{"id":332929,"date":"2025-03-09T15:36:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T19:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=332929"},"modified":"2025-03-13T08:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T12:39:06","slug":"champions-league-predictions-round-of-16-second-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/champions-league-predictions-round-of-16-second-leg\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions League Round of 16 picks and predictions: Take the under in Arsenal vs. PSV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The second leg of the Champions League Round of 16 takes place this week and I&#8217;ve got two bets for the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> On Tuesday, back Robert Lewandowski to score for Barcelona against Benfica at home. After that, take the under at Emirates Stadium when Arsenal hosts PSV with a 7-1 aggregate lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the best Champions League predictions for the Round of 16 second leg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Champions League predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"insights\"><strong>Go to full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/soccer\/competitions\/10403\">Champions League betting markets<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best Bet: Lewandowski to score (-188)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lewandowski was held off the score sheet in the first leg of this matchup, which Barcelona won 1-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But that&#8217;s been a rarity for the Polish striker lately and I expect him to get back in the mix on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lewandowski generated 0.7 xG against Benfica in the first leg, the most of any player on either team, according to FBRef.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He has 30 goals across 34 La Liga and Champions League appearances this season, including nine goals in nine UCL games. <br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lewandowski had scored in seven of his last nine games prior to last Wednesday&#8217;s match against Benfica.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Cracking Bruno Lage&#8217;s defence won&#8217;t be easy \u2014 Benfica has conceded the fewest goals in Liga Portugal (18) \u2014 but Barcelona should be up for the task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hansi Flick&#8217;s side has scored the most UCL goals per game (3.2) while generating the sixth-most xG (22.0), per FotMob.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Lewandowski&#8217;s 1.07 xG\/90 is the second-highest in the tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Under 2.5 goals (+110):<\/strong> Arsenal&#8217;s main goal during Wednesday&#8217;s fixture against PSV should be to leave the pitch healthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gunners leapt out to a massive 7-1 lead on aggregate last week with Martin Odegaard bagging a brace and five of his teammates chipping in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a massive overperformance, considering Arsenal only generated 1.9 xG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PSV&#8217;s lone goal came on a penalty and I struggle to see it produce any offence at the Emirates with Mikel Arteta likely playing a hyper-defensive style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arsenal has conceded the fewest xG in the tournament (7.2) and had gone under this mark in four straight games across all competitions prior to last week&#8217;s drumming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>Picks made at 1:48 p.m. on 03\/09\/25.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second leg of the Champions League Round of 16 takes place this week and I&#8217;ve got two bets for the action. The pregame narrative: On Tuesday, back Robert Lewandowski to score for Barcelona against Benfica at home. After that, take the under at Emirates Stadium when Arsenal hosts PSV with a 7-1 aggregate lead. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":332912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,73],"tags":[229],"class_list":["post-332929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","category-football","tag-soccer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Champions League predictions: Round of 16 second leg | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Champions League predictions and Round of 16 picks. 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