Football Bet of the Day: 6/1 pick for heavyweight UCL clash

A heavyweight Champions League clash is coming our way on Wednesday night, as Barcelona welcome current holders Paris Saint-Germain to the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys for matchday two of the competition's league phase.

Both sides made triumphant starts last time out with the hosts defeating Newcastle United 2-1, while PSG cruised to a 4-0 win over Atalanta. This match is the focus of our Football Bet of the Day for Wednesday, and you can find our pick below.

Barcelona vs PSG Odds

This match-up promises to be a cracker, and what Champions League nights are all about.

Barca and PSG are two of the competition's favourites to go all the way this term, and it wouldn't be a surprise to see this contest as the season's finale in Budapest.

The Catalan giants have won their last five matches heading into Wednesday's encounter, including the aforementioned 2-1 win over Newcastle at St. James' Park on matchday one, where Marcus Rashford marked his return to English shores with a match-winning brace.

Hansi Flick's side are currently top of the La Liga table, holding a one-point advantage over their fierce rivals Real Madrid, and their European form is anything but boring.

Barca have netted at least three goals in six of their last seven home games in the competition, contributing to an whopping total of 75 goals from their last 17 Champions League showdowns on their own turf.

PSG looked excellent in last season's competition and picked up where they left off on matchday one with their 4-0 rout of Atalanta, and Luis Enrique will be eager to get one over his old club on Wednesday night.

The two clubs will be forever intertwined in Europe because of that unforgettable 2017 tie where Barca, with Enrique at the helm, overcame a four-goal deficit to qualify for the quarter-finals. That being said, Wednesday's visitors have had Barca's number in recent meetings, beating the Catalans 4-1 away from home in both 2021 and 2024.

This encounter should see plenty of goalmouth action, but our pick for bet of the day will focus on a goalscorer, and we reckon Lamine Yamal is a solid shout to hit the back of the net on Wednesday.

The Spanish wonderkid recently missed four games for Barca, including the trip to Newcastle, with a groin issue, but he recently returned to the fold against Real Sociedad.

The 18-year-old should feature on Wednesday. and potentially could from the get-go. However, seeing as though Barca's number 10 has only just returned from injury, Flick may opt to bring him off the bench against tired legs for further impact, which could see him being the last name on the scoresheet.

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