Charlie Nicholas' CL predictions

Charlie Nicholas provides his predictions for the final round of Champions League group fixtures on Wednesday night.

Charlie Nicholas provides his Champions League tips
Charlie Nicholas provides his Champions League tips

Tottenham just need a draw to secure a Europa League spot after a disappointing Champions League group campaign while Leicester have already booked their place in the knockout stages of Europe's elite competition.

Here's what Charlie is predicting in his Sky Bet tips...

Porto v Leicester

The job is done in Europe for Leicester whereas Porto still need to qualify, so I actually think this is the home banker of the night.

Claudio Ranieri has some big decisions to make and it's amazing they've topped the group when they've been awful domestically.

People say it was an easy group but this is still Leicester we're talking about. A team who were expect to be in a relegation battle every season. This is still pretty much that side but on double the wages now.

I don't think Jamie Vardy deserves to start but I think it might actually suit him with the space to knock it into as Porto will dominate the game, although the big question for them is where the goals are going to come from consider they scored their first goal in five at the weekend.

2-0 and Diogo Jota to score first (13/1 with Sky Bet)

Tottenham v CSKA Moscow

It's one these situations again where we talk about momentum. It's been a pretty awkward few weeks but I don't think Spurs have been playing poorly.

They did well in the first half against Chelsea, played well at the Emirates and Harry Kane is scoring goals again which is going to give them belief. There's also a wee bit of a pick-me-up in the contracts getting signed.

I do think there will be a bit of anger coming through from how poor they've been in the Champions League, especially at Wembley.

Dele Alli is starting to annoy me with his diving and he clearly believes he's not actually diving when he gets the slightest touch.

I can't see anything other than a convincing Tottenham win and I can actually see it being a very comfortable evening against a very poor CSKA side.

Charlie predicts: 3-0 and Kane to score first (25/1 with Sky Bet)

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