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Liverpool vs FC Barcelona Betting Tips

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Well, that’s that, then!

Anyone hoping for an almighty tussle between Liverpool and Barcelona in their Champions League semi final will surely be left disappointed after the Catalan giants swept the English outfit aside in the first leg at Camp Nou.

It was Luis Suarez who opened the scoring, with the former Liverpool striker racing onto Jordi Alba’s through ball to fire home inside the opening half an hour.

But there was no question as to who the star of the show was. Lionel Messi once again reminded everyone of his God given talents with a fantastic brace of goals that put Barcelona almost out-of-sight with a 3-0 lead heading into the second leg at Anfield next Tuesday.

First, the pint-sized Argentine reacted quickest to steer home when Suarez’s shot struck the crossbar, and his second was typical Messi: curling home a free kick that left Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson clutching at thin air.

That was the 600th goal of his Barcelona career, and furthers the notion that he might just be the greatest player of all time.

It wasn’t all doom and gloom for Liverpool, who produced a dispirited display despite the scoreline.

Indeed, Jurgen Klopp said afterwards that he thought his team played their best away Champions League game in two years, and that he didn’t ‘know if we can play much better’.

The Reds did produce chances to score too, with Roberto Firmino – who surprisingly started on the bench following a tactical reshuffle from Klopp – having a shot cleared off the line and Mo Salah hitting the post from the rebound.

H2H Stats

Team statistics from last 10 matches Liverpool / Barcelona
Number of Wins 9 / 7
Number of Loses 0 / 2
Average scored goals per match 2.5 / 1.8
Average conceded goals per match 0.9 / 0.7
Team form (last 5 matches) WWWLW / WWWWL

Salah and James Milner also had shots saved, while Sadio Mane blazed over when well placed inside the penalty area.

Even so, it would take something akin to a miracle for Liverpool to turn this tie around in the second leg. That said, they are used to producing such feats – who can forget the ‘miracle of Istanbul’, where they beat AC Milan in the final of the Champions League after trailing 0-3 at half-time.

And what about that famous game in this competition back in 2017 when PSG beat Barcelona 4-0 at the Parc des Princes?

Who knows, maybe lightning will strike again, although as we can see from the Liverpool vs FC Barcelona betting odds, the bookies aren’t exactly convinced!

1. Liverpool vs FC Barcelona Betting Odds

The Liverpool vs FC Barcelona odds have been released, and while the bookmakers believe the Reds’ chances of reaching a second successive Champions League final are slim to zero, they give them some hope of at least retaining some dignity in this second leg.

Liverpool are available at a price of 2.00 to win Tuesday’s match on home soil, with Barcelona a 3.40 outsider and the draw priced at 3.75.

Of course, we should at least make you aware of the ‘to qualify’ odds in case you believe in miracles! Here, Liverpool are available at 11.00, with Barcelona a rather telling 1.05.

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2. Champions League Liverpool vs FC Barcelona Predictions

This is one of those matches that potentially dangles on a knife edge, which makes supplying Liverpool vs FC Barcelona predictions a tricky business!

Imagine, for example, that Liverpool score an early goal? That could change the complexion of things, and would certainly make Barcelona think about their increasingly-fragile lead.

But then think about the opposite: an away goal from Messi and co would ultimately end this tie as a meaningful contest.

The beauty of it is that both teams will play in their normal attacking style. Klopp will surely reunite Firmino with Salah and Mane in attack, and that trio has contributed dozens of goals between them to Liverpool’s cause this term. They are capable of slicing through even the meanest of defences.

Meanwhile, Barcelona tend to play in one way only: that is, to retain possession and attack with gusto. When you have a front three of Messi, Suarez and Coutinho, why wouldn’t you!?

But we shouldn’t assume that this will be a wide-open affair. Liverpool cannot afford to concede, and so they won’t come out all-guns blazing in the red-hot atmosphere at Anfield.

But they have enough reasons to be positive. They had more possession than Barcelona in the first leg, had more shots at goal and won more corners too. Okay, so those stats are meaningless compared to the only one that matters – the final score – but at least they show the Reds made a decent game of it at Camp Nou.

The English team will be stronger on home soil, and we’re happy enough to add them to our Liverpool vs FC Barcelona betting tips as the likely winner.

But it would be highly unusual if Barcelona didn’t score, and so maybe betting on Liverpool to Win & Both Teams to Score at 3.25 is the way to go.

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