The Champions League league-stage draw for the 2024-25 season has sparked various reactions, odds shifts, and analyses in the football betting world.
Bet365 and BoyleSports responded by shortening the odds of Manchester City from 9-4 to 2-1 in the outright market. However, Coral and Ladbrokes took a more pessimistic view of City’s schedule, pushing them out to 11-4.
Manchester City’s fixtures include matches against Inter Milan (home), PSG (away), Club Bruges (home), Juventus (away), Feyenoord (home), Sporting Lisbon (away), Sparta Prague (home), and Slovan Bratislava (away).
Liverpool, in pot one like City, are set to face 15-time champions and current title holders Real Madrid at Anfield, alongside clashes against Leipzig (away), Bayer Leverkusen (home), AC Milan (away), Lille (home), PSV (away), Bologna (home), and Girona (away).
Arsenal will take on PSG (home), Inter Milan (away), Shakhtar Donetsk (home), Atalanta (away), Dinamo Zagreb (home), Sporting Lisbon (away), Monaco (home), and Girona (away).
Celtic’s schedule includes matches against Leipzig (home), Borussia Dortmund (away), Club Bruges (home), Atalanta (away), Young Boys (home), Dinamo Zagreb (away), Slovan Bratislava (home), and Aston Villa (away).
Aston Villa will face Bayern Munich (home), Leipzig (away), Juventus (home), Club Bruges (away), Celtic (home), Young Boys (away), Bologna (home), and Monaco (away).
Liverpool, who have welcomed City in pot one, also have matches against Real Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, and a reunion with former player Xabi Alonso.
The new Liverpool manager Arne Slot, who has started his tenure with two wins, will also revisit his home country to play against PSV Eindhoven.
Real Madrid’s fixture list includes home games against Dortmund, Milan, Salzburg, and Stuttgart, as well as away matches against Atalanta, Lille, and Brest.
Both Liverpool and Real Madrid saw their odds adjusted by bookmakers, with Liverpool eased to 14-1 from 12-1 and Real Madrid pushed out to 7-2 from 3-1, labeling them as losers according to the odds makers.
