Barcelona v PSG free betting tips: Best bets and Champions League preview

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Barcelona v PSG

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Is this the highlight of the round of 16 stage? There is a strong case to say that it is. Two of Europe's biggest and best sides meet at a still relatively early point of the competition and the loser will be beyond disappointed with their finishing position.

Both sides are odds-on to progress, the bookmakers just can't separate them. PSG find themselves in a somewhat rare position with Lille ahead of them by the single point in France while Barca trail leaders Atletico Madrid by a more significant eight points in Spain.

PSG ended their long wait to make the final of this competition last season but were left without the trophy in their hands. They will hope Mauricio Pochettino's arrival will inspire them to overcome that hurdle; it is surely their main objective now given their long domestic dominance.

This is a contest that should see goals given the power in attack. Even without Neymar and Angel Di Maria, the squad depth at the top-end for PSG means someone else can step in and fill the void. One player who should do that is Julian Draxler, and he's the first of two goalscorers advised here with a best price of 5/1 available.

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Barcelona v PSG best bets

Odds correct at 1420 GMT (15/02/21)

Opta facts

  • Barcelona have knocked out Paris SG in each of their last three UEFA Champions League knock-out ties: 2012/13 quarter-finals (3-3 agg. away goals), 2014/15 quarter-finals (5-1 agg.), 2016/17 round of 16 (6-5 agg.). The only previous time Paris SG overcame the Catalans in a UCL knockout tie was in the 1994/95 quarter-finals (3-2 agg.).
  • The last time Barcelona and Paris SG met was in the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League round of 16. The Catalan side became the first – and so far only – side to qualify for the next round following a 4+ goals first-leg margin of defeat (0-4 first leg at Parc des Princes; 6-1 second leg at Camp Nou).
  • Since 2012/13, only Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid have faced each other more often (10 times) than Barcelona and Paris SG (8) in the UEFA Champions League. Those eight games have produced 32 goals, an average of four per match.
  • Only one French club has beaten Barcelona at Camp Nou – it was FC Metz in the first round of the Cup Winners Cup in October 1984 (4-1). No French side though has ever beaten FCB on their own patch in the UEFA Champions League (D2 L8).
  • Barcelona will attempt to reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League for the 14th consecutive season, a record. The last time they were knocked out in the round of 16 was in 2006/07 against Liverpool (2-2 agg. away goals).

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