PSG vs Manchester United UEFA Champions League Lines & Pick

Things are looking dire for Manchester United as they head across the English Channel for the second leg of their Champions League Round of 16 tie later today. Paris St-Germain delivered a 2-0 beating of the Red Devils on their own home pitch in the first leg, and now Manchester United has a giant hole out of which to dig themselves if they plan to advance to the Champions League quarterfinals. They go to Paris without Paul Pogba (suspension), although the host side will still play without Neymar, who continues to recover from injury. Check out our Champions League betting preview for this matchup between two of the titans of European club soccer.

PSG vs Manchester United UEFA Champions League Lines & Pick

💪 Will United find a way past this man tonight? Match preview 👇👇👇

— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) 6 de marzo de 2019

When: Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 3:00pm ET Where: Estadio Do Dragao, Porto, Portugal TV: TNT / UniMas Radio: None Live Stream: fuboTV Soccer Odds: PSG -225 / Man U +590 / Draw +360 

Why should you bet on Paris St-Germain?

All Paris St-Germain realistically needs to cruise easily into the quarterfinals would likely be a single goal, because then Manchester United would have to put up three to tie. That sort of commitment to the attack would open up the back line, where PSG loves to feast. No team has ever lost by two or more goals in the first leg of a Champions League knockout round and then advanced as a result of the road leg. PSG has a lot of numbers on its side. They have lost just once in their last 16 home Champions League fixtures, winning ten and drawing five, with the lone setback coming to Real Madrid in the Round of 16 a year ago. They also have a six-match winning streak at home against English clubs, a streak that goes back to September 2004, when Chelsea came in and took a 3-0 win. PSG has scored 35 goals in their last 10 Champions League matches at home, so the offense is definitely not a problem.

Why should you put your money on Manchester United?

As dark as things look in the aftermath of the first leg, this is a team that went to Juventus and took a huge win in the group stage. Romelu Lukaku has four goals in his last two matches in the English Premier League matches, so he should get some significant time in this last-gasp hope for the Red Devils. After changing managers to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Man U has won 13 out of 16 fixtures across all competitions. So even though the side has not win away in the knockout rounds of the Champions League since a visit to Schalke 04 back in April 2011, fans of the Red Devils are interested to see if they can make history. There is some hope for the Red Devils to put up some offense, as PSG has failed to keep a clean sheet in five straight home games in Champions League play. However, history has not been kind to Man U in knockout play in the Champions League, as they have only won one of their last 10 games at this level, losing six and drawing three, nd the lone win came at home against Olympiakos five years ago. Even so, they haven’t lost three straight Champions League matches in 14 years.

Expert Pick and Final Score Prediction for PSG vs Manchester United

Only one player for Manchester United managed a shot on target in the first leg against PSG, and that was Marcus Rashford. According to the Euro Club Index, Man U has just a five percent chance of advancing to the quarterfinals, and they face a PSG team that is ranked fifth in Europe on that same index. Even if one thinks that PSG will put forth a conservative approach in this game, the emphasis that the Red Devils will have to put forth on the attack will create openings, and PSG should be able to exploit those. I predict a final score of PSG 2, Manchester United 1.