Paris Saint-Germain against Manchester City looked a top-bracket Champions League final firstly of the tournament but each clubs are floundering to such an extent they may very well be eliminated next week in the event that they fail to choose up enough points from their final two group matches.
PSG are twenty fifth within the table ahead of the most recent round of fixtures and wish to climb one place to scrape into the play-off games, which will probably be staged over two legs next month, while the present English champions have seen their fall from grace at home mirrored in Europe they usually are also struggling to remain above water.
Neither side can afford to lose their meeting on the Parc des Princes and a draw will not be satisfactory to either so that is prone to be an intense affair between two outfits who crave possession.
City are still smarting from a 2-0 defeat to Juventus while the Parisians kept alive their possibilities of surviving the cut with a 3-0 win at Red Bull Salzburg but have failed to search out their best form once they have faced the higher sides within the tournament, losing to Bayern Munich, Arsenal and Atletico Madrid – their only defeats of the season in all competitions.
They’re nine points clear at the highest of Ligue 1 and won 2-1 at Lens on the weekend while City restored faith that they’re turning the corner following a shocking run of form by trouncing Ipswich 6-0 at Portman Road.
That thumping win followed a 2-2 draw at Brentford once they frittered away a 2-0 lead but that was the one time they’ve not won of their last five matches and with marquee players like Kevin de Bruyne back to their imperial best they need to beat PSG at 7/4 with Betfair.
After a really quiet begin to the season Phil Foden scored twice at each Brentford and Ipswich and he’s 9/1 with the identical firm, Paddy Power, Ladbrokes, Coral and plenty of others to open the scoring and 29/10 with the latter two to get his name on the scoresheet at any time.
City’s possibilities of retaining their Premier League title are minimal but Sky Bet’s 8/1 for them to complete the campaign as Kings of Europe is tempting.
Arsenal can forget Premier League wobble to cruise past Dinamo Zagreb
Arsenal are once more wobbling of their pursuit of a primary Premier League title in 21 years following the 2-2 draw with Aston Villa on the Emirates on Saturday, once they blew a two-goal lead.
They need to cruise past Dinamo Zagreb in N5, nevertheless, and push the visitors closer to Champions League elimination with a snug victory.
The Gunners rarely concede on home soil in Europe and, even with William Saliba out for a few weeks with a hamstring injury, they will keep one other clean sheet with a victory to nil at 4/6 with bet365 and Sky Bet.
Arsenal look tasty at 15/8 with Paddy Power and Betfair to win by multiple goal and Martin Odegaard is 8/1 with the latter, Ladbrokes, Coral and others to interrupt the deadlock and 23/10 with the last two firms and William Hill to notch at any time.
• Kansas City are only 4 quarters away from anothertrip to the Super Bowl they usually can move closer to the possibility of registering an historic threepeat by beating the Buffalo Bills at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday at 4/5 with Betway, BoyleSports, BetVictor and 888Sport.
The Philadelphia Eagles will probably be their opponents in Las Vegas on Sunday, February 9 once they beat the Washington Commanders by greater than 7.5 points at BoyleSports’ 13/10 in Sunday’s NFC title game.
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