Champions League prediction: Gunners 21 Atletico Madrid, Pharma 23/12 Paris, Royals 12/13 Manchester City, Naples draw

The third round of the UEFA Champions League in the 25/26 season will start in batches in the next two mornings. On the first match day, there will be 9 focus matches including Arsenal vs. Atletico Madrid, Pharmaceutical Factory vs. Paris, and Huang Qian vs. Manchester City.

Before the game, as usual, let’s take a look at the interpretation and predictions of the major media for this round of the Champions League.

Opta releases predictions of victory, draw and loss

October 22 early morning event

Barcelona vs Olympiacos: 76.2% -13.9%-9.9%

Almaty Kairat vs. Paphos: 35.4%-27.9%-36.7%

Arsenal vs. Atletico Madrid: 58% -22.7%-19.3%

Leverkusen vs. Paris Saint-Germain: 21.6%-22.8%-55.6%

Copenhagen vs. Dortmund: 27 .1%-25.1%-47.8%

Newcastle vs. Benfica: 56.9%-22.3%-20.8%

Eindhoven vs. Naples: 32 .4%-24.9%-42.7%

San Giulos United vs. Inter Milan: 23.5%-23.2%-53.3%

Villarreal vs. Manchester City :24%-23.4%-52.6%

October 23 early morning event

Athletic Bilbao vs Karabakh: 68.2%- 18.5%-13.3%

Galatasaray vs. Border Shine: 58.7%-20.4%-20.9%

Monaco vs. Tottenham Hotspur: 33. 8%-25%-41.2%

Atalanta vs Slavia Prague: 60.9%-19.8%-19.3%

Chelsea vs Ajax: 71. 2%-16.2%-12.6%

Frankfurt vs Liverpool: 21.8%-21.9%-56.3%

Bayern Munich vs Bruges: 72% -16.2%-11.8%

Real Madrid vs. Juventus: 59.2%-21%-19.8%

Sporting CP vs. Marseille: 43.4%- 25.4%-31.2%

Whoscored score prediction

Barcelona 2-0 Olympiacos

Almaty Kairat 0-1 Paphos

Villarreal 1-2 Manchester City

Copenhagen 1-3 Dortmund

United San Giulos 0-2 Inter Milan

Leverkusen 2-3 Paris Saint-Germain

Arsenal 2-1 Atletico Madrid

Newcastle 1-1 Benfica

Eindhoven 1-1 Napoli

SportsMole score prediction

Barcelona 3-1 Olympiacos

Almaty Kairat 1-2 Paphos

Arsenal 2-1 Atlético Madrid

Newcastle United 2-1 Benfica

Villarreal 1-3 Manchester City

Leverkusen 1-2 Paris Saint-Germain

Eindhoven 2-2 Napoli

Copenhagen 1-4 Dortmund

San Giulos United 1-2 Inter Milan

Sports Illustrated FC prediction

Arsenal 2–1 Atletico Madrid

Arsenal may not be amazing, but they are strong, and more importantly, Arteta's defensive system is almost unbreakable at the beginning of the 25/26 season.

Simeone's Atletico Madrid and the Gunners who rely on set pieces may make this game lack some perception, but these are actually two teams that are good at creating chaos in the game. Therefore, although Atletico Madrid's away game is not stable this season, their performance in the Champions League cannot be ignored.

However, judging from Arsenal's performance in all competitions this season, Atletico Madrid's threat is not enough for them to take away 3 points at the Emirates Stadium, and the final victory may belong to Arsenal.

Barcelona 3-1 Olympiakos

Barcelona's narrow victory in last week's game also showed that the team's current state continues to be sluggish - fatigue on the offensive end has weakened their ability to suppress their opponents, and their opponents have repeatedly succeeded when breaking through Barcelona's aggressive defense.

Therefore, the visiting team Olympiacos may also use the same method to bring some threats to Barcelona, ​​but Barcelona is still expected to get 3 points with its home game and stronger strength.

But in this game, perhaps Barcelona’s focus is not only on the game itself. The weekend’s national derby with Real Madrid may allow the team to make some rotations in order to cope with the next blockbuster showdown!

Villarreal 1–1 Manchester City

Villarreal is not one of the top teams in La Liga, but it is indeed a well-trained team with great resilience and confrontation ability. For this reason, if Manchester City wants to win away from home, Haaland's performance will still determine the outcome of Manchester City.

This season, the Yellow Submarine has 4 wins and 2 draws in 6 home games and remains unbeaten. Perhaps this situation will bring great obstacles to Manchester City and Haaland playing away games.

Perhaps, Huang Qian is expected to create an upset in this game.