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

Get the best bets for Wednesday evening's football in the Champions League, with Arsenal, Man City and Newcastle in action, as well as the pick of the Championship tips with a full midweek card in the second tier...

Champions League tips and predictions

20:00 - Brugge v Arsenal: Back Gunners to win to nil

The Stat

The Gunners have scored 14 goals in six Champions League matches this season and their defensive performances have been equally impressive, with only one goal conceded (against Bayern Munich last time out). For that reason, the chance to back Arsenal to win to nil is appealing.

The Bet

20:00 - Real Madrid v Man City: Back 8/1 bet builder

Opta: 

Kylian Mbappe has already had a whopping 106 shots in all competitions in 2025/26 (5.0 per game), hitting the target 51 times (2.4 per game). He is 4/9 for 2+ SoT and 7/5 for 3+. He can also be backed at 4/7 for 5+ total shots and 6/5 for 6+.

At the other end, there's the monstrous Haaland. Haaland is, unsurprisingly, level with Mbappe in the anytime goalscorer betting, at 5/6. The Norwegian is 4/1 to score multiple goals or 10/3 to net first - the shortest price of any player.

The impressive metrics put up by both of the two big-name strikers means each of them could hold appeal either in the goals or shots markets.

20:00 - Leverkusen v Newcastle: Back 5/1 Bayer bet

Paul Higham: What a result that was for Leverkusen winning at Man City, but they're still 2/1 home underdogs against 13/10 shots Newcastle, who lost at Marseille last time but enjoyed a thumping win at Everton to end a run of four straight away defeats.

Form on the road is still a worry for Eddie Howe's side, but Bayer lost at home to Dortmund last time out and also got hammered at home by PSG, so this one looks finely balanced. I quite like a score draw here.

But a player prop that caught the eye was a double on Leverkusen's Alex Grimaldo, who leads the team with 15 shots on target this season and is also their most fouled player, with multiple against him in six games this season.

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Championship tips and predictions

19:45 - Bristol City v Leicester: Back BTTS at Ashton Gate

Jack Critchley: Bristol City sit seventh in the Championship table with a mixture of inconsistencies and injuries preventing them from forcing their way into the play-off pictures. They have a 2-1-4 record since the beginning of November, although their home record is fairly solid. They tend to struggle when they concede the first goal of the game here, and they must find a way to stop Leicester from making a fast start.

The Foxes started with real urgency at the weekend, racing into a three goal lead at Pride Park. Fans have been purring over Welsh international Jordan James, who has slotted into the number six role perfectly, and the 21-year-old has now netted in three of his last five. Marti Cifuentes was quick the deflect the attention away from himself, admitting that pressure is part of the job. The former QPR boss desperately needed that victory and he will be aiming to find a way to add more consistently to Leicester's game.

The former Premier League champions rarely keep clean sheets and with a sense of injustice still prevalent at Ashton Gate, the hosts will come into this game with a little extra motivation.