Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 227. (Read 58279 times)

Liverpool 0:1 loss at home to Nottingham forest during the weekend help strengthened my resolved about them not losing in a row for tonight's champions league campaign against the Italian side AC Milan who have really not been very impressive but struggling with their performance in their league with 2 draw, 1 win and 1 lost. Meanwhile Liverpool apart from their ill-fated loss to Nottingham forest have won 3 of their games out of 4 games played this season. Indeed football is unpredictable as we can't be too sure what the outcome would be but I have the strong conviction tonight It's a bounce back night for the English side, just watch out!

They are both successful clubs in Champions League with many titles but comparing their forms, Liverpool currently have a better form than AC Milan. Bookies are right to give Liverpool a favorite odds as a possible winner in a match between Liverpool and AC Milan.

It's about odds but if we consider a fact that AC Milan usually play well in Champions League even they don't have too good form in Serie A, someone calls it as AC Milan's Champions League DNA, AC Milan can make a shock to Liverpool. In Premier League, a honey moon of Slot with Liverpool broke recently too and it's not their good preparation for a big match with a tough opponent like AC Milan.

In my post on the previous page I said that Liverpool would have a tough match against AC Milan even though the bookies made Liverpool the favorite team in this match. Of course we are happy if our favorite team can get the best results in the match because this match is full of history.
We do not underestimate AC Milan even though statistically head to head we are superior to AC Milan in the last five meetings. Starting from August 2014 to December 2022, Liverpool has won 5 times out of 5 meetings.

I think both teams are the type of teams with good ball possession play. The match will definitely be interesting and I hope there will be many chances created by both teams. In a match like this, don't expect one team or both to play defensively. Especially Juventus who have a hard time when facing opponents who tend to play a strong defense pattern. Both teams have a chance to win. It's hard to predict but maybe both can score in the next match.

In a few minutes the opening match of the Champions League will start, there are two first matches to be played and the matches are Juventus vs PSV and also Young Boys vs Aston Villa. At this moment, I personally do not do any analysis because I will try my luck and put high confidence in Juventus and also Aston Villa. Although indeed, I also realize that PSV and Young Boys are not weak teams at all, but I will only try my luck with high optimism for the two teams that I chose in these two early matches.

Juventus and PSV have also never met before and so have Young Boys and Aston Villa. Moreover, I still strongly admit that PSV has also managed to become the best team in the Eredivisie standings but even so, I will still have high hopes for Juventus under Thiago Motta and also about Aston Villa under Unai Emery, because I think they are able to make their teams get good results.

Juventus vs PSV Eindhoven

Juventus (predicted lineup): Michele Di Gregorio, Pierre Kalulu, Federico Gatti, Gleison Bremer, Juan Cabal, Manuel Locatelli, Nicolo Fagioli, Andrea Cambiaso, Teun Koopmeiners, Kenan Yildiz, Dusan Vlahovic.

PSV Eindhoven (predicted lineup): Joel Drommel, Richard Ledezma, Ryan Flamingo, Olivier Boscagli, Mauro Junior, Guus Til, Jerdy Schouten, Joey Veerman, Johan Bakayoko, Luuk de Jong, Malik Tillman.

This two teams are going to be meeting for the first time ever, they haven't played together so it's going to be very difficult to predict, let check their last match performance first Juventus had their last match against Empoli which ended draw but they dominated the ball possession by 66% which was quite impressive, Juventus had not lost any match for a long period of time that is four consecutive games, while PSV Eindhoven are having a good time now because their performance is very incredible because the won almost all their matches, since the season started the are unbeaten, so with my analysis PSV Eindhoven have more chances than Juventus because of the previous games.


Young Boys vs Aston Villa

Young Boys (confirmed lineup): David von Ballmoos, Zachary Athekame, Tanguy Zoukrou, Mohamed Aly Camara, Jaouen Hadjam, Cheikh Niasse, Sandro Lauper, Joel Monteiro, Filip Ugrinic, Ebrima Colley, Silvere Ganvoula.

