Shakhtar v Man City...
First match, at home, against marquee oppostion, would expect Shakhtar to really push for goals. Also, Man City will want to get off to a strong start in the group. WIth ManCity's defence suffering from injuries as well, we would look to lay Under 2.5 on the exchanges, maybe under 3.5 and even 4.5 pre-match. And keep an eye on those markets In-play.
Some great games tonight, Tottenham also an interesting (small) lay at around 1.95 on Betfair?
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PSG vs Real should be a great game tonight, there will probably be goals both ways. I’m leaning ever so slightly towards thinking PSG will win a close game.
Tonight most games looks difficult to predict. In Olympiacos - Spurs, Bayer - Lokomotiv and Brugge - Galatsaray matches there is obvious favorites on paper, but I think that upsets is likely to happen there.
Atletico - Juve - I will go with Atleti win and I think we won't see lot of goals there.
While in PSG - Real game I expect many goals, but I'm not sure who have better chances.
Atletico - Juve - I will go with Atleti win and I think we won't see lot of goals there.
While in PSG - Real game I expect many goals, but I'm not sure who have better chances.
Commenting results but seen only a few games.
Napoli is now in a very good spot to passing the group stage, they won with the previous winner of the cup, even if they played at home and score with a doubtful goal they are now in a very strong position on their group.
Inter, they have a strong team but they were lucky yesterday's night, they scored the goal in extra time. Without that goal their position was dramatic. Now they can still start without any problem if they will win the next game. Barca tied too so they are all at 1 point, basically, nothing happened.
Well, Barca has one more game at home now and Inter less, a small advantage for Barca and Slavia Praga.
Chelsea lost at home, seen nothing about it but is Lampart will be sack soon? I mean he is doing not very well after Sarri at Chelsea.
Ajax even without DeJong and DeLight seems a solid team, is a shame that they needed to qualify to this champion after the elimination stage.
They need to change this champion league and look more at the rating for group stages.
This evening will play my Juventus (in a bad state) vs Atletico at their Wanda Metropolitano.
I will be happy with a draw.
Napoli is now in a very good spot to passing the group stage, they won with the previous winner of the cup, even if they played at home and score with a doubtful goal they are now in a very strong position on their group.
Inter, they have a strong team but they were lucky yesterday's night, they scored the goal in extra time. Without that goal their position was dramatic. Now they can still start without any problem if they will win the next game. Barca tied too so they are all at 1 point, basically, nothing happened.
Well, Barca has one more game at home now and Inter less, a small advantage for Barca and Slavia Praga.
Chelsea lost at home, seen nothing about it but is Lampart will be sack soon? I mean he is doing not very well after Sarri at Chelsea.
Ajax even without DeJong and DeLight seems a solid team, is a shame that they needed to qualify to this champion after the elimination stage.
They need to change this champion league and look more at the rating for group stages.
This evening will play my Juventus (in a bad state) vs Atletico at their Wanda Metropolitano.
I will be happy with a draw.
If games today be just half of what it were last night then we may see the best champion league so far. So many surprises in results off course. Liverpool lost, Barca got lucky draw inter barely got draw, Chelsea losing. If this comes tonight man what games will it be and this is only first round of six.
Stay tuned for an upset in Greece. Olympiacos has what it takes to beat Spurs, even more so due to the fact that Tottenham will rest some players, lol.
If games today be just half of what it were last night then we may see the best champion league so far. So many surprises in results off course. Liverpool lost, Barca got lucky draw inter barely got draw, Chelsea losing. If this comes tonight man what games will it be and this is only first round of six.
So many surprises in this early stage. Only 2 big scoring games.
What we learn usually from group stage is the home team is so difficult to beat, but we also learn that the teams in the groups are very high quality. Nice to know ex spurs Llorente got a small bit of revenge;)
Going to watch the highlight of all games now.
What we learn usually from group stage is the home team is so difficult to beat, but we also learn that the teams in the groups are very high quality. Nice to know ex spurs Llorente got a small bit of revenge;)
Going to watch the highlight of all games now.
I don't usually play safe just like last night putting my money on over/under goals with low odds .. guess the result is that i lost them all .
The matches which promised lost of goals on paper last night, ended up disappointing, producing little or none.
That's the unpredictability of football.
Salzburg were the surprise package with 5 first half goals.
I was expecting lots of goals from the PSG - Madrid fixture, but I'm not so sure on that now, may just back the French side to grab all three points.
Well, no victories, what an opener, only draws and BTTS would have been happy I guess?
I have Liver/Barca parlay at 5/1 and Lille upset at 7/1. About to place another maybe HMM! What do you guys think? Inter too overrated, as is Lyon, any hope for the other away underdogs maybe?
Lots of drama I just love these nights. Enjoy the game, gents and ladies!
I don't usually play safe just like last night putting my money on over/under goals with low odds .. guess the result is that i lost them all .I have Liver/Barca parlay at 5/1 and Lille upset at 7/1. About to place another maybe HMM! What do you guys think? Inter too overrated, as is Lyon, any hope for the other away underdogs maybe?
Lots of drama I just love these nights. Enjoy the game, gents and ladies!
Inter draw , barcelona draw almost get their first lost if there's no ter stegen's strong hand ... even with messi subbed in things didn't change much.
And my team Chelsea lost to valencia with barkley penalty drama .... damn it was my nightmare , should i take a break a while for tonight matches?
Interesting psg vs real madrid if i have to take a huge risk ... i would pick real madrid moneyline. Idk i'm suffering huge lost rn .
Wow didn't expect Ajax to be play that well last night. In the competion they aren't playing that well but last game was superb. Let's repeat last year.
