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The opening quartet of Champions League play-off games get top billing on Tuesday, with the heavyweight first leg showdown between Manchester City and Real Madrid at the Etihad the main event.
Five games in the Championship are joined by plenty of action from League One, League Two and the FA Cup and our three best bets for Tuesday's football are below.
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Bet of the Day
Juventus and PSV Eindhoven to draw - 5/2
Juventus were 3-1 winners on matchday one of the league phase when these sides met in September, but they may not find it as easy this time in Turin.
The Dutch side recovered from that setback, losing just once more in seven games, as they finished two points and six places above Juve.
The Bianconeri failed to score in two of three subsequent home games and have lost five of their last eight home Champions League matches.
PSV don't win on the road often (2-21 in the UCL), but they drew 1-1 at Paris Saint-Germain in the league phase and beat Liverpool at home.
Juve are Serie A's draw specialists, with 13 in 24 games, and have only managed three wins in 10 games in all competitions recently. PSV can stifle them in Turin.
Special of the Day
Portsmouth & Norwich Championship Double - 27/10
A decent chunk of Championship action includes Cardiff's trip to Portsmouth and Norwich entertaining Preston at Carrow Road.
Pompey and the Canaries have different targets in what remains of the season, but have a shared investment in knowing home form will dictate their degrees of success.
Portsmouth have lost just one of the last nine at Fratton Park in the league and held Burnley last time.
They can take care of a Cardiff side with just one away win this season and fresh off conceding 10 goals in two games on the road.
John Mousinho's side have faced three of the top five lately and should relish this assignment.
Norwich are just outside the play-off places and their hopes of rising into the top six will depend largely on their form at Carrow Road, where they have lost just one of the last eight and scored a tasty 22 goals during that run.
Only Leeds have found the net more often than City and they can turn over a Preston side with just two away wins and the worst disciplinary record in the Championship this season.
Long Shot of the Day
Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe anytime scorers & Over 3.5 Goals in Man City vs Real Madrid – 19/4
It's the fourth successive season Man City and Real Madrid have met, with the winners of the three previous ties going on to lift the trophy.
Both Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti watched their powerful sides struggle through the inaugural league phase, leading to this monster clash.
Guardiola had to send in Kevin de Bruyne and Phil Foden from the bench in the FA Cup at Leyton Orient on Saturday in a come-from-behind win, while Real came from behind to draw against city rivals Atletico in a satisfying stalemate for the La Liga leaders.
City have conceded 54 goals in 37 games in all competitions this season, shipping four or more in a single game four times - an unwanted record for a Guardiola-led side. Ancelotti's side have scored 36 goals in their 12 games in 2025.
Goals should flow here and both Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe are in form.
The City forward has six in his last six outings, while Real's big-money summer recruit has nine goals in his last eight games.
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