Wednesday´s Champions League Betting
This evening sees the final
eleven games from the second qualifying round of the Champions League.
Who will progress to the final qualifying round? BetRepublic previews a
selection of games here.
After claiming a shock 0-0 draw last week, the Northern Irish champions are still in this tie and they travel to Norway
with a chance of eliminating their more illustrious opponents. Can they
do so though? Books don’t think so, making Rosenborg 1/12 favourites to
win this match in normal time, with Linfield available at 16/1 and the
draw at 13/2.
With odds that short the bookmakers clearly believe that this game is going to be a walk in the park for the 2009 Norwegian
league champions. However, Rosenborg had won eight straight matches
prior to the draw with Linfield last week and ended up drawing their
second game in a row following last week’s fixture in Belfast.
At home
Rosenborg are a tough proposition having won eight and drawn three of
their last eleven games in a run that stretches back to April. They
have also kept seven clean sheets in their last nine home matches, and
with Linfield likely to play 4-5-1 again I feel that Rosenborg will win
this game to nil as well, but they will have to work hard for it.
My money is on the game to be
level at half time with Rosenborg going on to win the game at odds of
3/1 and there to be less than 2.5 goals in the match at 13/8.
Debreceni VSC v Levadia Tallinn:
This tie is another match that
is far from certain, with the Hungarian champions bringing back a 1-1
draw from their travels to Estonialast week . Debrecen made the group
stages of the Champions League last year, can they beat the Estonian
champions and book their place in the final qualifying round this
evening?
Online sportsbooks
make Debrecen the favourites to win in normal time at odds of 2/5,
whole Levadia can be backed at 13/2 and the draw is available at 11/4.
The first leg match between
these two sides was an entertaining encounter with plenty of chances
and action and the Estonian champions looked to have victory sown up as
they took the lead on the hour but Debrecen clawed their way back with
an injury time equaliser. That goal was the first goal that Levadia had
conceded in five matches and they got back to their clean sheet ways
again last weekend with a 5-0 away win in the league.
Debrecen did not play as their
domestic season is yet to begin, but having reached the group stages
last season they should have enough quality to win this game, but will
they?
Levadia will be highly
confident form and I feel that they could upset the favourites here,
maybe not by winning but by not losing at least. As a result i’m
backing the draw @ 11/4 in this match and splitting my stakes on the
correct scores of 1-1 @ 13/2 and 2-2 @ 16/1.
FH Hafnarfjördur v BATE Borisov:
After a thrilling end to the
first leg tie that saw all six goals scored in the second half, and
four in the last five minutes, BATE take a commanding lead into this
game and look to assured their passage into the third qualifying round.
After winning 5-1 and holding a four goal advantage, will they slack
off in this game and allow FH Hafnarfjördur to claim an unlikely win?
BATE are the 8/11 favourites to
win this match within ninety minutes, with FH available at 14/5 and the
draw can be backed at 5/2. Will the game go according to these odds
though?
I don’t feel that it will as FH
will want to go out of the tournament proving that they are worthy of a
place in it and they will play their hardest to get themselves a goal
or two, while BATE are comfortable and with their domestic season not
having started yet they will treat this more as a training session than
a competitive tie. However, BATE still have enough to win this game
easily and I see them winning and there being a few goals in the game.
As a result i’ll be backing BATE to win @ 5/6 and over 2.5 goals to be
scored at odds of 4/6.
BetRepublic.com Recommends:
Draw/Rosenborg HT/FT @ 3/1
Under 2.5 goals to be scored in Rosenborg v Linfield @ 13/8
Debreceni VSC v Levadia Tallinn to end as a draw @ 11/4
Split your stakes on 1-1 @ 13/2 and 2-2 @ 16/1 in the Debreceni v Levadia game
BATE Borisov to beat FH Hafnarfjördur @ 5/6
More than 2.5 goals to be scored in the BATE v FH game @ 4/6