⚽ WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN SOCCER TODAY Champions League Matchday 4 rolls on Wednesday with scoring explosions, historic milestones, and a 13-year-old nightmare @Covers 🔶 A Norwegian goal machine who's scored TWELVE times against the same opponent. 🔶 A 23-year-old English superstar about to break an Iker Casillas record. 🔶 A manager returning to the scene of one of the cruelest Champions League collapses EVER. Here's what you need to know on Wednesday 👇 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Erling Haaland absolutely LOVES playing RB Leipzig. The Norwegian has scored an astonishing TWELVE goals in just EIGHT career appearances against the German club. No opponent has conceded more goals to Haaland. And FIVE of those came on one unforgettable night in March 2023, when Haaland equalled the Champions League single-game scoring record in Manchester City's 7-0 demolition of Leipzig. But this fixture has been ridiculous even without Haaland's individual brilliance. City and Leipzig have met six times in the Champions League, producing THIRTY combined goals. That's an average of FIVE goals per match. Now Haaland returns to Germany with 13 goals in 12 appearances for City this season, facing a Leipzig side that's already conceded eight goals in three Champions League matches. One goal would hardly be surprising. I'm looking for another Haaland double. 🎯 Haaland 2+ goals (+250) 🇪🇸 Jude Bellingham is 90 minutes away from rewriting Champions League history. At just 23 years and 128 days old, the Real Madrid midfielder is set to become the youngest player EVER to reach 60 Champions League appearances. The current record belongs to legendary Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas, who reached the milestone at 23 years and 167 days. Bellingham already owns the records for the youngest player to reach 40 and 50 appearances. Now he's coming for No. 60. But here's something you might not expect. Real Madrid have won just ONE of their eight European away matches against Greek opposition, and they've NEVER beaten AEK Athens on the road. Despite that history, Madrid arrive having won all three Champions League matches this season, scoring ten goals along the way. History awaits Bellingham in Athens. I'm backing him to contribute to the scoresheet, too. 🎯 Bellingham goal or assist (-120) 🇩🇪 Manuel Pellegrini is returning to the scene of his Champions League NIGHTMARE. April 9, 2013. Borussia Dortmund vs. Málaga. Champions League quarterfinal. Pellegrini's Málaga were leading 2-1 in the 90th minute, just moments away from reaching their first-ever Champions League semifinal. Then everything fell apart. Marco Reus equalized in the 91st minute. Felipe Santana scored the winner in the 93rd. Dortmund won 3-2, completing one of the most dramatic comebacks in Champions League history and ending Málaga's European dream. THIRTEEN YEARS LATER, Pellegrini returns to Signal Iduna Park, this time managing a Real Betis side that's won all three of its opening Champions League matches. But Dortmund have lost just twice in their last 24 Champions League home games and have won four consecutive European meetings with Spanish opposition. Some nightmares are impossible to forget. Pellegrini might be in for another one. 🎯 Borussia Dortmund ML (-143) 🎁 BONUS TIDBIT Slavia Prague are on the verge of making Champions League history. And NOT the kind you want. The Czech club haven't won a Champions League match since September 2007. That's TWENTY-TWO consecutive matches without a victory. Fail to beat Arsenal on Wednesday and they'll equal the longest winless streak in European Cup/Champions League history at 23 matches. And their opponent? An Arsenal side unbeaten in 18 consecutive Champions League matches. Good luck with that. 😬