Champions League Tips: Our Predictions for Tuesday 20th February
The Champions League Round of 16 first legs continue on Tuesday night with two intriguing clashes from Italy and the Netherlands.
Browse below for our tips and predictions for Inter Milan vs Atletico Madrid and PSV Eindhoven vs Borussia Dortmund.
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Inter Milan vs Atletico Madrid
- Tuesday 20th February, TNT Sports, 8pm
Inter have been a class above any other team in Serie A this season, scoring the most goals (59) and conceding just 12 across their 24 matches to date.
Not only are the Nerazzurri on an eight-match winning run, but they have also kept five clean-sheets in their last six games all told and seven in their previous nine at the Giuseppe Meazza.
This is a well drilled and slick Inter machine that should prove too strong for an Atleti side that will at least be buoyed by their 5-0 thrashing of Las Palmas in La Liga on Saturday.
However, that victory for Diego Simeone's side came on home soil where they have caught the eye this season, but away from Civitas Metropolitano it has been a different story, with Atleti triumphing in just three of their last 11 road fixtures.
The potential absence of leading scorer Morata will also hurt Atleti in the final third and in-form Inter could well win this first-leg encounter to nil.
Inter's main source for goals this season has been Lautaro Martinez, who took his tally to 23 for the campaign with a goal against Salernitana last time out.
The Argentine is a man in form, but so is his strike partner Marcus Thuram, who also netted on Friday night and will be bidding to score for a third successive match this midweek.
Thuram is in his first season with Inter but he has already reached a dozen goals for the club, with four of those efforts coming since the turn of the year.
A scorer of the only goal of the game as Inter claimed a 1-0 home success over Benfica in the group stage, Thuram could once again prove the star of the show in this one.
Inter Milan vs Atletico Madrid Predictions
PSV Eindhoven vs Borussia Dortmund
- Tuesday 20th February, TNT Sports, 8pm
PSV Eindhoven have impressed this season and their round-of-16 clash with Borussia Dortmund should be a cracker.
However the Dutch side look short enough in the betting considering their opponents are unbeaten in their last nine games and topped the toughest group in the Champions League to reach this point.
A 2-0 defeat to PSG in their opening European game has been the only blot on Dortmund’s copy book in continental football this season.
The visitors secured away wins at Newcastle and Milan in the group stages and have made some interesting additions in January, notably Jadon Sancho and Ian Maatsen from Manchester United and Chelsea respectively.
PSV drew three of their six group games and another stalemate could be on the cards in this first leg. Neither side will want to overcommit and Dortmund have drawn six of their last 10 games in all competitions.
Side with BVB to take a stalemate back to Germany and set up a blockbuster second leg of what is set to be an intriguing clash.
An injury to Sebastien Haller means that Niclas Fullkrug is likely to lead the line once more for Dortmund and the German international has been in fine form recently.
The 31-year-old has scored six goals in his last five matches and his physicality can cause plenty of issues for this PSV backline which leaked 10 goals in their six group games on Europe’s biggest stage.
Back Fullkrug to get on the scoresheet in this one.
PSV Eindhoven vs Borussia Dortmund Predictions
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