Champions League Preview
23rd October, 2007
Tuesday Night Champions League
Tuesday sees the return of the Champions League, and Man Utd and Arsenal will be desperate to record another win in Europe.
Man Utd face off against Champions League stalwarts Dinamo Kiev, a club that is synonymous with introducing Rebrov and Shevchenko to world football. D. Kiev are always difficult opponents, especially when playing at home in the Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium and VC Bet have them priced at 9/2 to win tonight’s encounter. However United’s current form in the Premiership have meant bookmakers have priced them as clear favourites for tonight’s game, Betterbet currently have them priced at 8/13 for an away victory tonight.
Arsenal face Slavia Prague at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal are one of the most in-form teams in Europe at the moment, and with the likes of Fabergas, Adebayor, Van Persie and da Silva, it is unlikely that goals will be a hard commodity to come by in this match, Arsenal have been priced as favourites, with Betterbet offering 1/6 on an Arsenal victory.
VCbet have a number of Champions League specials available including fastest goal, most match goals and 9/2 for Arsenal, Man Utd, Chelsea and Liverpool all to win their respective games.
Wednesday Night Champions League
Wednesday night sees some great Champions League action as Chelsea face German giants Schalke and Liverpool dual with Turkish champions Besiktas. Chelsea have been attempting to steady the ship since the sad and unexpected departure of Jose Mourinho, since their draw with Rosenborg in their first Champions League game, getting a win in the 2 remaining home games is paramount. Expect Avram Grant to unleash Chelsea’s attacking might on Schalke, bookmakers have priced Chelsea at 8/15 with Centrebet for the win.
Paddy Power are also offering a money-back special on Chelsea vs Schalke - if Frank Lampard scores the last goal of this match, Paddy Power will refund all losing single 1st/last goalscorer, correct score & scorecast bets on the match.
Liverpool face a tough task away to Besiktas but they still go into the tie as favourites with Betterbet offering 8/11 on a Liverpool win.
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