Your chance to win two tickets for the UEFA Champions League

As the league phase of this season’s UEFA Champions League races toward its finale, five Premier League giants are still battling for a coveted automatic spot in the knockout stage.

Arsenal have already secured their top-eight finish after a blistering start that saw them win all of their first six encounters, and are runaway 1/33 favourites with bet365 to finish top of the league .

Manchester City have guaranteed a play-off place at least. But for Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham and Newcastle, everything comes down to the final two gameweeks.

These crunch fixtures take place on 20 and 21 January, before the league phase reaches its climax on 28 January, when all 36 teams are in action.

English clubs are currently leading the charge for European glory, with bet365 offering odds of 5/6 that a Premier League side will lift the trophy at the Puskas Arena in May.

And to celebrate its official global partnership with the competition, bet365 is giving fans a chance to get closer to the action.

Next month, you could be in the stands at a UEFA Champions League play‑off match of your choice through its free-to-enter Big Ticket Giveaway*, which has 10 pairs of tickets for each fixture up for grabs.

The ballot opens on Sunday, 1 February, and it’s easy to enter:

Entries for gameweek nine - the first leg of the play-offs - close on Thursday 5 February, and second-leg gameweek 10 entries shut a week later on Thursday 12 February.

During the 2024/25 season, bet365 gave away over 3,000 free tickets for UEFA Champions League matchdays, one of the largest ticket giveaways in UEFA history.

And you can also check out the bet365 betting hub for all the latest UEFA Champions League betting odds , including outright winner, top goalscorer and match odds.

Here, we preview the upcoming matches for all six Premier League sides...

The Gunners are 7/2 with bet365 to win the UEFA Champions League outright following an impressive start that saw them win their first six matches of the campaign. That included a win over German giants Bayern Munich, who are 14/1 to leapfrog their rivals and finish as league phase winners.

Mikel Arteta’s side face a tricky away test against Inter Milan followed by a final home game against Kazakh minnows Kairat Almaty.

Thanks to their impressive form, Arsenal are currently 7/4 to reach the final of the competition for the second time in the club’s history.

See all the latest Inter Milan v Arsenal odds here .

City are currently 11/4 with bet365 to reach the final of this season's competition, and are odds on to automatically progress to the last 16 with games against Norwegian outfit Bodø/Glimt and Turkish leaders Galatasaray.

Pep Guardiola’s men won four of their first six matches, their only loss coming against Bayer Leverkuesen back in November. But they did record an impressive 1-2 win against the mighty Real Madrid last month.

With an average of two goals scored every match and just six goals conceded heading into the final two games, they are currently 6/1 to go on and win the Champions League outright.

See all the latest FK Bodo Glimt v Man City odds here .

Spurs have had a mixed campaign, earning three wins, two draws, and suffering a single defeat in their opening six matches. They currently sit at 9/4 with bet365 to finish the league phase in the top eight and qualify automatically for the last 16.

In order to do that, they’ll need to navigate tests against German opposition. First, they face an in-form Borussia Dortmund side before an away trip to strugglers Frankfurt. The good news is they’ve never lost to either side.

Thomas Frank’s men side are currently 22/1 with bet365 to reach the final of this season’s competition, and 50/1 to go on and lift the trophy.

See all the latest Tottenham Hotspur v Borussia Dortmund odds here .

New Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior takes over a side that have struggled to find form in the Champions League this season, having lost two and drawn one of their opening six matches.

They fell to a 3-1 loss to Bayern Munich in the opening game, before a stunning 3-0 demolition of Barcelona and then a 1-2 away defeat to Italian side Atalanta. But the Londoners are still in with a good chance of automatic qualification.

The Blues are 2/1 for a top-eight finish with bet365 and take on Cypriot side Pafos FC and then travel to Napoli in the final game of the league phase. Chelsea are 8/1 to make it to the final and 18/1 to win the competition outright.

See all the latest Chelsea v Pafos FC odds here .

Newcastle have a huge task to make it into the automatic qualification places, with tough tests against PSV Eindhoven and last season’s winners, Paris Saint-Germain, at the Parc des Princes.

The Dutch side have won both previous meetings between the teams, but Newcastle recorded a 1-1 draw and a 4-1 win against PSG in 2023.

The Magpies are currently 9/1 with bet365 to finish in the top eight places and avoid a two-legged play-off. Eddie Howe’s side are 22/1 to make it to the final and 50/1 to go on and win the competition.

See all the latest Newcastle v PSV odds here .

Beyond Arsenal and Manchester City, Liverpool are the next favourites out of the Premier League sides to clinch a top-eight spot at 4/11 .

The Reds won four of their opening six matches, including a 1-0 win over Real Madrid back in November and a 0-1 away win against last year’s finalists Inter Milan. Their passage to the knockout stages depends on how they fare against Marseille and Qarabag in the final two games of the league phase.

Arne Slot’s side - who remain the most successful English club in the competition’s history with six European titles - are currently 9/2 to reach the final and 10/1 to pick up their seventh title in May.

See all the latest Marseille v Liverpool odds here .

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