Sooty4444

Unfortunately I didn’t have time to write a review for last night’s champions league games, and although the phrase “easy to say that now” may snidely enter your minds, the odds that really stood out for me yesterday afternoon were Inter Milan to win away at Lille trading @ 4.2. Inter are gradually improving under their new manager and they are obviously an experienced force in Europe so I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw this number next to their name. Hopefully lots of people took advantage of that one, I know I certainly did. As well as this I expected City to scrape a win at home to Villareal having rested all their big players at the weekend.  Villareal at home was the most “winnable” game in their group and if they are to have any hope of qualifying from the “group of death” then they had to win that one.

So thoughts now turn to tonight’s action. Tonight is difficult in the search for value because there are a number of clear favourites in the form of Barcelona, AC Milan and Chelsea. I really can’t see an upset in any of those 3 matches, but at the same time, I would stay away from betting on these games just because the odds don’t reflect the usually unpredictable nature of the early group stages of the Champions League.

Tonight I am more interested in the Arsenal game. Arsenal are a far better side in Europe than they are in the Premier League at the moment and they play with less pressure and more creativity. Lets face it, teams in England have learnt how to play against Arsenal now, (Defend the edge of your own penalty area and they cant get through) maybe minus Van Persie, but in Europe they seem to get more freedom to play without becoming frustrated. They have already beaten Udinese who are currently joint top of the Italian league both home and away and were also denied a good win away in Dortmund by a wonder goal in the last few minutes. I think with Arsenal currently trading at 3.65 there is some value to be found here. Laying Marseille at 2.26 could be a viable alternative for those that want to protect themselves against the draw.

There are a couple of other fascinating games tonight that are of tremendous importance to the teams involved. Olympiakos at home to Dortmund is a big one as both teams are in desperate need of points in group F while Shakhtar and Zenit find themselves in an exciting group that could go any of 4 ways. Having watched Olympiakos and Dortmund already this season I expect both teams to score in this game and the same goes for the other game where both sides like to play with creativity and flair. Im going for a “both teams to score” double which can be found @ 3.19 which I think represents excellent value.

With the cleverly branded and most attractive “lucky long shot”, tonight I am going for another correct score double. Chelsea to beat Genk 2-0 and Milan to beat BATE 2-0 @ 37.49.

Summary

Arsenal to beat Marseille @ 3.65 OR Lay Marseille to beat Arsenal at 2.26
“Lucky Long Shot” Chelsea to win 2-0 and Milan to win 2-0 @37.49
Olympiakos v Dortmund and Shakhtar v Zentit both teams to score double @3.19

I for one am looking forward to tonights fixtures and I think that these bets could make it all the more interesting .
Good Luck,

Sooty4444 x

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