Aston Villa (confirmed lineup): Emiliano Martinez, Lamare Bogarde, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, John McGinn, Amadou Onana, Youri Tielemans, Jacob Ramsey, Morgan Rogers, Ollie Watkins.

Aston Villa really fought for this and now they are him, recently their performance was not impressive but I will give benefit of doubt that the season is still crawling, today they will be facing Young Boys for the champions league match which they have planned for, Aston Villa really have to play well to defeat Young Boys because Young Boys haven't lost in their last 6 matches which show they are coming with big strength.

Odds for all the 6 today evening's games:



The biggest favourite is Bayern, who will be playing at home against Croatian champions, Dinamo Zagreb.
Bayern looked sharp in their last league game with Holstein-Kiel (they won 6-1), while Dinamo couldn't win any of their last 3 games. But who knows, maybe we'll see a football cinderella story tonight.

The biggest game is of course AC Milan Vs Liverpool. I have a feeling that despite being the favourite, Liverpool will not win it. After the bad start, Milan finally noted a decent game with a 4-0 win over Venezia last Saturday, while Liverpool tripped over Nottm Forest and lost 1-0 at home.

Real Madrid is clearly being favored to win the game against Stuttgart soon. This is because they have a squad full of superstars. Though they played poorly in their recent La Liga games. They rarely scored from their gameplay. But, they always played differently in UCL. I'm very optimistic about them. Also, with the comeback of  Bellingham to the squad, he adds more depth to our squad. It increases our confidence to completely destroy our opponent soon.

The odds below show bookmakers expect Real Madrid to win easily.



1.35 for Madrid is quite tempting, you know; this is because they have a very big chance of winning the game.

Real Madrid's opponent, Stuttgart, had been missing lots of their key players. They're not posing a big threat to Madrid.

The match between the two giants on match day will certainly be interesting and if we talk about Milan's chances of playing at home, Ponseca's troops will not waste it all, but they have a bad start in Serie A, the Rossoneri have conceded 6 goals from 4 matches and only won once against a newcomer, this is not enough capital to fight The Reds, just like Liverpool in their last match they lost to a small team in the EPL, referring to all that it is difficult to guess who will win in this big match.
Even so, Arne Slot's team is more favored.
However, I am more inclined to the draw option

This is a game we are not suppose to be missing because they are not just two ordinary club I just hope that Liverpool played against Nottingham forest because it was a game that Liverpool would have won but what drew them back is what I don't know, a lot of people will go for Liverpool to be their favorite and that is what happened yesterday. And when they played yesterday in the premier league, they would have gone for Liverpool winning when you are making decisions concerning betting you have to look closely to the kind predictions you are going for, because even Milan have not been doing very well in their domestic league if you are to way this options. I don't set bets on this kind of games. And the moral might be true but sometimes the action of the oppenet, Liverpool might succeed if they work hard during the game.

It is very wrong if someone says that the club prioritizes domestic competition over the champions league in my opinion that is very wrong. All teams and even individuals always want the Champions League trophy because of its prestigious value in Europe. It must be admitted that it is not easy for every team to win the trophy so that some elite teams always build the best squad to achieve that goal.

We hope our support team can win over AC Milan even though we are aware that this match is very tough. We are happy if the bookies make Liverpool the favorite team because they realize that Liverpool's performance is still above AC Milan.
The defeat to Nottingham Forest is a stepping stone that can ignite the spirit of the players that victory in Italy against Milan must be a priority to maintain the opportunity to survive in the UCL with a new format like the league.

Losing to Nottingham Forest at Anfield is painful but from that defeat at least it can be an evaluation to improve where the shortcomings need to be fixed, especially the finishing of the front players.

Its my favorite UEFA Champion League for watching today although have several other interested matches, the defend UEFA Champion League winner Real Madrid have motivate keep continue positive result on the opening match because new format have difficulty get qualify to knock out round exactly only top eight position teams are directly qualify. Real Madrid have good capital for facing VfB Stuttgart after impressive performance in domestic league and have two consecutives winning.

