Manchester City and FC Barcelona, the big favourites to win this Champions

Published New:22/02/2019 - 13:07h

Updated New:22/02/2019 - 13:09h

After the surprising victory of the Athletic against the Juventus in eighth, the 'Vecchia Signora' has lost bellows between the favourites to conquer the Champions League. Manchester City and FC Barcelona are now the two big bets of the fans

At the beginning of the present season 2018-19, the Juventus of Turín turned into one of the big favourites to conquer the UEFA Champions League, no only for having been very near in the last seasons, but by the 'extra' of the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo for the forward, forming part of one of the most competitive staff of Europe.

But the estocada of the Athletic in Wanda Metropolitan has had his effect, and now the apostantes trust other teams to heave with the 'orejona'. Manchester City and FC Barcelona are the two big favourites of the fans, followed of Paris Saint-Germain and, already to some distance, Real Madrid and Athletic of Madrid like fourth and fifth in this particular classification.

Of average between the main houses of bets (Betfair, Bet365 and William Hill), pays to 3,67 euros by euro bet the final victory of the Manchester City, by the 6 euros and 6,17 euros, respectively, of FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain. 9,67 euros by euro bet pay by the Real Madrid, and 10,33 by an Athletic of Madrid that completes the 'Top-5'.

The Juventus has fallen until the position number nine, since the apostantes do not have too much faith in that it achieve to trace back the eliminatory against the Athletic of Madrid and, in the case to do it, follow advancing with ease given the abysmal level showed the Wednesday in Wanda Metropolitan. Bayern, Liverpool and Tottenham are now by in front of the Juventus in the order of preferences.

And, centring us in the Barcelona, has improved slightly his quota for the apostantes, when paying now 6 euros by euro bet, instead of the 5,17 that paid before. And it is that the tie harvested in Lyon has done that splits of the fans desconfíen, what has increased the quota.

Shelving the bets, the reality is that they can not do too many quinielas with what will occur in the future of the competition. The same that they have given surprises in the gone of eighth, can give also in the party of turn... And the quotas of the bets will go back to vary irremediablemente. Each team will have to go step by step to attain his aims. And, in the case of the Barça, will touch to give the face in the Camp Nou in front of an Olympique of Lyon that will come to leave the skin around the middle of March.