Sports Blog 06/03/2018: UEFA Champions League Preview – Last 16 2nd Legs, Tuesday 6th March 2018

Can Liverpool get a double-digit aggregate win over Porto when they complete their last 16 tie on Tuesday?

FA Cup disappointment aside, the Reds currently have the kind of form only rivalled by Manchester City. In the league they’ve lost just once in their last games, while they’ve scored a mighty impressive 67 goals in 29 games in total.



They brought this formidable, free-scoring swagger to their 1st leg fixture against Porto. A hat-trick for Sadio Mane, and goals from Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino say Liverpool secure a near-unbeatable 5-0 away win, the third time they’d scored 5 goals or more in a Champions League game this season. Understandably this has left the Reds’ frontline with some sky high Super Mega PGM spreads: Salah, who has 32 goals in all competitions, is at 55-63, with Firmino at 35-41 and Mane at 32-38.

What makes Liverpool’s win all the more impressive is that Porto haven’t lost a single game in the Primera Liga this season. They’ve repeatedly faltered in Europe, however, and are unlikely to change that on Tuesday, with Spreadex offering a Liveprool/Porto Goal Supremacy spread of 1.1-1.3 alongside a Total Goals spread of 2.9-3.1.

While Jurgen Klopp’s men basically have one foot in the quarter-finals, there’s a tad more ambiguity surrounding PSG’s face-off against Real Madrid. The Spanish champions managed a rather convincing 3-1 win at the Bernabeu, with Cristiano Ronaldo – who scored his 300th La Liga goal at the weekend and has a Super Mega PGM of 49-57 – nabbing a brace and Marcelo netting a late 3rd.



However that PSG away goal does leave room for the French side to progress, even if they are perhaps crucially without Neymar. Still, a team that has Edison Cavani, who actually has more goals this season than his Brazilian teammate and sits at a Super Mega PGM of 79-91, and Kylian Mbappe, at 31-37, is hardly going to struggle going forwards.

Unai Emery’s side scored 15 goals in 3 home games during the group stages, something that will give them hope on Tuesday, with Spreadex offering a PSG/Real Madrid Goal Supremacy spread of 0.65-0.85 alongside a Total Goals spread of 3.75-3.95.