The 2025-26 UEFA Champions League is officially underway, with six games already being completed. The tournament has been incredibly entertaining so far: Azerbaijani side Qarabag have pulled off the biggest upset of the competition so far, pulling out a 3-2 win over Benfica in Lisbon, and Juventus and Dortmund played out an epic 4-4 draw. Defending champions PSG will open their title defense with a 3 p.m. clash against 2023-24 Europa League winners Atalanta.
In honor of the tournament’s opening match day, DraftKings is running a promotion in which you get your stake back as a bonus bet in three-way Moneyline bets if the game is a draw at the end of 90 minutes.
To help you get started, I’ll identify my three favorite Moneyline bets from Wednesday’s six-game slate at DraftKings Sportsbook.
First, let’s take a look at the full slate:
Pafos FC at Olympiacos, 12:45 p.m. ET
Bodo Glimt at Slavia Prague, 12:45 p.m. ET
Atalanta at Paris Saint-Germain, 3 p.m. ET
Atlético Madrid at Liverpool, 3 p.m. ET
Chelsea at Bayern Munchen, 3 p.m. ET
Inter Milan at Ajax, 3 p.m. ET
Bodo Glimt Moneyline (+295)
Bødo’s shock run to the Europa League semifinals in 2024-25 was largely built on stellar home performances aided by Arctic Circle conditions, and the odds would likely be different if it hosted. The Norwegian side picked up only one away win during the competition, pulling out a 2-1 win over Braga, but it also managed draws against Saint-Gilloise and Nice and lost only narrowly to Manchester United and Lazio. Still, Slavia Prague didn’t make it out of the Europa League League Phase, drawing to Ajax and Malmö at home and losing to Anderlecht and Fenerbahçe. This game should be closer to a toss-up, which makes Bødo a strong value play.
The Flash have been dominant through the first 21 games of the Eliteserien season, winning 15, drawing three, and losing three to top Viking by two points atop the table. Bødo has been in particularly strong form as of late, picking up eight wins and a draw in its last two months, and it’s coming off of a 7-1 thrashing of Kristiansund. That match came without Danish forward Kasper Waarst Høgh, who leads the division with 16 goals as part of an attack that has scored more than any other club in Norway. On the other end, Nikita Haikin has been solid between the sticks, saving 74.2% of the shots on target he’s faced, and the Flash have allowed four fewer goals than any other team. Both of their left-side defenders regularly receive caps for the Norwegian national team, so they have both chemistry and high-level experience.
To be fair, Prague’s games have been even more lopsided than Bødo’s. The Red and Whites went 29-3-3 to claim the Czech First Division by 16 points in 2024-25 and are 6-2-0 so far this season, scoring a league-leading 18 and conceding just six. Unlike the Flash, Slavia Prague doesn’t have a single dominant goal-scorer, as seven different players have each found the back of the net twice. The playmaking duties have been more clearly distributed: wingers Lukáš Provod and Vasil Kušej have each assisted four times. Still, if there’s any cause for concern, it’s goalkeeper Jindřich Staněk, who has only saved 10 of the 15 shots on target he’s faced this season and just 54.8% of his opportunities with Viktoria Plzeň’s 2022-23 Champions League campaign. Høgh could get one past him in a low-scoring win.
Chelsea Moneyline (+380)
The Blues haven’t looked incredible to open the Premier League season, and Bayern Münich has absolutely dominated the Bundesliga, but getting the reigning Club World Cup champions at +380 is incredible value. It’s not like Chelsea has been bad; it sits fifth in the table, one spot worse than it finished last season, and is one of three sides not to suffer a loss. Drawing with Brentford and allowing the Bees to produce better chances isn’t ideal, but Brentford is still a top-half Premier League club. I’d take the Bees over Augsburg or Hamburg SV, two of the three clubs that Bayern has beaten in its first three Bundesliga matches. Especially with Jamal Musiala and Alphonso Davies still sidelined with long-term leg injuries, the Blues have a solid shot at at least a draw.
That’s not to understate how dominant the Bavarian side has been. Harry Kane leads the Bundesliga in both goals and assists despite playing up front as a pure number nine. He’s not alone, either: Michael Olise and new signing Luis Díaz have both netted thrice, and Díaz, Serge Gnabry, and Konrad Laimer have each had a pair of assists. The midfield of Joshua Kimmich, Gnabry, and Leon Goretzka is extremely well-rounded, and the trio has lots of chemistry. Only the defense could be slightly vulnerable: Josip Stanišić has been poor as both a tackler and interceptor in the last 365 days, and new arrival Jonathan Tah isn’t a great tackler, either. Manuel Neuer has allowed just two goals, but he’s faced 1.9 post-shot expected goals, so he might no longer be quite so world-class as he approaches his 40th birthday.
Chelsea, meanwhile, is led by summer arrival João Pedro, who has recorded two goals and three assists in his first four Premier League matches as a Blues attacker after smashing home three goals in three matches in the Club World Cup. Chelsea’s other South Americans have been dominant too: CDM Moisés Caicedo has scored twice already after netting just once in each of his previous four Premier League seasons, Enzo Fernández has two goals and an assist, and 18-year-old Estêvão Willian assisted against West Ham. The Blues’ defense is strong, allowing the third-fewest shot-creating actions in the Premier League so far, and Robert Sánchez ranks eighth in save percentage. A narrow Chelsea win wouldn’t be nearly as shocking as its Club World Cup triumph.
Inter Milan Moneyline (-120)
Since I’ve chosen underdogs for each of the first two bets, I might as well go for the favorite here. Inter is coming off of a run to the Champions League final and was utterly dominant in the League Phase last season, keeping seven clean sheets in eight matches. The Nerazzurri proved they were no match for PSG in the final, losing 5-0 in the most lopsided championship match in competition history, but any team that can beat Barcelona across two legs can handle business against Ajax in 90 minutes. De Godenzonen were pipped to the title by a point by Eindhoven but were clearly far worse than their southeasterly rivals. The first top-level opponent Ajax faced in the 2024-25 Europa League was Eintracht Frankfurt in the Round of 16; De Godenzonen lost 6-2 on aggregate. Inter is, at minimum, Frankfurt’s equal.
The Nerazzurri are off to a tough start this season, dropping one-goal decisions to Udinese and Juventus despite producing the better chances in each clash. Yann Sommer, who effectively carried his side to the Champions League final last season with seven saves in each leg of the semis, has produced just seven from 13 opportunities so far. But the core of this team is the same as that which made it to the final: Sommer, Marcus Thuram, Lautaro Martínez, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, and Alessandro Bastoni is an extremely impressive cast of talent, even if Sommer is aging. Inter is due to figure it out eventually, and the strong defensive identity that took them through last season’s tournament could do so again in 2025-26.
Ajax has won three and drawn two so far, sitting third Eredivisie behind PSV and Feyenoord. De Godezonen are led by 33-year-old Wout Weghorst, who’s scored three times in five games in his second season with the club. Another 33-year-old Dutch forward, Steven Berghuis, leads the team with a pair of assists, and Davy Klaasen and Mika Godts have also scored two goals. New arrival Viteszlav Jaros has had a strong start to his Eredivisie career, saving 12 of his 16 shots, but he’s never played a full season of first-division football, appearing in just 12 minutes for Liverpool last season. It’ll be up to Ajax’s back four of Youri Baas, Owen Wijndal, Anton Gaaei, and Ko Itakura — who have allowed the third-fewest shot-creating actions per 90 minutes in the Dutch top flight so far — to help keep Thuram and Martínez in check. Thuram and Martínez are better than any duo in the Eredivisie.
