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Football betting tipsby Ben, last updated 2008-02-12 07:58:10UEFA Cup Betting - R32 Knockout Phase (Feb 13-14)After a two month break, the UEFA Cup resumes on Wednesday night, as 32 remaining teams enter the excitement of the knock-out phase. A quick glance at the first-leg fixture list shows such a roll-call of top quality European sides, that UEFA Cup bettors are spoiled for choice. Five British sides will be hoping to make the short journey to the City of Manchester Stadium for the UEFA Cup final on May 14th, but there is a lot of football to be played between now and then, and PinnacleSports.com will be offering up to 60% better UEFA Cup betting odds, every step of the way.
The Yellow Submarine must negotiate a safe passage back from Russia on Wednesday night, as La Liga side, Villarreal visit 2007 Russian Champions, Zenit St.Petersburg. Zenit may not have excelled in the group phase, finishing third in their section, but they are exceedingly hard to beat at home. Dick Advocaat’s side haven’t lost in their last 21 home games in European competition, and there will definitely be a frosty reception for the Spaniards at the Petrovsky Stadium. However, Zenit are at the disadvantage of being outside of their regular season which runs from March until November, which may explain some of their results in the group phase. Villarreal are riding high in La Liga, in third position behind Barcelona and Real Madrid. They may have won just one of their last five fixtures in all competition but they faced both they faced Barca twice – losing 1-0 over two legs of the Spanish Cup – and Madrid once – going down 3-2 at the Bernabeu. Those hard fixtures will have tuned them up for this game, and Manuel Pelligrini’s side should be confident having topped Group C ahead of Fiorentina, dropping just two points. PinnacleSports.com make Villarreal marginal favourites off a level handicap 1.826 (1/scratch)* with Zenit St.Petersburg 2.110 (0/scratch)* - a market priced to 102%.
Aberdeen’s home tie against Bundesliga giants, Bayern Munich, on Thursday is one fxiture that certainly catches the eye. The Dons scored a famous 3-2 victory over the Germans at Pittodrie in 1983 on their way to winning the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup. However, a repeat victory seems unlikely based on Aberdeen’s recent form. On Sunday they were hammered 5-1 by Celtic at home, following on from a 4-1 League Cup semi-final defeat by Dundee United in front of their own fans. Coach, Jimmy Calderwood, employed two new signings in defence against Celtic - Dave Bus and Alan Maybury – and that pair will have to quickly find their feet facing Bayern Munich on Thursday. Though Munich were not emphatic in the group phase, they topped their section, remaining unbeaten, while Aberdeen scrapped through with just four points. Ottmar Hitzfeld’s side may have only managed a draw in their table-top clash with Werder Bremen on Sunday, but they still top the German league and come into the game in much better form. Their midfield playmaker, Franck Ribery, is a big doubt, but they have plenty of strength in depth. PinnacleSports.com make Bayern Munich favourites 1.694 (-1)* with Aberdeen 2.34 (+1)*. *All odds subject to change ← Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 Next → |
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