2019-20 UEFA Champions League Betting Odds

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2019-20 UEFA Champions League Betting Odds

Is this the year that Manchester City finally wins the Champions League? The oddsmakers believe so. Manchester City appear to have the most talented team in Europe and that has them entrenched as the favorite per the soccer betting odds.

They will be out to avoid the slip-ups that have cost them a chance at Champions League glory in the past. Oddly enough, English clubs have been City’s downfall with Liverpool sending them out two years ago and Tottenham Hotspur doing the trick last year.

The usual collection of clubs trail Manchester City as the betting favorites. Barcelona, Liverpool, and Real Madrid are the other clubs with odds of less than 10-1, and Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, and Bayern Munich are right behind them.

UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Schedule

The round-of-16 first-leg fixtures are scheduled to take place on February 18-19 and February 25-26. The second-leg fixtures begin on March 10-11, and the final round-of-16 games will take place on March 17-18.

UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals Schedule

20 March: Quarter-final and semi-final draws, Nyon

7/8 April: Quarter-finals, first leg

14/15 April: Quarter-finals, second leg

UEFA Champions League Semi-finals

28/29 April: Semi-finals, first leg

5/6 May: Semi-finals, second leg

UEFA Champions League Final

30 May: Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadi, Istanbul

Champions League History

There is no club tournament more prestigious than the Champions League. Domestic glory is great, but the exclusivity of the Champions League makes this the best competition around. In domestic leagues, you can take some games off or rest your stars. There is typically an enormous gap between the haves and the have-nots, so it’s not hard to do this and not get punished. However, the Champions League is where the best of the best in European football play, and you have to constantly be on your ‘A’ game or else you might be eliminated from the tournament.

Real Madrid is the most decorated team in the history of the Champions League. The Spanish giants have had two major runs of glory, winning five straight Champions League titles between 1956 and 1960, and four out of five titles between 2014 and 2018. Their 13 championships are more than the number of titles that the second- and third-place teams have combined, and that is a testament to their dominance. Milan has the second-most Champions League titles with seven, followed by Bayern Munich, Liverpool, and Barcelona, who have each won five championships.

The country that has been home to the most Champions League winners is Spain. Real Madrid and Barcelona are the only two clubs from Spain to have won it all, and their vast success has led to 18 title winners coming from Spain. Italy and England are tied with the second-most winners at 13 apiece, but Italy has an abundance of teams that fell just short in the final. There have been 16 Italian teams that have finished runners-up compared to just 8 English teams.

Germany has produced the fourth-most Champions League winners (7), but the next two countries on the list might be a bit of a surprise. You would think France would round out the list because Ligue 1 is considered one of the top five leagues on the continent. However, France has only given us one Champions League winner. Instead, the Netherlands (6) and Portugal (4) are the only other countries with more than one winning team.

UEFA Champions League Past Winners

2019-2020 will mark the 65th season of the Champions League. Only the best teams in Europe can take part in the most prestigious competition in world football, so there is an aura involved with every match a club plays in the tournament.

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