VfB Stuttgart have bad start in Bundesliga this season after success reaching second standings place last season can't defend their impressive performance in this season. Stuttgart have played three matches in domestic league with one loss, one draw and one winning match at last week. I don't think its enough capital for facing Real Madrid have much experience when playing in Champion League and my prediction Madrid easily to score above two until three goals tonight.

In fact, it is not like what you said, the Champions League is the most prestigious league in European competition, every club that qualifies there will try to compete with other clubs to win the title. If that is true, have you ever seen Areta field a line up containing reserve players last season when they played in the Champions League?
Arsenal failure in the Champions League is not because they did not prioritize the UCL trophy, but because they lost the competition with other clubs. That's the fact.

A game full of intense competition and challenging will take place in just a few hours with Real Madrid vs Stuttgart. In this game, there is a big difference between the squad of Real Madrid team and the squad of the opposite team Stuttgart team. But in this match I can guess that Real Madrid will definitely win this match, because Real Madrid team has Vinicius Jr., Mbappe, Rodrigo in attack department and opposite team Stuttgart team does not have such experienced players in attack department.
And the chances of Real Madrid winning the first match of this season's UEFA Champions League are very high. But we should not be proud of the football game as the result is very likely to change at any time, so we have to wait until the game is over to see which team can win.

The Champions League is a very different tournament. Even teams that are not successful in their own league compete very well because they know they can show themselves here. A good example of this is Young Boys. Although they played very badly in their own league, they managed to beat Galatasaray, who are stronger than them, in both matches. That's why there is no such thing as a favorite in Champions League matches. We remember surprise defeats in previous years. Besides, Milan and Liverpool are both strong teams. Both teams can win this match. If Arne Slot analyzed Milan well, he can make moves that will win the match.

I want to see Chiesa on the field as a starter, Arne Slot must have given him enough time. Chiesa presence is very much needed in this match, whether played in the first or second half, it is still suitable because that way Arne Slot can maintain the balance in pressing Milan. The defeat to Nottingham Forest is something that can still be separated, Arne Slot must have evaluated his mistakes. We are on the right track to get the first 3 points. If we have to refer to Domestic League performance, Milan should be worried because they have only been able to win 1x from the first 4 matches in Serie A.

If you look at the league game, then I am more confident that Liverpool can bring home at least 1 point. AC Milan's level of play is still unstable, it seems that Milan is still adapting to the new coach. Paulo Fonseca is still in a hurry to maximize the potential of his players.
But I know, the ball is always unpredictable. I also believe Milan is capable of making a surprise for Liverpool. Milan has the advantage of playing at home. They should be able to take advantage of this moment to add to the fighting mentality of their players. Milan had to work hard and perform perfectly to get 3 points.

Arsenal is in a better position against Atalanta. Atalanta's important striker Scamacca is injured for a long time. Therefore, he will not be able to play in any Champions League matches. Arsenal can take advantage by taking advantage of the opportunities they have. There may be compensation in the Premier League, but it will be very difficult to compensate in the Champions League. I expect Arsenal to win this match.

It's hard to predict this. But the odds above make me think Liverpool could win, but by a narrow margin. However, it totally depends on what kind of lineup is gonna be used by Liverpool soon. I meant since Italian teams are very tactical in their approach, and i think they need Nunez to start. His unpredictability in attack may help them. Though this is kinda risky, it's not that bad to start him.

I just checked Milan fans. They are confident in their wingers, specifically. Especially Leao. They think Leao can beat Trent, and i think it's unlikely to happen 'cause Trent is one of the best RBs. I reckon Leao vs Trent is going to be quite the showdown.

The positive thing is that Milan's defence is a bit shaky. It can be seen from their recent games in Serie A. This is why i think we can beat them in an away game. All in all, i predict we're gonna beat them 1-0.