Wow!! Liverpool Named The Most Popular Champions League Backed Team

We are now at halftime in the Champions League last-16 knockout rounds.

After the first-leg ties, several teams can already feel confident of their place in the last 8.

Bayern Munich, for example, seem certain of their quarterfinal spot after they trounced Besiktas 5-0 in Germany.

Two Premier League sides, Liverpool and Man City, are also shoo-ins to advance through to the next round.

Liverpool pulled off a major shock as they smashed Porto 5nil away in Portugal to seal a place in the last 8.

Man City made light work of their trip to Switzerland with a 4-0 win at Basel.

As for the remaining Premier League sides, Spurs drew 2-2 at Juventus, Chelsea drew 1-1 with Barcelona, and Man United had a goalless first-leg with Sevilla.

Liverpool are by far he most popular pick with punters to win this year’s Champions League.

The bookies have revealed to 10 best-backed sides to go all the way in this year’s European Cup in order, and incredibly Liverpool are almost twice as popular as any other team in the competition.

PSG are second in the popularity charts, slightly ahead of Man United, while Tottenham make up the top four.

Man City are currently more popular in the outright market than current holders Real Madrid, while Bayern Munich are down in 10th, accountable for just 3% of all bets placed on this year’s winner – despite being 9/2 third-favourites to go all the way.

Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: “The Champions League popularity charts certainly make for interesting reading with plenty of punters seemingly confident Klopp’s men can go all the way this year.”

Ladbrokes Latest Betting

The ten best-backed sides to win Champions League in order (outright odds)

1. Liverpool (9/1)
2. PSG (9/1)
3. Man United (20/1)
4. Tottenham (14/1)
5. Barcelona (9/2)
6. Man City (3/1)
7. Real Madrid (11/2)
8. Chelsea (40/1)
9. Juventus (28/1)
10. Bayern Munich (9/2)