2023/24 Champions League predictions: Quarter-final first legs

There may have been a lack of upsets in the previous round but the vast majority of favourites advancing from the 2023/24 Champions League last 16 means there are some huge quarter-finals in store this week.

An elite eight remain, including current holders Manchester City and 14-time winners Real Madrid, and the draw produced some belting ties. We've reached the best period in the footballing calendar, folks. Strap in and let the chaos unfold.

Here's how sees this week's quarter-final first legs panning out.

Two Premier League sides remain in the competition and they're both in action on Tuesday against members of the traditional European aristocracy.

Manchester City and Real Madrid are hardly strangers given they've faced off during the two previous Champions League campaigns, although both of those ties came with a place in the final at stake. It's arrived a little earlier this time around.

City benefitted from hosting the second leg last season and they'll have that luxury again as they first travel to the Spanish capital to face a well-rested Madrid side that's set to waltz to the La Liga title. More of the same, please, guys.

Arsenal have excelled domestically over the past couple of seasons and are now trying to make headway in Europe having reached the quarters for the first time in 14 years. The Gunners are top of the Premier League table and are now in search of a statement continental win against an awfully vulnerable Bayern Munich outfit.

Bayern are set to relinquish their Bundesliga crown for the first time in over a decade and they'll travel to north London without any away support.

Kick-off Time (GMT)

Fixture

Prediction

20:00

Arsenal vs Bayern Munich

2-0

20:00

Real Madrid vs Man City

1-1

Wednesday's ties might not boast