Barcelona v PSV Eindhoven Betting Preview – UEFA Champions League 18th September 7.45pm
Barcelona are red-hot favourites to win their opening game of this season’s Champions League. They have been in fine form at the start of the domestic season and they will be expected to be assured in this one. They get a comfortable looking fixture against Dutch Champions PSV on Tuesday night. Read our predictions for the Barcelona v PSV Eindhoven fixture.
Barcelona News and Form
Barcelona have made a winning start to their La Liga title defence with four wins from four. They will be expected to take maximum points in this one as well. In each of their four games in the league this season they have scored at least two goals in each, totaling fourteen goals in those four fixtures. They had to battle back from a goal down to beat Sociedad 2-1 away from home. We see Barcelona being extremely comfortable in this game and because of that Barcelona to win to nil is at 5/6 odds* (Betting Odds were taken from September 15th, 2018 at 11:35 p.m.) which leads our Barcelona v PSV betting tips.
The Catalans got to the quarter finals last season’s in the Champions League before suffering a huge shock in losing to Roma there. That was after winning the first leg of the tie at the Nou Camp 4-1. In last season’s Champions League group stage Barcelona went W4 D2 and they scored nine goals and conceded the one in that sequence. Barcelona to win by a two-goal margin has great appeal in our Barcelona v PSV predictions, which is at 10/3 odds* (Betting Odds were taken from September 15th, 2018 at 11:35 p.m.). Barcelona are currently unbeaten in 26 UEFA home games with a W24 D2 record in that sequence.
PSV Eindhoven News and Form
Dutch Champions PSV have a big season ahead of them in Europe. They have started their season well with five wins from five on the domestic front and they have averaged over four goals per game there too. Across all competitions, they have won all seven games played this season but obviously haven’t met anyone of Barcelona’s quality. Even if they don’t get on the scoreboard in this one it may be worth pushing for over 3.5 goals at 4/6 odds* (Betting Odds were taken from September 15th, 2018 at 11:35 p.m.). They have scored sixteen goals in their last three games but aren’t likely to find the going easy at the Nou Camp. In this season’s Champions League play-off round, they took on Bate Borisov and the Dutch side won that tie 6-2 on aggregate.
Away from home, they took a 3-2 win in that tie and those conceded goals has to raise some concern. Actually, they have produced only the one clean sheet in their four road games this season. This is the first time since the 2016/17 season that they are back in the group stage of the competition, and they failed to get out of their group which contained Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid on that occasion. They were in the Europa League third qualifying round latest season and lost there. PSV have won just two of their last twelve European games.
Barcelona v PSV Eindhoven Head to Head
From the previous meetings between the two clubs, things are surprisingly even. Their first meetings were back in 1978 and they traded home wins in the UEFA Cup. They were then together in the 1997/98 Champions League with both group stage games ending in a 2-2. All four of their meetings have gone over 2.5 goals.
Barcelona v PSV Eindhoven Betting Odds*
Barcelona 1/10
Draw 8/1
PSV 20/1
* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on September 15th, 2018 at 11:35 p.m.)
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Barcelona v PSV Eindhoven Predictions
We don’t see an upset happening here. We have to stick with the home win for our Barcelona v PSG predictions and because that offers little or next to no value, then we are going with the next simple option of Barcelona to win to nil.
