Wednesday football tips: City and Liverpool can secure semi-final spots

This season's Champions League may edging towards its conclusion with the quarter-finals wrapping up on Wednesday, but the action is only just beginning in South America's equivalent tournament - the Copa Libertadores.

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Man City to beat Atletico Madrid

Liverpool to win & BTTS v Benfica

Libertad to beat Caracas

Colo-Colo to beat Alianza Lima

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Atletico Madrid v Man City

BT Sport 2, 8pm

Atletico Madrid followed their first-leg loss to Manchester City in the Champions League quarter-finals with a 1-0 defeat to Mallorca in La Liga last time out and Diego Simeone's men could again succumb to defeat on Wednesday night, albeit a narrow one.

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Best bet
Man City to win & under 3.5 goals

Liverpool v Benfica

BT Sport 3, 8pm

Liverpool ran out 3-1 winners in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final with Benfica and can again prevail in the return leg at Anfield. Benfica can approach this match as a 'free hit', though, and could get on the scoresheet again.

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Best bet
Liverpool to win & both teams to score

Bet of the day

Man City to beat Atletico Madrid, BT Sport 2, 8pm

Manchester City battled valiantly in their 2-2 draw with Liverpool on Sunday and are simply a cut above Atletico Madrid, who are just too inconsistent, as emphasised by their defeat to Mallorca.

Goalscorer bet of the day

Liverpool v Benfica, BT Sport 3, 8pm

Darwin Nunez is attracting the attention of some of Europe's biggest clubs and, at 10-3 with Betfair and Paddy Power, he looks a great bet to get on the scoresheet against Liverpool at Anfield.

Best bet
Darwin Nunez to score at anytime

Stat of the day

Liverpool v Benfica

Benfica have scored in each of their last five defeats.

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