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Check out the best penalty card CL tips for Wednesday!
This time the two CL matches will be conducted by a Dutch and an Italian.
We saw a very sporting 3-card Dortmund-Atlético and a hard-fought 11-card Barca-PSG on Tuesday night, which was the source of much later controversy. We didn’t mind the hands, of course, as we had a full house with no Madrid cards, including a red card at odds of over 4. Let’s take a look at what’s on the menu for Wednesday from the best bookmakers.
Free pick for Bayern-Arsenal
The Bayern-Arsenal match continues from 2-2, a match draw, and although the first leg of the match resulted in 26 fouls, only 3 yellow cards. In London it was more the Blues who took the initiative, but in Munich Bayern could get a bloody eye, which could have an impact on the score sheet.
Sweden’s Nyberg is now replaced by Dutchman Danny Makkelie, who has averaged 4.0 so far this season. His career average is no higher, and as an extremely experienced skipper he can win a match with very few cards.
With Makkelie, Bayern have won 4/4 games so far, in which Bayern have received 6 yellow cards.
A rematch always has a special piquancy but maybe we are a little bit too much on the 5.0 line here. Makkelie has only overshot this mark 13 times in his career, and if one team is not leading by a goal at the end, but the match is decided or they are on a draw, then it might not be a great match. It’s not their style anyway.
Free pick for Manchester City-Real Madrid
3-3 goals and 2-2 cards in the Real-City match, with 20 fouls. The excellent encounter will be remembered mainly for the spectacular give-and-goes, aided by a good booing from skipper Letexier. Perhaps his most memorable moment was when he accidentally slapped Erling Haaland at half-time.
UEFA has invited no less a name to Etihad than Daniele Orsato, who at 48 is now a pensioner. But the Italian stallion is still leading at the highest level at close to 50, and it’s not out of the question that he could be booed to a Champions League final for the second time in his career.
Orsato has 26 caps in 5 games, but hasn’t led any team this season. He has a career average of 4.73, but what’s even more interesting is his season last season compared to this season.
Orsato has a much tougher hand to play with, as he has averaged 5.21 in Serie A this season, compared to 3.2 last season and 6.26 two years ago.
It would be good for the game if the strikers were back in the lead, as spectacular over matches are usually less spiced up. Also worth a wink towards the under if anyone thinks England will sweep the return leg, as they did a year ago. Then, after the 1-1 first leg, there were still 5 yellow cards in the 4-0 second leg.
So this will be the sixth game between the two teams in two years, with Real having received more cards only once in the previous five. As we are expecting City to take the lead, the double chance offered by the card market is very tempting for us.
