Champions League Betting: Premier League trio all favourites to progress after last-16 draw

The Champions League last-16 draw has been made and the bookmakers are expecting all three remaining English clubs to reach the quarter-final stage.

Manchester City were handed perhaps one of the kinder draws with Borussia Monchengladbach their opponents in the first knockout stage and bet365 make the Premier League side just 1/9 (1.11) to qualify.

Group C provided little challenge for Pep Guardiola’s men, who won five of their six games whilst conceding just one goal, and are 7/10 (1.70) to win the first leg in Germany in February.

Although Gladbach did exceptionally well to come second in a group also featuring Inter and Real Madrid, their only victories came against rock-bottom Shakhtar Donetsk and City will fancy their chances of getting past a defence that conceded nine times.

Premier League champions Liverpool are also strong favourites to progress to the next round, having been made only 3/10 (1.30) overcome RB Leipzig across two legs.

The Reds confirmed top-spot in the group with a game to spare, winning four of their first five games to nil, and are 5/4 (2.25) to take the first-leg spoils.

It will certainly not be an easy game at Red Bull Arena, where Julian Nagelsmann’s side won all three of their Group H matches, but Liverpool will be acutely aware of the fact that the Bundesliga side lost 5-0 at Manchester United in October.

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Completing the trio of English teams in the knockout stages is Chelsea, who similarly eased through their group with four wins and 14 goals to their name – the highlight no doubt being Olivier Giroud’s four-goal haul against Sevilla.

They were handed Atletico Madrid in the last-16, arguably one of the toughest draws possible - and conquerors of Liverpool at this stage last season - and are 7/10 (1.70) favourites to qualify.

That said, bet365 expect the Spanish club to take the spoils in the first-leg and price them at 13/10 (2.30) with Frank Lampard’s men out at 9/4 (3.25).

Elsewhere in the Champions League knockout stages, the blockbuster tie certainly comes in the shape of Barcelona vs Paris Saint-Germain, with the French side 4/6 (1.67) to reach the next round and Ronald Koeman's side 11/10 (2.10).

The two teams last met in 2017 when the Liga side overturned a 4-0 first-leg deficit by winning 6-1 at Camp Nou, with Neymar and Sergi Roberto both scoring in injury time to secure Barca’s passage into the quarter-finals.

bet365 offer 5/4 (2.25) that there is an English winner of the competition this season, whilst Man City are 11/10 (2.10) to be the best-performing Premier League club ahead of Liverpool at 6/4 (2.50) and 10/3 (4.33) Chelsea.

Odds correct at the time of writing. Please gamble responsibly.