Following on from Sunday’s winner in Brazil, Wednesday’s Football Bet of the Day sees me focus on the Champions League, and I’ve highlighted a goals-based selection in one of the fixtures.
⚽️ Inter vs Shakhtar Donetsk
🇪🇺 Champions League
⏰ Wednesday 21 October, 20:00
Goals look on the cards at San Siro on Wednesday night as Inter take on Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League.
Christian Chivu’s hosts have scored 25 goals across their opening nine Serie A and Champions League fixtures this term, with 18 (72%) of them coming on home soil.
The Nerazzurri have found the back of the net in all nine (100%) of those encounters, scoring on multiple occasions in seven (78%) of them – including in all five on home soil – and are expected to breach a Shakhtar defence that has kept a solitary shutout across their last eight continental clashes.
Arda Turan’s visitors have scored 28 goals across their last 16 European encounters, with 16 (57%) of them coming on their travels.
The Miners have blanked in just one of those 16 continental clashes – as well as in just one of their 12 matches in all competitions this season – and will look to trouble an Inter backline that has kept just two clean sheets this season, shipping 15 goals.
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Bet of the Day
Inter come into this clash as heavy favourites, but they have kept just two clean sheets this season and shipped six goals across both matches in this competition, and I don’t see them shutting out an in-form Shakhtar side.
The Nerazzurri’s opening nine matches in all competitions this season have averaged a whopping 4.44 goals per game, with Both Teams to Score banking in seven (78%) of them, whilst eight (89%) have gone Over 2.5 Goals.
Both Teams to Score has paid out in 12 of Shakhtar’s previous 16 continental clashes, including seven of their last eight away from home and both of their Champions League league-phase matches this term, whilst seven of their past eight have gone Over 2.5 Goals.
- Both Teams to Score & Over 2.5 Goals
- Pays 10/11 (bet365)
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