Champions League: Last 16 Second Legs Betting Tips

The Champions League round of 16 first legs have set up some intriguing contests for the first set of second-leg matches, which will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.

Some huge names are in action in this half of the first round of knockout games, including defending champions Manchester City, who will be looking to showcase their potential to retain the title at home to Copenhagen.

Bayern Munich have work to do after losing the first leg of their last-16 tie against Lazio in Italy, and Paris Saint-Germain are also in action at Real Sociedad.

The final tie of this week sees 14-time European champions Real Madrid defending a narrow 1-0 lead at home to RB Leipzig.

With plenty of thrills in store, here are our recommended bets for the four-midweek Champions League matches.

Tip 1 - Bayern Munich -1 on handicap @ 10/13

Bayern Munich are capable of overcoming a 1-0 deficit from their first leg against Italian outfit Lazio after very little went right for them in Rome.

The German giants somehow managed to have 17 shots without getting one on target in that contest, a real outlier of a statistic that is unlikely to be repeated.

Even so they still might have managed to escape with a draw if defender Dayot Upamecano had not been sent off in the 67th minute.

Ciro Immobile converted the resulting penalty giving Lazio a precious advantage to take to Germany with them.

They have not impressed since then, however, losing three of their four subsequent games in Serie A to fall to ninth place in the table, and they look vulnerable if Bayern can get their attack operating closer to its usual level.

Lazio do most of their best work at home and have won only seven of their 14 road games in the league.

They also lost two of their three away games in the group stage by two-goal margins at Feyenoord and Atletico Madrid and needed a 90th-minute winner to beat Celtic in their other away trip.

This test is a higher level of difficulty than any of those matches and Bayern can make the most of home advantage at the Allianz Arena where they have won 10 of their 12 home games this season.

Bayern remain the highest scorers in the Bundesliga with 65 goals in 24 games and the attacking talent of Harry Kane and Jamal Musiala amongst others can help them to a victory by at least two goals, avoiding the need for anything more than 90 minutes of action.

Tip 2 - Paris Saint-Germain @ 7/4

Paris Saint-Germain do not need to win or even draw the second leg of their round-of-16 tie against Real Sociedad to advance to the quarter-finals, which is always important for bettors to bear in mind, but they look to have a major talent advantage over their hosts and look like a value bet to post another victory.

Sociedad cannot afford to sit back if they are to have any chance, but pushing forward should expose them to dangerous counter-attacks from the classy forwards of the French club and they look to be facing an uphill struggle.

Real have not looked in the kind of form to cause a major upset in their recent outings and they have won only one of their last nine games.

They lost their last two league matches to Villarreal and Sevilla, conceding three goals each time, and in between those games they went out of the Copa Del Rey on penalties after a 1-1 draw at home to Mallorca.

PSG have been held to draws by Rennes and Monaco in their last two outings but they have still won 10 of their last 13 games in all competitions.

They have shut out their opponents in six of their last 10 away games and should be capable of adding another victory in Spain.

Tip 3 - Manchester City -2 on handicap @ 11/10

Defending champions Manchester City bought themselves some valuable breathing space for their home leg against Copenhagen when Phil Foden's 90th-minute goal in Denmark stretched their advantage to two goals in a 3-1 win.

The Danes had scored from their only shot on target in the game when Magnus Mattsson equalised in the first half, while City had 13 of those and enjoyed a whopping 79% of the possession.

With the pressure off, Pep Guardiola's team can be fancied to play with freedom and put on a show for the home fans in a wide-margin win.

They should be in high spirits after fighting back from 1-0 down to record what was eventually a comfortable 3-1 home win in Sunday's Manchester derby in the Premier League and have more experience than almost any other team in finding ways past packed defences..

City scored three times in each of their home games in the group stage and should do just as well against a toothless Copenhagen team to book their place in the last eight.

Tip 4 - Real Madrid to win and both teams to score vs RB Leipzig @ 7/4

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RB Leipzig gave a good account of themselves in their first leg against mighty Real Madrid, with sharing possession equally and outshooting their illustrious visitors, but it's hard to see them turning the tables on the road.

Real have not yet been beaten at home in any competition this season, winning 11 of 13 games in front of their own fans in La Liga and taking nine Champions League group-stage points there too.

Leipzig are only fifth in the Bundesliga and have lost five of their nine games since the winter break.

They are also much stronger at home than on the road and had failed to win four successive away games before Saturday's 4-1 win at struggling Bochum.

The Red Bulls do have some scoring prowess and the first leg against Madrid was the only time they have been shut out in their last eight games.

It may pay to anticipate a higher-scoring game than we saw in Germany and take Madrid to win a game in which both teams score.