Champions League betting preview: Best bets and stats for Tuesday's action, including Tottenham and Manchester City's group games

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Tottenham v Bayern Munich

could be worth considering.

He is looking back to his best after a nightmare spell at Barcelona. In terms of individual teams he has faced, Tottenham are Coutinho's favourite opponent, scoring three and assisting two in 12 appearances against the Londoners (seven wins, four draws, two losses).

Coutinho is nearly 3/1 to score anytime in places, a great price considering his promising start, but 4+ shots catches the eye at 21/10, which covers us for blocked efforts and those wide of the target.

Best bet:

Key stats

  • Tottenham have scored in 23 of their 25 Champions League group stage matches, only failing to score home and away against German side Bayer Leverkusen in 2016-17.
  • Bayern Munich are looking to become just the second side after PSG in October 2017 to score 2+ goals in six successive Champions League away group stage matches since the competition changed to its current format in 2003-04.
  • Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski has scored in 39 different Champions League matches; only Ruud van Nistelrooy (42), Karim Benzema (45), Raul (56), Lionel Messi (68), Cristiano Ronaldo (82) have scored in more individual contests.

Manchester City v Dinamo Zagreb

Key stats

  • Manchester City have won their last four Champions League home games by an aggregate score of 19-4; they’ve never won five in a row in the competition. Indeed, City have lost only one of their last 11 home group stage matches (W9 D1 L1).
  • Manchester City’s 3-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk was Pep Guardiola’s 30th managerial UEFA Champions League win by three or more goals – only Carlo Ancelotti (32 wins) has more by that margin in the history of the competition.
  • Dinamo Zagreb are winless in their last 15 Champions League away matches (D2 L13), losing each of the last 12. No side has ever lost 13 consecutive away games in the Champions League (Spartak Moscow also lost 12 between October 2000 and October 2006).

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Galatasaray v Paris Saint-Germain

Key stats

  • PSG have lost both of their away Champions League matches against Turkish teams, losing 1-3 against Besiktas in October 1997 and 0-1 versus Galatasaray in December 2000.
  • PSG midfielder Angel Di Maria has been directly involved in seven goals in his last eight Champions League appearances (four goals, three assists). Di María’s last two CL matches against Galatasaray in the 2013-14 group stages saw the Argentine score once and assist three times.
  • PSG’s Kylian Mbappe has been directly involved in 14 goals in his 12 away games in the Champions League (10 goals, 4 assists). No player in Champions League history has scored more goals in their first 12 away games than Mbappe (10 - level with Mario Gomez).

Lokomotiv Moscow v Atletico Madrid

Key stats

  • Atletico Madrid are unbeaten in four Champions League matches versus sides from Russia, picking up three wins in the process (D1). Only one of those three victories came away from home, beating FC Rostov in October 2016 under Diego Simeone.
  • Kieran Trippier created seven chances in Atlético Madrid’s 2-2 draw with Juventus, the most of any player on MD1 of this season’s UEFA Champions League. Since the start of last season, only Dusan Tadic (41) has created more chances than Trippier in the competition (32).
  • Diego Simeone has never lost in four matches against Russian sides in the Champions League (W3 D1 L0) – his joint-best unbeaten record versus teams from a single nation in the competition alongside Netherlands.

Odds correct as of 1400 BST on 30/09/19

Tuesday's Champions League fixtures

The full draw for the Champions League group stages

2000 BST kick-off unless stated

Our predictions: Tottenham 0-3 Bayern, Man City 4-0 Dinamo Zagreb, Juventus 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen, Leeds 1-1 West Brom, Middlesbrough 1-2 Preston, Blackburn 1-2 Nottingham Forest.

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