We take a look at 4 of the UEFA Champions League matches taking place on Wednesday night and suggest a bet in each of them.
Manchester City are the 2/1 favourites heading into the Champions League group stages with Bayern Munich priced at 11/2, Real Madrid 15/2, Arsenal 10/1 and you can get 14/1 and better the balance.
Real Madrid v Union Berlin – Click here to bet
This is a Group C match where Real Madrid are trading as 8/15 favourites ahead of Napoli 21/10. Union Berlin are 3rd in the betting at 12/1 with Braga 14/1 outsiders.
Real Madrid are favourites to win the LaLiga Title and they started the season strongly with 5 successive victories including a 2-1 home win over Real Sociedad on the weekend.
Union Berlin began their League campaign with back-to-back victories, but have now suffered back-to-back defeats including going down 2-1 away at Wolfsburg on the weekend.
Real Madrid are 4/10 to win this match and I think they will do so by more than a goal.
Suggested Bet: Handicap, Real Madrid -1.5 at 21/20
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Bayern Munich v Manchester United – Click here to bet
This is a Group A clash and Bayern Munich are trading as 5/10 favourites to win this group ahead of United at 2/1, Galatasaray are 11/1 and Copenhagen are the rank outsiders at 33/1.
Bayern Munich played out a 2-2 home draw against Bayer Leverkusen in the League on the weekend and that broke a run of 3 successive League wins to start the season.
Manchester United have lost 3 of their last 4 League games including getting stunned 3-1 at home by Brighton on the weekend.
Somewhat surprisingly these sides haven’t met in the Champions League since the 2013/14 season and Bayern Munich won a 2 leg encounter 4-2 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich are short priced favourites at 11/20, but I am not sure it is short enough against this United side who have been leaking goals of late. My bet is going to be for Bayern Munich to score at least 3 goals.
Suggested Bet: Bayern Munich Over 2.5 goals at 27/20
Benfica v Salzburg – Click here to bet
These sides are in Group D which also includes Real Sociedad and Inter Milan. Inter Milan are the 17/20 favourites to win the group with Benfica priced at 12/5, Real Sociedad are 5/1 with Salzburg priced at 8/1.
Benfica lost their opening League game, but they followed that up with 5 successive victories, 4 of their 5 League games would have delivered profits for under 2.5 goal backers.
Salzburg opened their League campaign with 4 successive wins, but could only draw 2-2 away at Sturm Graz on the weekend.
Benfica should be too strong for Salzburg, but rather than take the 4/9 that they win the game, I am going to bet on them to win by more than a goal.
Suggested Bet: Handicap, Benfica -1.5 goals at 23/20
Arsenal v PSV Eindhoven – Click here to bet
This is a Group B clash and Arsenal are currently trading as 5/10 favourites ahead of Sevilla at 9/2. PSV are 6/1 and you can get 7/1 Lens.
Arsenal are in good form domestically having won 4 of their 5 League matches this season. On the weekend they beat Everton 1-0 on the road with a 69th minute winner.
PSV have had to come through qualifiers to get into group stages and they saw off Rangers 7-3 on aggregate last time out and they also beat Sturm Graz 7-2 on aggregate before that. They are on a 9 match unbeaten run across all competitions and they have won their last 2 League games by 4-0 margins.
Arsenal are 4/10 for the win with the draw 4/1 and PSV on offer at 13/2.
Looking at PSV’s recent matches in particular I expect the goals to flow in this one.
Suggested Bet: Over 3.5 goals at 13/10
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