liverpool’s last three games and creates a treble that’s priced at just under 7.413/2.
Source: BetFair Tips
