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Lokomotiv Moscow v Bayern Munich

  • 17:55 GMT on BT Sport 1
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Bayern started their defence of the Champions League title with a convincing 4-0 victory over Atletico Madrid in Germany. As they travel to Russia to take on Lokomotiv Moscow, there's every chance we could see a greater score as they look to run up the goal difference alongside their points tally.

Lokomotiv's campaign began with a 2-2 draw at Salzburg and the 14/1 odds in their favour shows how unfancied they are here. Hoffenheim demonstrated that this Bayern team can be beaten, but the Bavarian giants bounced back from that with 23 goals scored in their six games across all competitions since then.

That includes a 5-0 thrashing of Eintracht Frankfurt last time out. With Bayern heavy odds-on favourites, and just 11/8 available on them scoring four or more goals, the value comes in the goalscorer market and Leroy Sane's 9/5 price for a goal anytime will look beyond attractive if he has a spot in the starting line-up.

The former Manchester City winger recently returned from injury and struck from the bench at the weekend. Despite missing games already, he has two goals and two assists in three Bundesliga appearances and Bayern boss Hansi Flick hasn't ruled out a start here.

Flick also revealed that Sane has been working closely with former Germany great Miroslav Klose to improve his finishing in front of goal. With that the case, and this Bayern side an attacking force that is the best in Europe, Sane should enjoy a prolific season across all competitions.

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Opta facts

  • Lokomotiv Moscow and Bayern Munich have met twice previously, with both fixtures coming in the UEFA Cup in 1995-96. The Russian side won away at Bayern (1-0) before losing at 0-5 home in September 1995.
  • FC Bayern Munich have lost only one of their 14 UEFA Champions League matches against Russian opposition (W10 D3), although that defeat came last time out versus FK Rostov in November 2016 (2-3).
  • Lokomotiv Moscow have lost eight of their last nine matches against German opposition in all European competition, winning the other 2-1 at Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the Champions League last season.
  • FC Bayern Munich are unbeaten in their last 13 away games in the UEFA Champions League (exc. neutral venues), since a 0-3 defeat at Paris Saint-Germain in September 2017 (W10 D3). It’s their longest such run in European Cup/Champions League history.

Marseille v Manchester City

  • 20:00 GMT on BT Sport 2
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Manchester City are struggling for consistency as questions surrounding Pep Guardiola's time at the club continue to grow louder. Victory over Porto in the Champions League was followed up by a draw at West Ham, that has left them 13th in the Premier League table after five games.

Tuesday takes them to a Marseille side who have been decent enough in France so far but were beaten by Olympiacos on Matchday One. They conceded eleven shots in that game and they should expect a high tally against when City visit.

Despite Marseille sitting fourth in Ligue 1, and conceding eight in their first eight games, they are a side who see a high shots against total. The 14.6 per game is the fifth-highest in France's top-flight and that should become an issue against a City side who see 16 shots taken per game in the Premier League.

One player who does provide good value in this area is Kyle Walker. The City full-back is priced up at 5/4 with Sky Bet to have at least one shot in this contest and that is more than achievable based on his record during the 2020/21 season.

Walker has seen at least one shot in four of his five league appearances so far. The one game where he fell short of the target was the 1-0 win over Arsenal; a contest where he was operating as more of a centre-back as opposed to a right-back.

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Opta facts

  • Manchester City will meet Marseille for the first time in European competition.
  • Manchester City have only won two of their previous seven UEFA Champions League games against French teams (D2 L3), going winless in each of the last four (D1 L3).
  • Both teams have scored in each of Manchester City’s last eight UEFA Champions League fixtures, with the Citizens now on their longest wait for a clean sheet in the competition since between February 2015 & 2016 (9 matches).
  • Marseille’s Dimitri Payet is still looking for his first goal in the UEFA Champions League, having attempted 32 shots without scoring in the competition (21 for Lille and 11 for Marseille).

Borussia Monchengladbach v Real Madrid

  • 20:00 GMT on BT Sport ESPN
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Opta facts

  • This will be the fifth meeting between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Real Madrid in all European competition, with each side picking up one victory apiece (D2).
  • Real Madrid are unbeaten in their last nine matches against German teams in European competition (W6 D3), since a 0-2 defeat to VFL Wolfsburg in April 2016. Indeed, they’ve never previously gone 10 consecutive such matches without defeat before.
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach have won only one of their last 11 matches in all competitions against Spanish teams (D2 L8), winning 4-2 against Sevilla in November 2015 in the UEFA Champions League.
  • Marcus Thuram has scored in two of his previous three home games for Borussia Mönchengladbach in European competition, although this will be his first home game for the club in the UEFA Champions League.
  • Karim Benzema – who didn’t start in Real Madrid’s defeat on MD1 – has been directly involved in 19 goals in his last 21 starts in the UEFA Champions League, netting 14 goals and providing five assists.

Odds correct at 1200 GMT (26/10/20)

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