Tuesday 13th September 2011

Borussia Dortmund v Arsenal

This looks like a tough start for the Gunners, especially on the back of their heavy defeat
at the hands of Manchester United in the Premier League. Current Bundesliga Champions
Borussia Dortmund are quietly fancied to do well in this season’s Champions League
following some excellent performances in their domestic league last season.

The group would appear to be between these two teams but Marseille may have something to
say about that and Olympiakos will not be an easy place for any of the teams to go.

Best Bet – Home win at Evens with bet365

Chelsea v Bayer Leverkusen

It is Roman Abramovich’s dream for Chelsea to win the Champions League but the dream is
yet to be fulfilled. They have come relatively close on a few occasions but are yet to capture
Europe’s biggest prize. On the evidence of what we have seen so far this season, it is likely
they will come up short again.

They could improve throughout the season under new manager André Villas-Boas but they
will need to do something about the shaky defence. Bayer Leverkusen are no mugs and will
present a tough challenge for the Blues, but I fancy Chelsea to win by the odd goal.

Best Bet – Chelsea to win 2-1 at 15/2 with William Hill

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Wednesday 14th September 2011

Benfica v Manchester United

Beaten finalists in the 2010/11 season, Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United side will
be desperate to go one better this time around. Although Barcelona look head and shoulder
above everyone else and are the worthy favourites to make it back to back titles, Manchester
Utd are improving all the time and last season’s Premier League Champions will once again
give any side in the competition a serious headache.

Benfica are the second favourites behind Manchester Utd to qualify from Group C and should
make it to the knockout stage, but they may have to wait a little longer before claiming their
first points of the campaign.

Best Bet – Away win at 21/20 with William Hill

Manchester City v Napoli

It will be very interesting to see how big spending Manchester City perform in their first
season in the Champions League. They were kept out the competition by Spurs the previous
year, but their sheer number of signings have taken them to the next level and they managed
to finish third in last season’s Premier League. Roberto Mancini’s men have begun the 2011-
12 campaign in very impressive fashion and there is no reason why they won’t challenge for
the Champions League at the first time of asking. Napoli find themselves in a very difficult
group with Man City and Bayern Munich likely to take the top two positions. I can’t really
see them taking any points away from the City of Manchester Stadium.

Best Bet – Manchester City to win 3-1 at 11/1 with bet365

Click here to read UEFA Champions League – Week 1, Match Day 2 Betting Tips and Previews

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