Sports Betting Blog

November 4, 2008 by Ben Filed under: Football 

Manchester City v FC Twente, Thursday, Five, 6:10pm

Manchester City start the group stages of their European campaign against Steve McLaren’s FC Twente at the City of Manchester on Thursday. City will be looking to put their Premiership form to one side as they look for a good start to Group A, especially after their most recent defeat to strugglers Bolton at the weekend. However, with quality such as Elano and Robinho, City will feel confident of beating the Dutch in front of a partisan home crowd.

Man City are 2/5 with BGbet to start their group campaign with a win, while FC Twente are 6/1 with VCbet to heap more misery on Mark Hughes’ men.

If Elano scores at anytime during Manchester City v FC Twente, BGbet will refund all losing first goalscorer stakes on the match.

Slavia Prague v Aston Villa, Thursday, Five, 7:45pm

Aston Villa travel to Slovakia top of Group F thanks to their 2-1 win over Ajax at Villa Park two weeks ago. Gareth Barry grabbed the winner just before half time to give Martin O’Neill’s side the perfect start to their Group, and the Villa manager will be looking for more of the same against the Slovaks in Prague on Thursday night.

Prague are 13/8 with VCbet to seal a home win, with Villa 11/8 at BGbet to get their second win of the group.

If James Milner scores at anytime during Slavia Prague v Aston Villa, BGbet will refund all losing first goalscorer stakes on the match.