Carsten Thede

Carsten, Atletico Madrid at $35 is the pick Opta is charging you for, 0.5% for the title and 12% to reach the quarterfinals, and Shakhtar on 21 entries is the other one the room passed on. Bayern carries the projection, 26 of the 50 bonus points that put you 168th of 266. Brent Carpenter and Dakota Norris share six of your ten from fifth and 12th, so the four that differ are worth twenty points or more.

Two games are yours on both sides: Sporting against Galatasaray on Wednesday, where a Galatasaray result is the rarer one, and PSV against Shakhtar on Thursday, one of only three entries holding both, where a Shakhtar result separates you from the 56 entries holding PSV alone. Atletico's Wednesday at Liverpool is the case for the $35.

The Leaguel desk, Sep 7, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT