Champions League Final Odds: Barcelona v Man Utd

Manchester United may be the finest team these shores have to offer but they travel to Wembley for the Champions League Final on Saturday as distinct underdogs. Sir Alex Ferguson’s title winners are a best price of 3/1 with Coral to triumph over 90 minutes. However, with the possibility of extra time and penalties, the Reds are 7/4 with Boylesports to lift the trophy for the second time in four seasons. Barcelona are just 1/2 to get their hands on the silverware with bet365. VictorChandler offer 21/20 that they complete the job in normal time. The draw that would take the game to an extra 30 minutes is 5/2.

If you believe this is a final destined for maximum drama then the Catalans can be backed to win in extra time at 10/1 with bet365, or at 12/1 with Boylesports to clinch the contest on penalties. United are the same price to triumph on spot-kicks with the same firm, but a hefty 18/1 to seal the deal in extra time, according to bet365.

As well as the usual first goalscorer and correct scoreline markets, a few bookies are throwing out some novelty bets. PaddyPower give a long list of potential ITV commentary cliches, most of which will presumably be rolled out over the course of the night. Your job is to pick which one comes first. At 3/1, the most likely is thought to be a reference to ‘2009’, the last time these two sides met in the final. An early mention of ‘Bobby Charlton’ is 8/1 and ‘1999’, the year of United’s treble-winning exploits is 9/1. Reference to ‘the best player in the world’ is 14/1 and could be a good shout if the camera pans to Lionel Messi, before it picks out Wes Brown.

With Ryan Giggs making some unwanted headlines recently, the Irish mischief-makers invite you to pick who he will swap shirts with at the end of the game. It’s primarily an excuse to offer the punchline option of Imogen Thomas at 1000/1, but Xavi claims favouritism at 6/4.