It started with a surprise yesterday with Internazionale Milano not being able to win against a team from a much weaker league than Serie A.They played not very well but the goalkeeper of Slavia Prague made at least 3 extraordinary saves and then Slavia took heart and played better than Internazionale.
Napoli is one of the Italian teams that have a strong defense. That's very clear, so Liverpool's defeat now can make learning for Klopp and his friends in the future can overcome Naples related to defense. It's still early, LFC will rise again in the future.
There is one thing about Champion's League. It's very unpredictable even if the weaker team is playing at home. This is what happened to Liverpool tonight.Honestly i don't think Liverpool will replicate last year's performance. Every team meeting them will be very well-prepared. It's only Madrid that tried to go against all those odds during the 3 consecutive trophy period of glory though at times you could see some matches needed pure luck and magic.
Damn, lost lot of money tonight :/
I think it'll be very difficult for one to get predictions correct, seeing how the games ended, and if tonights performances is anything to go with, I do not think we'll have a clear favorite for the title this season as I would not be writing off any of the fairly big teams.We'll go again tomorrow, there are two big games coming up tomorrow, PSG vs Madrid is a must watch, this two sides are not actually in their best form, but a victory for any of them could breathe life into their season, I'll be tiping Madrid to win this one, though I'm yet to come up with my predictions for tomorrow's games, I need to recover from tonight's loss
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Wow, what a start of Champions league.
First of all - Slavia continue to amaze Europe like last season, this time they played 1:1 with Inter. I think we shouldn't write off them even in group of death
For Barca goaless draw with Borussia isn't bad result, especially considering that ter Stegen saved penalty and few other lethal chances.
Lyon 1:1 Zenit - I think I understimated Zenit without reason, these teams seems to be similar level.
I'm surprised that Valencia won against Chelsea, especially knowin what's going on in their club. Well, this season will be very tough for Chelsea and I'm just sorry for Lampard.
Napoli 2:0 Liverpool - it was really great match to watch and Napoli achieved very important victory.
And Zalzburg - Gent, wow, so many goals scored, probably it was fun match.
Damn, lost lot of money tonight :/
First of all - Slavia continue to amaze Europe like last season, this time they played 1:1 with Inter. I think we shouldn't write off them even in group of death
For Barca goaless draw with Borussia isn't bad result, especially considering that ter Stegen saved penalty and few other lethal chances.
Lyon 1:1 Zenit - I think I understimated Zenit without reason, these teams seems to be similar level.
I'm surprised that Valencia won against Chelsea, especially knowin what's going on in their club. Well, this season will be very tough for Chelsea and I'm just sorry for Lampard.
Napoli 2:0 Liverpool - it was really great match to watch and Napoli achieved very important victory.
And Zalzburg - Gent, wow, so many goals scored, probably it was fun match.
Damn, lost lot of money tonight :/
Watching Napoli vs Liverpool (obviously). Tough game this is, Napoli are hood defensively and don’t let us have much space. I’d take a point to be honest after seeing the 1st half.
Napoli is one of the Italian teams that have a strong defense. That's very clear, so Liverpool's defeat now can make learning for Klopp and his friends in the future can overcome Naples related to defense. It's still early, LFC will rise again in the future.
BVB - Barca Goaaaaaaaaaaaalfest --> Over 3.5 go for it guys 
Everyone's expecting that, i went with over 2.5 goals 
Please, no boring 0-0 LOLWell, you´ve jinxed it, I´d say... it was in fact a (kind of) boring 0-0 but I´d rather call it "very tactical" than boring at the end with more chances for Dortmund (well I did not count a single shot on goal from Barca at all) including a missed penalty and hitting the cross-bar)
The most interesting game which I would place my bets would be Dortmund-Barcelona today.
I am going to place a bet for Dortmund's win and also for an over @ 2,5 goals scored in the match.
It is going to be an attacking game and I think that Dortmund is a lot faster to get the victory today.
I am going to place a bet for Dortmund's win and also for an over @ 2,5 goals scored in the match.
It is going to be an attacking game and I think that Dortmund is a lot faster to get the victory today.
That's right, this match will attack each other.
Betting with @ 2.5 goals in that match is very likely. Don't think this is a group phase, the win every match in CL will determine the future. Therefore no one plays casually.
Very bad prediction from me.
I don't think this match will be a draw. Did you experience losing bets in this match? I think this will be a lot of goals going on, as many predictions. Alright, this is the reality that happens in the field. We will try again later
Watching Napoli vs Liverpool (obviously). Tough game this is, Napoli are hood defensively and don’t let us have much space. I’d take a point to be honest after seeing the 1st half.
A terrible week for Juventus, 2 broken KEY players PJANIC and DOUGLAS COSTA!
They probably can't recover for the match, the less serious one should be Pjanic's. They will soon do an MRI for both (flexor lesion).
Things don't look good for Costa unfortunately. He will now rest for 15 days before additional tests are carried out. The worst case scenario would be a 2 months injury break. They probably can't recover for the match, the less serious one should be Pjanic's. They will soon do an MRI for both (flexor lesion).
Pjanic on the other hand trained with the team today and will be available. Not sure if he will start though.
They could play with 4-4-2 and left Mandzukic and Ronaldo upfront and only use 1 overlapping full-back to prevent Atletico's counter.
Mandzukic is close to leaving Juventus and he is not included in the CL squad for the group stage matches. 
First day of any leagues or competition will always hard to predict. I prefer to not placing any bets for this first day matches on the group stage as I want to watch their performance first then I can make a better prediction for the 2nd day/round.
To be honest I predicted that Inter and Lyon will get an easy win but I was completely wrong. Luckily I did not place any bets as I'm not sure with my own predictions.
To be honest I predicted that Inter and Lyon will get an easy win but I was completely wrong. Luckily I did not place any bets as I'm not sure with my own predictions.
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