Champions League Matchday 4 Predictions – Gurgler v Most Valuable Football Club

The Champions League returns this week, and like most football we just can’t get enough and have our Champions League Matchday 4 Predictions ready.

And as ever we put our tips up against a unique opponent, usually based on a football statistic but sometimes not, much like our semi popular Premier League tips.

We’ll also throw in a minimum of information for a quick preview of Champions League Matchday 4 Predictions for those on the go.

Time to set the alarm and get up that little bit early in Australia, or get home early from work/the pub elsewhere in the world for Champions League Matchday 4 Predictions .

Champions League Matchday 4 Predictions

Gurgler v Most Valuable Football Clubs

Opponent Tips Background: The big story in the Champions League realm is the leaked report of a breakaway European League, featuring only the best and biggest clubs.

So since only the rich clubs matter in the eyes of that, we’ll create some tips based on which club is the better financial club.

We found a very useful and interesting read by KPMG – so we have used these figures to determine who the Best Financial Champions League Club would be.

The bigger the value, that team gets the tip. If not in the top 32 as designated by KPMG, then they are automatically the losers in the eyes of the breakaway league, unless they both are which is a draw.

The Gurgler’s selections are based on a mixture of listening to multiple podcasts and reading way too many websites, added with ignorance to all of that with our own thoughts. 

Champions League Matchday 4 Predictions – Our Tips

DRAW – Monaco v Club Bruges
DRAW – Atletico Madrid v Borussia Dortmund
INTER to beat Barcelona
SPURS to beat PSV
LIVERPOOL to beat Red Star Belgrade
NAPOLI to beat PSG
GALATASARAY to beat Schalke
PORTO to beat Lokomotiv Moscow

BAYERN MUNICH to beat AEK Athens
AJAX to beat Benfica
MANCHESTER CITY to beat Shakhtar Donetsk
LYON to beat Hoffenheim
DRAW – CSKA Moscow v Roma
REAL MADRID to beat Viktoria Plzen
VALENCIA to beat Young Boys
JUVENTUS to beat Manchester United

Champions League Matchday 4 Predictions – Most Valuable Clubs in Europe

Team ranking in brackets

MONACO (30th) to beat Club Bruges (-)
BORUSSIA DORTMUND (12th) to beat Atletico Madrid (13th)
BARCELONA (3rd) to beat Inter (20th)
SPURS (10th) to beat PSV (-)
LIVERPOOL (8th) to beat Red Star Belgrade (-)
PSG (11th) to beat Napoli (17th)
SCHALKE (14th) to beat Galatasaray (25th)
DRAW – Porto (-) v Lokomotiv Moscow (-)

BAYERN MUNICH (4th) to beat AEK Athens (-)
BENFICA (26th) to beat Ajax (29th)
MANCHESTER CITY (5th) to beat Shakhtar Donetsk (-)
LYON (22nd) to beat Hoffenheimn (-)
ROMA (21st) to beat CSKA Moscow (-)
REAL MADRID (2nd) to beat Viktoria Plzen (-)
VALENCIA (32nd) to beat Young Boys (-)
MANCHESTER UTD (1st) to beat Juventus (9th)

Slightly interesting: 11 of the Top 32 are not in this year’s Champions League.

Five are from England, and two each from Spain, Italy and Turkey.

Champions League Predictions Form So Far

GURGLER
Matchday  1 – 6/16 – Terrible
Matchday 2 – 10/16 – Better
Matchday 3 – 9/16 – Less Better

OPPONENT
Matchday 1 – 6/16 – Current League Position
Matchday 2 – 6/16 – National Titles Won
Matchday 3 – 9/16 – Who Scored Team Rating

Champions League Matchday 4 – Four Games to Watch

You can’t watch everything, well actually you can if you have Optus Sport and no job or life, so we select our four games to watch for the Champions League Matchday 4 ahead.

Times in ADST for the poor souls who have to get up early.

ATLETICO MADRID v BORUSSIA DORTMUND (Tuesday)

Dortmund gave Atletico a 4-0 hiding last time out, and that surely won’t happen again. But Dortmund remain one of the most entertaining teams in Europe. Atletico one of the toughest.

INTER MILAN  v BARCELONA (Tuesday)

This game is so big that even Messi is coming back from quickly from a broken arm. It looms as their biggest test of the Group Stages. Inter have now won seven straight games in Serie A and are on the heels of Juventus in second.

NAPOLI v PSG (Tuesday)

PSG, despite their superstar forwards, are in danger of a disappointing Champions League exit much earlier than usual. Especially if they lose here. They may still be 100% in Ligue 1, breaking a big 5 European record, but it is the Champions League they want. Hard gig, Napoli have a better home record than Juventus.

JUVENTUS v MANCHESTER UNITED  (Wednesday)

Juventus made Manchester United look pretty silly last time out at Old Trafford, and now face them in Italy. With protagonists like Jose Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo, there’s likely to be action on and off the field.

Champions League Matchday 4 – Quick Hits

• Can Thierry Henry get his first win as boss of Monaco?
• After Manchester City’s awesome recent form, one wonders just how many many more than the three they won by in this previous leg.
• Real Madrid were very lucky to beat Viktoria Plzen at home last time out. A new coach should get them over the away trip, but anything else proves the level of rot at Real.

How to Watch Champions League in Australia

Sadly the Champions League action is now on Optus Sport.

Not that the Optus Sport coverage is that bad, when it works, but it just means another $15 a month to follow decent football.

Perhaps the addition of the Champions League might tempt some to join, it means you can watch everything and EPL.

Note: we aren’t paid or are receiving Optus for free, it is quality coverage, but are quite happy to receive it for nothing if they offer.