20th Sep 2012 | Football
United Static In Champions League Betting
All the winners in the first round of the Champions League shortened in the betting apart from Manchester United.
After the first round of Champions League matches the bookmakers are already drawing conclusions. All the teams who won their first round of matches have shortened to some degree apart from Manchester United, who remain 10/1 with BetVictor.
Playing at home to Galatasaray, Sir Alex Ferguson’s team were fortunate the woodwork came to their rescue on a couple of occasions as they battled to a 1-0 victory. It might not have been a vintage performance from the 2008 champions but their manager will be pleased with three points. In the last three seasons, 78% of teams who won their opening game made it through to the knockout stages.
In the goalscorer betting Lionel Messi is a best price 11/8 (Paddy Power) to be the Champions League leading goalscorer, having been 2/1 just 24 hours ago. The Barcelona forward bagged a brace in a 3-2 victory over Spartak Moscow.
Odds correct at time of publishing: 09:55 20th Sep, 2012 but subject to change
