Champions League Odds: Match Day 8 Betting Preview

The final week of the group stage is upon us, and the Champions League odds are not in Manchester City’s favour. The reigning Premier League champions are in serious danger of elimination, after being booted out of the play-off positions at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday.

Jack Grealish would open the scoring for the Manchester-based side, with Eerling Haaland doubling their advantage just 3 minutes later; they would shortly implode as PSG found the back of the net 4 times thanks to the efforts of Ousmane Dembele, Bradley Barcola, Joao Neves, and Goncalo Ramos. This leaves Manchester City in a must-win spot in week 8 if they’re to have any hopes of progressing further in the 2024/25 Champions League.

Of course, there are plenty of other games to discuss as well, as PSG still need to register points to solidify themselves in the next stage of the event. It will also be a big week for Sporting, VfB Stuttgart, Benfica, Club Brugge, and PSV, to name just a few.

On this page, you can find a preview of the most anticipated Champions League games from match day 8, alongside our football betting predictions for each!

Best Champions League Odds for Match Day 8

We’ve picked three games on match day 8 that are loaded with potential drama, all of which feature at least one team that is fighting for survival.

Manchester City vs Club Brugge

• Date: Wednesday 29th of January 2025

• Time: 20:00 pm BST

• Our Pick: Manchester City -1.5

This is a must-win for Manchester City if they’re going to have any chance of making it further in the Champions League this year. They face Club Brugge, a team that managed to keep a clean sheet against Juventus on Wednesday, despite not finding the back of the net themselves.

Club Brugge is agonizingly close to solidifying their spot in the playoffs, currently sitting 3 points above the drop. However, although it’s incredibly unlikely, there’s still a chance that they can be knocked out of the top 24, which is something that Nicky Hayen will be acutely aware of.

Manchester City, on paper, are a far better team than Club Brugge: They’ve just struggled to show it in the Champions League this year. City are slowly finding their feet again in the Premier League and with the home advantage, we think stars such as Haaland and De Bruyne will rise to the occasion to get the team over the line.

Of course, Pep Guardiola will not be taking any risks and will likely play a very offensive style of football in this encounter, too, which is why we’re backing Manchester City -1.5 in this must-watch encounter!

VfB Stuttgart vs PSG

• Date: Wednesday 29th of January 2025

• Time: 20:00 pm BST

• Our Pick: PSG to win

PSG managed to defeat Manchester City on Wednesday to leapfrog them in the table, as they now sit in 22nd place. Despite this being rather unimpressive for the French team, Luis Enrique’s only focus now will be ensuring that they progress to the round of 16.

VfB Stuttgart is perhaps in a more dangerous position than PSG, sitting in the final play-off spot as we enter match day 8 with the worst goal difference of the four teams tied on 10 points each. This means that even if they draw with PSG, it’s still possible for them to finish 25th or 26th, missing out on what is a huge opportunity for the club.

Put simply, it’s matches like this where talent shines and PSG has an abundance of it across their squad. Most eyes will be on Barcola and Dembele in this one. However, the Paris Saint-Germain defence will also have a lot to do against a VfB Stuttgart team that is certainly not afraid to attack. Our Champions League betting pick for this match is a narrow victory for the French team, allowing them to advance in the tournament.

Juventus vs Benfica

• Date: Wednesday 29th of January 2025

• Time: 20:00 pm BST

• Our Pick: Under 2.5 goals

Benfica is another team that is looking to keep themselves in the playoff positions on the 2024/25 Champions League table, however, they’ve got a big task ahead of them as they head to Turin.

Juventus, on the other hand, have already qualified for the next stage of the tournament but will be looking for a dominant win to mark a charge into the top 8 to immediately move on to the round of 16.

When looking at Benfica’s last five away games, only one has gone over 2.5 goals, which could be a tell-tale sign of what the plan will be in this match. The Juventus defence has also done an incredible job in the Champions League thus far, conceding only five goals in seven matches.

These statistics have led us to back under 2.5 goals once again in a game that could certainly be filled with tension from both teams.

Champions League Match Day 8 Games

All this week’s Champions League game will kick off at the same date and time (Wednesday 29th of January at 20:00 pm) due to this being the last round of games in the group stage.

• PSV vs Liverpool

• Bayern vs Slovan Bratislava

• Dortmund vs Shakhtar Donetsk

• Bayer Leverkusen vs Sparta Praha

• Girona vs Arsenal

• Barcelona vs Atalanta

• Brest vs Real Madrid

• Manchester City vs Club Brugge

• Young Boys vs Crvena Zvezda

• LOSC vs Feyenoord

• Juventus vs Benfica

• Aston Villa vs Celtic

• Dinamo Zagreb vs AC Milan

• Inter Milan vs Monaco

• SK Sturm Graz vs RB Leipzig

• RB Salzburg vs Atletico Madrid

• Sporting vs Bologna

• VfB Stuttgart vs PSG

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