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Get the best bets for Tuesday's Champions League and Championship football

Get the best bets for a big Tuesday night of football in the Champions League as Chelsea host Barcelona as well as the pick of the Championship action which sees top play second...

Champions League tips and predictions

20:00 - Newcastle v Barcelona: Back 11/1 bet builder

Opta: Chelsea boast a proud record against Barcelona, memorably defeating the Blaugrana in the semi-finals before winning their first UCL crown in 2011/12.

They have only lost one of their last nine meetings with Barcelona in the Champions League, though six of those matches have been drawn (two wins). That one defeat did come when they last met in March 2018, with a 4-1 reverse seeing the Blues eliminated in the last 16.

At Stamford Bridge, meanwhile, Barca have only beaten Chelsea once in eight attempts across major European competitions (two wins, five draws). They have failed to win on four trips there since triumphing 2-1 against Jose Mourinho's side in February 2006.

20:00 - Man City v Bayer Leverkusen: Back Doku to draw fouls

The Stat

Manchester City's Jérémy Doku has won 3+ fouls in four of his previous five UEFA Champions League appearances. We can back him at odds-against to do exactly that again on Tuesday night. It's an opportunity we cannot pass up.

The Bet

20:00 - Newcastle v Marseille: Back bet builder at 7/1

Paul Higham: Newcastle visit the south of France as 29/20 favourites but you just wonder how much Saturday's win over Man City took out of them, as it was a maximum effort performance. They still should beat 19/10 home underdogs Marseille but there's an element of risk here in what should be a decent atmosphere as well.

Eddie Howe's side have won just once in 10 away games - against Union SG in this group stage - but they've kept things tight with three clean sheets in four, so I'm edging towards a draw at 12/5 as they've got enough defensive nous to frustrate the hosts and a point wouldn't be the worst result in the world.

We love a quirky Bet Builder here though so I'll pair the draw with Sandro Tonali to be fouled 2+ times at 13/8 as the Italian's won 10 fouls in just three Champions League outings, while Marseille have given away 61 in their four games so far.

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Championship tips and predictions

19:45 Championship - Middlesbrough v Coventry: Back 12/5 top two tip

Jack Critchley: Middlesbrough probably should have beaten Oxford at the weekend. Kim Hellberg was waiting in the wings and his first official game in charge is one of their toughest of the campaign. Boro didn't create enough quality moments according to interim boss Adi Viveash and they will need to be far more ruthless in order to secure three points from this top of the table battle. Morgan Whittaker and Delano Burgzorg have been subject to criticism from fans, and it remains to be seen whether the new boss continues to use the under-fire duo.

At the Riverside, Boro have been fairly watertight, conceding just four goals in front of their own fans. Away from home, they've been a little leakier, but they should be tough to infiltrate in Teesside.

Coventry maintained their lead at the top of the table with a comeback victory over West Brom at the CBS. The Sky Blues switched off twice, before taking full advantage of WBA's indiscipline. Haji Wright missed this game through injury, yet the return of Jack Rudoni is a boost ahead of a busy week. The Sky Blues don't have the sturdiest back-line, yet they're able to produce a stoic performance when required, as demonstrated with their 1-0 victory over Stoke and 3-0 success when hosting Birmingham earlier in the season.

Frank Lampard may be happy to keep Boro at arm's length and this could be filed under 'do not lose' for the former midfielder.