We take a look at four of the Champions League matches taking place on Tuesday and suggest a bet in each game.
Manchester City are currently the 22/10 favourites to win the Champions League ahead of German Giants, Bayern Munich at 9/2. You can get 6/1 Real Madrid, 7/1 Arsenal and 15/1 and better the balance.
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PSV v ARSENAL – Click here to bet
PSV are currently 2nd in Group B, 4 points behind leaders, Arsenal. They are also 3 points ahead of Lens and have a superior goal difference so this is virtually a dead rubber although of the pair PSV do have more to play for.
PSV beat Sevilla 3-2 away last time out and their home games have seen them beat Lens and draw to Sevilla.
Arsenal have won 4 and lost 1 of their 5 matches and they beat Lens 6-0 at home in their last match. On the road they beat Sevilla 2-1 and lost to Lens 2-1 and when these sides met at Arsenal in Matchday 1 it was the Gunners who came out on top 4-0.
Both these sides are trading at 16/10 and the draw looks decent value to me at 27/10 as PSV would be more than happy to walk away with a point.
Suggested Bet: The draw at 27/10
UNION BERLIN v REAL MADRID – Click here to bet
Berlin are bottom of Group C with 2 points from their 5 matches. Real Madrid are assured of top spot with a 100% record in their 5 games.
Union Berlin’s two draws have come in their last 2 matches at home to Braga and Napoli which was strange given they lost to both of those sides at home.
Real Madrid’s last action was a 4-2 home win over Napoli and they beat Braga and Napoli by 1 goal on the road.
When these sides met at Real Madrid in Matchday 1, Union Berlin put on a good show and went down 1-0.
Union Berlin could still finish 3rd in the group with a victory, with Real Madrid guaranteed of top spot I am going to call an upset win here as Union Berlin have given a good account of themselves in this group despite not winning a game.
Suggested Bet: Union Berlin win at 3/1
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MANCHESTER UNITED v BAYERN MUNICH – Click here to bet
United are currently bottom of Group A on 4 points from their 5 matches while Bayern Munich are guaranteed of top spot, having dropped only 2 points in their 5 games.
Manchester United could mathematically finish 2nd were they to beat Bayern Munich and Galatasaray and Copenhagen play to a draw. United’s last match was a 3-3 draw away to Galatasaray and 4 of their 5 games have had at least 5 goals in them. They are coming off a disappointing 3-0 home loss to Bournemouth in the EPL on the weekend.
Bayern Munich saw their 100% record in the group ended when they drew 0-0 with Copenhagen at home last time out. They had won their previous 4 matches all of which reached at least the 3 goal mark.
When these sides met in Germany in Matchday 1 Bayern Munich won 4-3.
Manchester United are 7/4 and Bayern Munich 13/10 for the win with the draw priced at 3/1. I think the trend of high scoring Manchester United matches will continue and I am going to bet we get 4 goals or more in this one.
Suggested Bet: Over 3.5 goals at 23/20
INTER v REAL SOCIEDAD – Click here to bet
These sides are 1st and 2nd in Group D and neither of them can get caught so the only thing left to decide is who finishes top. Real Sociedad are currently in 1st position on goal difference.
Inter’s last match was a 3-3 draw at Benfica and at home they have beaten Salzburg and Benfica by exactly a goal.
Real Sociedad played to a goalless draw against Salzburg at home last time out and on the road they beat Benfica and Salzburg 1-0 and 2-0 respectively.
When these sides met in Matchday 1 it finished 1-1 in Spain.
Inter Milan are the 5/8 favourites, but these dead rubbers can be dangerous to bet on (not quite a dead rubber with 1st place up for grabs) and I think that Real Sociedad can snatch a point.
Suggested Bet: The draw at 16/5
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