UEFA Champions League Betting Tips for Athletic Bilbao v Arsenal

The UEFA Champions League is back for the 71st edition of the Europe’s most prestigious club football competition, with Paris Saint-Germain looking to defend their crown. 

@Footy_Tipster gives his best predictions ahead of this round of fixtures in the UEFA Champions League..

The UEFA Champions League returns this week with some of Europe’s biggest clubs looking to get themselves off the mark early with three points as the journey to Budapest begins for at least two sides.

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The curtain raiser for this season’s UEFA Champions League will take place in Bilbao, with Europa League semi-finalists Athletic Bilbao welcoming the UCL semi-finalists from last season Arsenal, with both sides looking to make the perfect start.

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Now, let’s take a closer look at some Champions League odds and betting angles for Tuesday’s fixture:

Athletic Bilbao v Arsenal – Tuesday, 5.45pm

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• Athletic Club finished fourth in La Liga last season which secured them with UEFA Champions League football for the first time since the 2014/2015 campaign, their only other campaign in this prestigious competition came back in 1998/1999, the San Mames will be rocking for this one.
• Ernesto Valverde’s side had won their first three games of this new campaign in La Liga but head into this one off the back of a first defeat of the season in a Basque derby against Alaves, only their second league defeat on home soil in their last nineteen fixtures, a tough place to visit.
• The Lions have won fourteen of their last eighteen UEFA club competitions matches at home (L4), although their last defeat here in a UEFA competition did come against English opposition (Manchester United) back in May.
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• Arsenal bounced back from their disappointing 1-0 defeat at Anfield before the International break with a comfortable 3-0 victory against Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon, moving them up to second place in the Premier League at this early stage.
• The Gunners head to Bilbao with a good recent record against Spanish sides, having won each of their last five meetings including three in their previous campaign against Girona and Real Madrid (x2). 
• The last defeat for Arsenal on Matchday 1 of an UEFA club competition came back in 2015/2016 against GNK Dinamo, they’ve also lost just two of their last twenty-two Champions League group/league games, a remarkable record ahead of this tough test.

Prediction: Viktor Gyokeres To Score First or Last, Athletic Bilbao 0-2 Arsenal.

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