Champions League Group matches get going on Tuesday night and we take a look at 3 of the games from a betting angle.
Let’s start with a look at the Champions League outright winner market where Bayern Munich and Manchester City are disputing favouritism at 9/2, Liverpool are 13/2 and you can get 10/1 PSG and 12/1 and better the balance.
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DYNAMO KIEV v JUVENTUS – Click here to bet
This is one of two matches kicking off early with the other being Zenit v Club Brugge.
Dynamo Kiev came through qualification to reach the group stages and they won all 3 of their matches including beating Ghent 5-1 on aggregate in their final playoff encounter. Kiev got 11 competitive matches without defeat, winning 9 and drawing 2, but they were held to a draw in their last home League game played the beginning of October.
Juventus’s recent form has been a bit shaky with away draws at Crotone and AS Roma in the League. They do though go into this game as firm favourites.
BETTING
Dynamo Kiev 69/20
Draw 26/10
Juventus 17/20
Suggested Bet: The draw at 26/10
Kiev are battle hardened and have played a lot of football of late and they are also in good form and I think they can take advantage of a lapse in Juventus’s standards to grab a point.
PSG v MANCHESTER UNITED – Click here to bet
These two sides look likely to fight out Group H and PSG are short priced favourites to open their campaign with a 3 pointer. They have won their last 5 League matches including beating Nimes 4-0 on the road in their last start and they have scored 10 goals and conceded just 1 in their last start 2 matches.
If you take out the 6-1 home defeat to Tottenham in the League a couple of matches back, Manchester United are in decent form with 4 wins in their last 5 and they beat Newcastle 4-1 on the road on the weekend.
These sides met in the Champions League 2 seasons back and the away side won on each occasion.
BETTING
PSG 11/20
Draw 7/2
Manchester United 17/4
Suggested Bet: Over 3.5 goals at 23/20
PSG have a phenomenal scoring record in all competitions and Manchester United have also been scoring freely, but at the same time conceding quite a few. Over 2.5 goals is a bit short for me at 9/20 and I am going for 4 goals or more at over even money.
CHELSEA v SEVILLA – Click here to bet
Chelsea have been in somewhat erratic form in the League with two 3 all draws in their last 3 League matches, the last one coming against Southampton on the weekend. Prior to that they beat Crystal Palace 4-0 at home.
Sevilla’s last 3 games all had 2 goals or less in them and on the weekend they lost 1-0 away to Granada and previously held Barcelona to a 1-1 draw on the road.
BETTING
Chelsea 21/20
Draw 26/10
Sevilla 51/20
Suggested Bet: Chelsea win at 21/20
Chelsea are certainly not the complete package yet, but they have been playing a good brand of football at home and I think they can get off to a winning start against Sevilla.
Note: All prices correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
