It all comes down to this … one match to decide the winner of the 2025 Champions League.
The pregame narrative: PSG has dominated this competition with an average match rating of 7.26, the best of any team competing in the UCL. Inter Milan is a worthy opponent, though, as the Italian side has only lost one game in the lead-up to the final.
Check out the best Champions League final prop picks featuring Ousmane Dembele and Lautaro Martinez.
Champions League picks
Best Bet: Dembele to score (+180)
The French winger spearheads PSG’s offence. He leads the pack in many offensive categories for this competition:
- 1st in goals (8)
- 1st in shot attempts (39)
- 1st in shots on target (22)
Dembele has appeared in 14 UCL matches and has 12 goals/assists. That includes getting on the score sheet in five straight games dating back to the second leg of the quarterfinal vs. Liverpool.
A reason for the price is that Inter Milan has a strong defence, conceding just 0.8 goals per match.
However, Arsenal is even better on that end, allowing 0.7 goals per match, and Dembele scored a goal in the first leg of the semifinal against them.
In Ligue 1, the attacker tied for the lead with 21 goals in 29 games. He’s dominant regardless of the competition.
Key stat: Dembele has 29 goals across all competitions this season.
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Quick pick
Martinez over 2.5 shots (+105): I went with Martinez to score (+210) in my best bets piece, but I’ll tone it down here and back his shots prop.
The Argentine striker has consistently been Inter’s most active attacker in its pursuit of a Serie A and Champions League title.
- Since Dec. 13, Martinez is 19-7 against this line while averaging 3.4 shots per match.
- He also leads Inter in the Champions League with 20 shots (18 on target). The next closest player is Marcus Thuram with 15.
Martinez was rather quiet in the semifinal, registering just one shot in two games against Barcelona, but he cleared this mark in four of the five UCL matches before that.
The striker was in the middle of a gruesome part of Inter’s schedule during the last round and only played 116 of 210 possible minutes over the entirety of the semifinal.
That’s a major reason for his lack of production in those matches.
Martinez hasn’t played since that second leg against Barcelona and should be fully fit to take on a 90-plus minute workload in the final.
Champions League picks made at 3:55 p.m. on 05/29/2025.
Spencer is a true sports junkie. A graduate of the Sports Journalism program at Centennial College, he first joined NorthStar Gaming as an intern in 2023. He is now a contributing writer. He loves finding the edge to bet on in all sports but has a deep passion for the NBA and UFC. Previous stops include Sportsnet.