Champions League betting – Matchday 5 – part 1
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008It’s match-day five of the Champions League and here’s the latest Champions League betting with totesport.
Zenit host Juve in the early kick-off in Russia. It looks as though the game will go ahead after a grenade explosion led to early security fears. From the football perspective, I’m sure the Italians would love to get out of dodge as soon as possible, win lose or draw. Juventus are sitting pretty at the top of Group H after back to back victories over Real Madrid and look a decent price at 3/1 to repeat the win they got over Zenit (5/6) on match-day One. The draw is 12/5.
The other Group H match sees Real Madrid (1/2) in desperate need of a morale boosting win in the competition and cement their claims for qualification through to the last sixteen. An away trip to Belarus is on the cards here versus BATE Borisov (11/2), whom they defeated 2-0 at the Bernabeu on match-day one. BATE are in desperate need for a win to stand a chance of qualification but Madrid should have too much here. The draw is 3/1.
Arsenal (4/9) look to put a nightmare few weeks behind them at home to Dynamo Kiev. After resolving the captaincy issue and re-instating William Gallas to the squad the Gunners should have too much against the Ukrainians who have only one win from their four games so far. That saying, that one win came away versus Porto and they were unlucky to give away a late equaliser at home against Arsenal back in September. After drawing a blank versus bottom of Group G Fenerbahce (6/1) last time out perhaps the draw looks the best bet again here at 10/3 with totesport.
Elsewhere in Group H, Fenerbahce are a 5/4 shot with totesport to beat Porto. As alluded to above, the Turks are bottom of the group and yet to win a match. Luis Aragones’ team are yet to blow the domestic opposition away either after a poor start to the season and the 3/1 available on Porto looks an outstanding bet. You can back the draw at 9/4 with totesport.
Manchester United (13/8) travel to Spain joint leaders of Group E with tonight’s hosts Villarreal. Villarreal (2/1) are currently third in La Liga but seemed to approach the reverse fixture in a negative manner, leaving out some of their better-known stars and losing 1-0. Tonight is very much a dead rubber though with both teams needing a draw to proceed to the last sixteen. The draw is a 9/5 shot with totesport and looks the bet here.
The other fixture in Group E sees luckless Celtic travel to Denmark to face Aalborg. It’s probable neither of these teams will progress to the last sixteen but there’s always the UEFA Cup place to play for and both teams will be up for this. Celtic (11/8) are the lowest scorers in the competition and Aalborg have the worst defence! Not really sure where that leaves us from a betting perspective so back the home team to send the Scots packing at 15/8. The draw is a best price 12/5 with totesport.
The remaining games tonight come from Group F, with Bayern Munich hosting Steaua Bucharest and Lyon travelling to Italy to face Fiorentina. Bayern are a 2/7 shot to beat the Romanians (10/1) and I can’t really see past a home win.
The other match in Group F is much closer to call though with Fiorentina (6/5) desperate for a win to keep their chances of qualification alive. Lyon (21/10) should have too much here not to lose after drawing against both the Italians and Bayern in the campaign so far. You can back the draw at 11/5 with totesport.
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