Wednesday’s Football Bet of the Day sees me stick with the second legs of the Champions League last-16 ties, and I’ve highlighted another goals-based selection in one of the fixtures.
⚽️ Barcelona vs Newcastle United (1-1 Aggregate)
🇪🇺 Champions League
⏰ Wednesday 18 March, 17:45
Barcelona welcome Newcastle United to the Camp Nou on Wednesday night in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, in a fixture that I’m keen to get the hosts on side.
Barcelona were fortunate in the first leg at St James’ Park last week as they required a stoppage-time Lamine Yamal penalty to escape Tyneside with a draw.
Hansi Flick’s hosts have now won just one of their previous four Champions League clashes on their travels, but they are a different animal at home, where they have won 18 of their opening 19 fixtures on home soil in all competitions this season (W18-D0-L1), with only PSG avoiding defeat.
The Blaugrana defeated Sevilla 5-2 in front of their supporters on Sunday to maintain their four-point lead at the top of the La Liga table.
Newcastle bounced back from that late disappointment in the first leg by going to Stamford Bridge on Saturday and defeating Chelsea by one goal to nil.
That result has revived the Magpies’ hopes of finishing in the Champions League places, with that victory moving them up to ninth in the Premier League table, seven points behind Liverpool in fifth.
Think you’ve found odds that look too good to be true? Explore our Value Betting guide and learn when a price is genuinely favourable.
Bet of the Day
Newcastle can count themselves unfortunate to draw the first leg at St James’ Park last week, and I feel that could come back to haunt them against a Barcelona side that has been near-faultless at home this season.
Over 2.5 Goals has paid out in 18/19 (95%) of Barca’s home matches in all competitions this campaign – and given the same has landed in 4/5 (80%) of Newcastle’s away fixtures in this competition – I like the look of a home win featuring three or more goals.
- Barcelona to Win & Over 2.5 Goals
- Pays 20/21 (BOYLE Sports)
Join me on Telegram
I’m delighted to have joined the excellent team at Gambla to provide even more tips for those of you who want to follow me. I’ll be posting daily on my Private Telegram Channel which you can access here.
You can cancel at any time so why not join me? And let’s bash the bookies together.
Greg MacLean is a football tipster and betting analyst who has been writing on the Mr Fixit site for 4 years now, as well as having his own Private Telegram Channel. He is a Rangers season ticket holder and watches plenty of football not only here in the UK but all across Europe and all over the world. To keep up to date on everything, feel free to follow him on Twitter/X (GregMacLean_).
GambleAware