Sep 29

The second round of Champions League games begin with Arsenal and Manchester United looking to get three points to kick off their European campaign after they both drew in their respective groups.

Arsenal v FC Porto- Port haven’t had much luck when playing in England, 9 out of 10 visits have resulted in losses.  Although they should go into this game with confidence having beaten Fenerbahce 3-1 at home.  The last time Arsenal played Porto at home was in September 2006 and they won the game 2-0. 

Betting tip-  Porto will try to keep it tight and try to frustrate Arsenal as much as they can. The betting odds for the over and under 2.5 goals reflect this, with over 2.5 goals priced at 2.1 and unders at 1.89 on Betfair.  Usually when Arsenal play there are goals, if they can get an early one then a few more will hopefully follow.  Back over 2.5 goals in this game.

UPDATE (wiiner)- A good night for Arsenal, back on form, scoring goals for fun and a good night for us, backing odds of 2.1 for over 2.5 goals was a great way to double our money in a mere 48 minutes, if only Wall Street could do the same!!  I was also interested in overs in the Man Utd match and doing a double with the two games, but never mind, no need to get too greedy!!

AaB Aalborg 0-3 Man Utd
Arsenal 4-0 FC Porto
BATE Borisov 2-2 Juventus
Bayern Munich 1-1 Lyon
Fenerbahce 0-0 Dynamo Kiev
Fiorentina 0-0 Steaua Bucharest
Villarreal 1-0 Celtic
Zenit St Petersburg 1-2 Real Madrid
Anorthosis Famagusta v Panathinaikos
Atletico Madrid v Marseille
Bordeaux v Roma
CFR Cluj-Napoca v Chelsea
Inter Milan v Werder Bremen
Liverpool v PSV Eindhoven
Shakhtar Donetsk v Barcelona
Sporting Lisbon v Basle

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Sep 11

The most surprising result of the week must of been Britney Spears picking up three MTV awards, whatever next?  Theo Walcott scoring a hat-trick?  Surely not.  Well we thought it would be the end of the world on Wednesday, but Capello and his men put in an impressive performance against the Croatians.  If only these bunch of part time footballers could play like that more often, then they may have a chance of qualifying for major tournament.  Continue reading »

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