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Wednesday’s Champions League action should make for interesting viewing. The stand-out tie for me is at The Emirates, where table-topping Arsenal welcome
UEFA Cup holders Seville. Both teams have a lot about them going forward and like to get the ball down and play football so I might just tune in to watch this one. Despite a growing reputation over the past few years, this is Seville’s first appearance in the Champions League, but they’ve already proved themselves a good cup team who are more than capable of getting a result on the road. The returning Freddie Kanoute might cause a problem or two for the Arsenal rearguard and I think there will be a couple of goals in this one. I don’t think Arsenal will have it all their own way and wouldn’t be surprised if Seville came away with something from the game. They can be backed on the Asian Handicap (0, +0.5) at 107/100 at
Canbet and that might interest a few. However, for me the bet would be over 2.5 goals at evens (BetDirect,
BetFred,
BlueSq &
Stan James).
Ronaldo and Nani return to Lisbon to take their old Sporting team-mates, this time in Manchester Untied colours. Rumour has it that Rooney will also be fit. Given United’s recent away European record I just cannot side with some bookmakers who have them the wrong side of evens to pick up the 3 points. Instead, the 3/1 (Boylesports,
Coral &
William Hill) on a Sporting win looks on the generous side. Playing a wee bit safer you can have Sporting with a half goal start on the Asian Handicap (+0.5) at 4/5 with
Ladbrokes. Personally, I’m going to wait till I see Sir Awex’s line-up before making a call on this one but right now it wouldn’t be United I’d be backing.
Rangers will be hoping to make a better start than rivals Celtic managed last night. Doubts over skipper Barry Ferguson’s injury will have a bearing on this one, so again it may be best to wait to see if he starts - I suspect that he will though. Rangers struggled at the weekend without him in the starting line-up and suffered their first defeat of the season away to Hearts. German champions Stuttgart haven’t made the best of starts this season and currently sit 9th in the Bundesliga, losing both away games to date. Stronger opposition will cause Rangers trouble in the Champions League this season but they will consider tonight as their best opportunity for 3 points in the campaign. A combination of the Ibrox atmosphere and relative patchy form of Stuttgart lead me towards a home win in what could be a scrappy affair. Looking at the betting patterns it appears Rangers are on the drift and now at a very backable 172/100 with
William Hill. Approach this one caution.
The remaining games of the night look equally uninteresting from a betting point of view. There are lots of form teams up against each other and last night illustrated how hard it is to get a result away from home at this level. 7/1 (Ladbrokes &
SportingBet) on Lyon at the Nou Camp looks big but it would take a brave man to back it. You might be better backing them at on the Asian with a full goal of a start at 99/100 at
Canbet. Otherwise, go with Inter to win at Fenerbahce at 6/5 at
Ladbrokes, but get on quick as the price is falling like a stone.
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