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 Champions League Betting - Matchday 6: D-Day for Liverpool

The sixth and final matchday of this season’s Champions League group phase takes place over Tuesday and Wednesday. While nine teams can relax comfortably in the knowledge that they have progressed to the elimination stage, seven places are still up for grabs, with every team in Group A capable of progressing. It promises therefore to be an exciting couple of days of top quality European club soccer, with up to 60% better Champions League betting odds available at PinnacleSports.com.

Liverpool Facing D-Day in Marseille

Having reached the final of the Champions League for the past two seasons, winning the European Cup in dramatic style in 2006, Liverpool are one game away from exit at the Group stage. Should the Reds lose in Marseille on Tuesday night, repeating the shock defeat at Anfield by the French side in early October, they will miss out on the financially lucrative knock-out phase. A draw will put their fate out of their hands, requiring Turkish side Besiktas to pull off a shock by winning in Porto.

The Pool seemed to be labouring under the shadow of this game as they slumped to their first Premiership defeat of the season losing 3-1 at Reading on Saturday. Coach Benitez once again rotated his squad, though Gerrard and Torres started the game, neither saw out the full ninety minutes. Big performances will be needed from both at the Stade Velodrome, where OM made a much more encouraging preparation for this game on Saturday beating Monaco 2-0. Eric Gerets’ side are unbeaten in seven at home, including both previous Group A Champions League fixtures, while Liverpool lost in Turkey and drew away to Porto. Olympique have faced English opponents on six occasions in European competition and have won every home match, while ex-Reds, Djibril Cissé and Bolo Zenden should lend valuable knowledge. PinnacleSports.com make Liverpool favourites 2.180 (-0.5 & -1) with Marseille 1.781 (+0.5 & +1).

Rangers Looking to Make it a Double Scotch

Following Celtic’s progress to the knock out stages last week, Rangers will be looking to make it a Scottish double on Tuesday night, facing Lyon at Ibrox. The SPL side need only a draw having the same number of points as their rivals, but benefiting from a 3-0 win at the Stade Gerland in the reverse fixture. Walter Smith’s side were given a huge boost by the postponement of their weekend league fixture, which should leave them fresh for this critical game. Rangers are undefeated in eleven home matches in European competition - 14 if qualifiers are included – and though they simply need to avoid defeat, should be expected to take the game to Alain Perrin’s side.

Lyon are the sixth time consecutive French Champions, and have the greater Champions League experience, reaching the latter stages for the last four seasons, though never progressing beyond the quarter-finals. OL made a poor preparation for this game by losing 1-0 away to Caen, their first defeat in eleven games, the previous being at home to Rangers. They still lead Ligue One by four points, and have no major injury worries, so that defeat should perhaps be seen as a reflection of the distraction that this game has created. Given Lyon’s superior experience on the European stage, and need for victory they start favourites with PinnacleSports.com 1.962 (0/scratch & -0.5) with Rangers 1.962 (0/scratch & +0.5) – a market priced to less than 102%.

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