Champions League Betting Tips Barcelona vs PSG

The next stage of the 2012/13 Champions League kicks off today as a number of top European sides are all set to lock horns in the first leg of the quarter finals. High-flying favourites Barcelona are trading as the odds-on favourites to get the result against big-spending PSG in the opening leg of the tie. 

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As it currently stands, punters will find Barcelona sitting at a short price of 4/5 to get the outright result away against PSG. The French side are trading at a 7/2 listing. 

Punters can get the draw at 13/5 and you reckon that would suit the French hosts just fine here. 

In regards to outright qualification, Barcelona go into this one as the considerable favourites. You’ll find an ultra slim 1/8 price for the Catalan Club to get the result over two legs. Paris Saint Germain trade at a 9/2 listing and that’s actually not a bad bet if you were going to back them to get the result in this fixture. Setting themselves up for a match at Camp Nou with a one goal cushion would give them a real chance. 

It’s tough playing against a team that will boast that many match winners on the pitch and it’s probably not surprising that Lionel Messi is the considerable favourite to notch the first strike of the match. Punters will find the Argentinian sensation priced out at a 3/1 listing to score first. 

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is facing off against his old club (something you tend to hear often, considering the amount of sides he’s lined up for) and you know there’d be nothing more that he would want to do than put one into the Barcelona net - he’s a tidy 5/1 to get the first goal. 

Other notables include Jeremy Menez at 10/1 to score first while Cesc Fabregas trades at 7/1. 

David Beckham is amongst the big names lining up here and he’s 18/1 to score first - an interesting option if he makes the starting line-up as you can expect him to be taking the dangerous set pieces around the Barcelona box.