Wednesday Champions League Betting Preview
Never mind that 1/9 Barcelona failed to deliver and that we decided not to back Marseille, Barack Obama won the Presidential Election whilst Atletico opened the scoring to leave us 5 points up on the day.
Get ready for yet more Champions League tonight. 8/11 Manchester United take a trip to Celtic, whilst their league opponents this Saturday, Arsenal, host 11/1 Fenerbahce at the Emirates.Both English sides are odds on, although they have been weak in the betting markets. Last night was not a good night for favourites with Chelsea, Liverpool, Inter and Barcelona all struggling.
On this blog we look for the value bets, and don’t simply lump on at a short price (we backed Obama when the race was neck and neck). Can Zenit finally get it right in Belarus against BATE Borisov? Borisov won us our draw bet against Juventus, who have already beaten Zenit. Odds of 1.91 for Zenit on Betfair ring the ‘lay’ bells in my head, although I’d prefer to watch Arsenal play liquid football on Sky Sports Xtra.
Paddy Power are offering 7/4 that Arsenal win both halves tonight, which is a lot more tempting than an outright win bet. Arsenal have their fair share of injuries, and both teams were so poor defensively last time out that the game could’ve finished 5-5. Then again, Barcelona threw the form book out the window last night. I would like to back over 2.5 goals, but I still think that the 7/10 is too short.
Robin van Persie to score twice, at 6/1? I Would rather back him to score anytime at 6/5 with William Hill. Small stakes tonight because the frames are so punter unfriendly. For example, Lyon/Lyon HT/FT result is evens! Madness!
Recommendation (wait until starting line-ups announced on uefa.com. No RVP=No Bet):
Arsenal v Fenerbahce:
3pts 6/5 Robin van Persie to score anytime
1pt 6/1 Robin van Persie to score 2+
Arsenal v Fenerbahce Match Betting
Arsenal v Fenerbahce to win both halves Betting
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