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Get the best bets for Wednesday's Champions League matches from Betfair football experts

Get Betfair football experts' best bets for Wednesday's matches as teams battle to reach the Champions League knockout stage, with Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Newcastle and Tottenham among the 36 teams in action...

Champions League football tips and predictions

20:00 - Frankfurt v Spurs: Odobert a nice price to secure top eight position

Joe Dyer: Wilson Odobert is a player who divides opinion among the Spurs faithful. Clearly massively talented, the rapid young winger looks occasionally lightweight and can fade from games. He has nevertheless been afforded plenty of game time in recent weeks and assisted on the weekend to follow a pair against Dortmund last week.

Of the likely starters I prefer him in the Betfair Sportsbook's to score/assist betting at a bigger price than all of Dominic Solanke, Randal Kolo Muani or Xavi Simons. We can back Odobert at 13/8 to either find the back of the net or supply the assist for a goal, with Safe Sub on our side should he be withdrawn from the lineup.

20:00 - PSG v Newcastle: Back Magpies to force 4/1 draw

Dave Tindall: Newcastle's positive head-to-head record is a bonus - perhaps more than that actually - but the main reason for opposing the hosts is that PSG are not the rampant force of last season. At least not yet anyway.

PSG are top of Ligue 1 but only thanks to a late Bradley Barcola goal at second-bottom Auxerre on Friday night. Boss Luis Enrique was far from happy and it came on the back of a 2-1 Champions League loss at Sporting. Add in a French Cup defeat to local rivals Paris FC and that's now two defeats in four for PSG.

From a Newcastle point of view, their away form in the Premier League hasn't been great but in Europe they've held the lead in all three of their away matches and shown plenty of spark. They may have to ride their luck at times but Eddie Howe's men have enough about them to get something here. In which case back The Draw and Both teams to Score at 4/1, the result the last time the two met in Paris.

20:00 - Napoli v Chelsea: Great Scott to strike

Kevin Hatchard: Throughout his time at Napoli, Scott McTominay has delivered big goals when he's been called upon, and at 11/4 I can't ignore him here in the Anytime Goalscorer market.

The Scotland international scored some vital goals in the title run-in last term, and he has netted four goals in his last six appearances. The bigger the occasion, the bigger his impact, and he recently scored twice in a 2-2 draw at title rivals Inter.

20:00 - Man City v Galatasaray: Cherki value for an assist

Lewis Jones: Cherki is averaging an assist every 0.58 per 90 minutes this season, which is elite creative production. He already has nine assists to his name. This is sustained, repeatable chance creation in a team that absolutely farms high-quality opportunities.

Cherki in this City setup is an exciting player to watch. He's up there with the signings of the season. When you play for Manchester City, assists don't need to be spectacular, they just need to be timely, especially when you play alongside someone like Erling Haaland. A simple pass, a cut-back, a clever reverse ball are all avenues for potentially landing the bet.

There's also the game-state angle. City, in must-win mode, will dominate possession, territory and most likely the total goal output. They won't sit on a 1-0. They'll push, probe and suffocate. That's exactly the environment where a player like Cherki thrives where he's able to have lots of touches and repeat entries into the box.

20:00 - Liverpool v Qarabag: Visitors hold double chance appeal at 6/1

Mark Stinchcombe: Given the above permutations, there is no way I could back Liverpool at 1/10, firstly given the short price and secondly given they don't need to win. Liverpool have already faltered 13 times at odds-on this season and in the Champions League have failed to win when 1/4 versus PSV and 4/7 versus Galatasaray. Qarabag at 20/1 could be a serious runner having already won in Benfica at 12/1 and beaten Frankfurt last time out. They've also held Chelsea at home when they were 7/1. Their 13 goals is the same amount as Inter and Manchester City...

The best bet is to back Qarabag Double Chance at 6/1. It's essentially backing Liverpool not to win. Remember it's almost a free hit for Qarabag (99.5% chance of finishing in the play-offs) and there is the potential for Liverpool to come unstuck given with a point probably enough to guarantee their place in the top eight. Across all competitions, Liverpool have failed to win 17 of 34 games and that doesn't seem to be factored into the odds here.

20:00 - Borussia Dortmund v Inter Milan: Back 4/1 bet builder

Paul Higham: Inter are a point ahead of Dortmund in 14th and more likely to bag an automatic spot with a win, but they've lost three on the spin albeit in tough games against Atletico, Liverpool and Arsenal. Dortmund drew a rare blank after an early red card at Spurs, but expect to see them back to their usual attacking selves here.

Dortmund have one defeat in 21 UCL matches at home so it's another tough assignment for Inter who will try and get back to basics and focus on nullifying the home threat first and foremost - but their away form suggests they'll struggle so I fancy Dortmund to come out on top in something of a shootout.

20:00 - Club Brugge v Marseille: Belgians are cracking corners bet

Lewis Jones: Game-state is such a dominating factor when analysing football and it's unusual to find such predictable ones like we have here. It's a great opportunity for us bettors. Must-win games are not average environments and the market does find it difficult to price up that factor. Situations like those Club Brugge find themselves in cause a more attack-minded approach, more risks and that leads to betting opportunities.

My go-to strategy in situations like this is to almost blindly back the team that needs to win, in the corner markets. Odds can often lag behind motivation-based angles, especially in niche markets like corners. This type of scenario is very difficult for the oddsmakers to factor into this market where its priced by algorithms of corner data. This is where the edge lies, as I'm expecting Brugge to play very aggressively, post shots, get the ball forward and that should result in corners.