With teams already having played two UCL rounds of the 2025/26 League Phase, teams are still readjusting their plans for the remaining games. The international break’s effect should be minimal after the round in national championships, but many clubs will surely dive into squad rotations. With underdogs relying on the defense and aiming to exploit opponent’s defensive lapses, favorites may face strugles as they aren’t on big pressure and can be not on their full focus. So, here are some thoughts about the majority of the upcoming games, which can attract your attention:
|  Date | Home Team | Away Team | BZ’s Betting Tip | Odds | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2025 | Villarreal | Manchester City | Over 2.5 Goals | 1.70 | City’s attack is quite relentless and should score one or two goals, while Villarreal will surely score once at least, trying to exploit defensive gaps. |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Arsenal | Atlético Madrid | Under 2.5 Goals | 1.95 | Both teams are focusing on the defense much more and prefer not to concede. Having multiple talent in the offense, they should be very careful and focusing on protecting the goal. Of course, they can attack and score a lot, but it’s unlikely they will decide to outscore each other. |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Newcastle | Benfica | Newcastle win | 1.65 | The home side should be super focused on the home game and crowd energy, while Benfica is quite shaky this season, even after appointing Mourinho. |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Union Saint‑Gilloise | Inter Milan | Inter win | 1.70 | Inter’s structure and experience should dominate the Belgian side, who were unable to cope with a similar-style Newcastle. |
| 21 Oct 2025 | PSV | Napoli | Draw | 3.90 | Napoli looked poorly after the international break, and their trip to the Netherlands won’t help them to reset the mindset. PSV is always solid at home, but doesn’t look to sharply to beat star-packed Napoli. |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Bayer Leverkusen | PSG | BTTS & Total Over 2.5 | 1.90 | Both teams attack freely and concede too often in the recent times, which should lead to plenty of goals with less pressure in the third round. Those seeking for riskier options can even try “Both team to score in both halves” with odds 8.5. |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Barcelona | Olympiacos | Barca to score in both halves | 1.65 | Barcelona will heavily to control ball possession and should create a lot in both halves. Olympiacos’s counters should be dangerous and any socred goal will only increase the bet chances. |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Bayern Munich | Club Brugge | Over 3.5 Goals | 1.75 | Bayern’s firepower should produce multiple goals in front of the home crowd; Brugge may reply on counters. |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Real Madrid | Juventus | Over 3.0 Goals | 2.00 | Real should dominate at home and create constant pressure, while Juventus often struggle against high-press setups. Madrid’s midfield creativity ensures multiple scoring opportunities, while Juve should exploit counter-attacks with young and pacey wingers. Despite teams don’t score a lot in recent games, their attacking productivity should finally wake up and lead to goal-scoring spectacle. |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Chelsea | Ajax | Chelsea Handicap (-1.5) | 1.7 | The teams are on different sides of team shape and mood, and the stronger home side should easily secure a victory here. |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Monaco | Tottenham | Tottenham win | 2.10 | Spurs’ pace and counterattacks should exploit Monaco’s high line. |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Liverpool | Liverpool win | 1.6 | Both sides have terrible results recently, which turns it into the fight of wounded animals. It’s hard to predict will it be the fight of defenses or offences and predict the total, but the quality of the away team should prevail. |
