Champions League Matches On Tuesday

Tuesday sees the latest games in the group stage of the Champions League and there is a betting feast in store. At fast-growing sports betting community, bet republic you can find out where the betting value lies and where the UK's top tipsters are putting their money.

Sports betting expert James Eastham has picked out the best bets from Tuesday's fixtures and he has a fantastic record of hunting out the right bet from the 100 or so markets that online bookmakers like to price up, be ready to tune into bet republic television (BRTV) for watching champions league matches on Tuesday.

Out of 143.5 points that Eastham has staked in his popular blog, written under the nom de plume "papinade", he is showing an impressive profit of +31.71 points. That represents a return on investment of just over 22% which you would never get in a bank in this low interest rate environment.

This is where James believes the value lies in Tuesday's games. Out of the 8 Champions League matches that are taking place he has selected 3 bets that he feels will give sports bettors an excellent run for their money.

Champions League matches on Tuesday, 3 November 2009

AC Milan v Real Madrid, Gp C, 19:45

Apoel Nicosia v FC Porto, Gp D, 19:45

Atletico Madrid v Chelsea, Gp D, 19:45

Bayern Munich v Bordeaux, Gp A, 19:45

Besiktas v Wolfsburg, Gp B, 19:45

Maccabi Haifa v Juventus, Gp A, 19:45

Man Utd v CSKA Moscow, Gp B, 19:45

Marseille v FC Zurich, Gp C, 19:45

Manchester United v CSKA Moscow, 7.45pm, Tuesday

Manchester United made surprisingly light work of CSKA Moscow on the Luzhniki Stadium’s plastic pitch a fortnight ago, and the chaos that has engulfed the Russian club since United’s 1-0 win in that first meeting suggests the English champions will have an even easier time of it at Old Trafford when the sides come face-to-face again on Tuesday night.

CSKA’s Spanish coach Juande Ramos was sacked just six weeks into the job on October 26 after failing to get CSKA into contention for the Russian League title, plunging the club into a short period of doubt in the week leading up to the game. Ramos’ successor, Leonid Slutski, has very few credentials outside his Russian homeland, and has never prepared a team for a game as important as the one that awaits CSKA at Old Trafford this week.

Thirty-eight-year-old former goalkeeper Slutski has had only one full season in management, leading Krylya Sovetov Samara to sixth place in the Russian League last season. He has no pedigree at all at this level, as Krylya were knocked out of the third qualifying round of the Europa League by Republic of Ireland side Saint Patrick’s Athletic this season.

All of which makes conditions favourable for a comfortable United win. The hosts are unbeaten in 22 home Champions League games, a run that stretches back more than four-and-a-half years.

Betting Recommendation: Man Utd -1.25 Asian handicap v CSKA at 1.98 (39/40)

Bayern Munich v Bordeaux, 7.45pm, Tuesday

Bordeaux’s 2-1 win over Bayern Munich in the first meeting between these sides a fortnight ago has put Laurent Blanc’s French champions in pole position in the group. They lead with seven points, followed by Juventus on five points and Bayern Munich on four points. As things stand it looks as though the Italian and German giants – ante-post favourites to make it through to the knock-out stages – might well be left battling it out for second place in the group.

Bayern, a side with a long tradition of playing attacking football in both domestic and European competition, will try to outscore Bayern as the Germans revealed their defensive frailties in the first game. Bordeaux normally play an attack-minded 4-4-2 in the French League but will switch to a more defensive 4-5-1 system here, but even with that extra man in midfield it’s difficult to see them earning a clean sheet as coach Blanc encourages his players to play attacking football home and away.

That said, however, Bordeaux have plenty of attacking strength of their own. Centre-halves Marc Planus and Michael Ciani were the goalscorers in Bordeaux’s 2-1 win over Bayern a fortnight ago, while Yoann Gourcuff, Marouane Chamakh and Yoann Gouffran are all talented finishers at this level. Bordeaux have failed to score in just two of 14 games this season, averaging 1.71 goals a match. They are particularly proficient from set-pieces: nine of their last 11 goals have come via that route.

A 1-1 draw or narrow Bayern win look the most likely results, but the stand-out wager is both teams to score at 1.83 (5/6). That price looks far too big on a match between two teams with so much attacking potential.

Betting recommendation: Back both teams to score at 1.83 (5/6)

Atletico Madrid v Chelsea, 7.45, Tuesday

Chelsea will be looking to continue their domination of Group D when they travel to the Vicente Calderon to face under-fire Atletico Madrid. Carlo Ancelotti’s side have won all 3 of their Champions League engagements to date and are just 1/9 to top their group, while their hosts are 5/1 even to qualify after a disastrous opening to their campaign.

And the Blues have done all this without the suspended Didier Drogba – the Ivorian returns for this fixture and is a best-priced 15/8 to score anytime.

Chelsea’s comprehensive 4-0 win at Bolton over the weekend, plus winning to nil in every European match, means that there is sure to be support for the visitors at 10/11 but Atletico have a new coach at the helm and this could provide better backing opportunities elsewhere.

Quique Sanchez Flores will have to tighten up the worst defence in La Liga (19 goals shipped in 9 games) while Los colchoneros have not managed a single goal in the Champions League to date.

With star forwards Diego Forlan and Sergio Aguero mustering just 5 goals between them all season, it appears as if Flores will have his work cut out at both ends of the pitch.

But the former Real Madrid right-back has a reputation of being an excellent defensive coach which was more than borne out by his spells at Getafe (2004-05) and Valencia (2005-07); particularly at Los Che where his side conceded just 75 league goals in 76 games in his 2 seasons in charge.

And Chelsea tend to be fairly conservative in away group stage games too as they’ve kept 4 clean sheets in their last 7 on the road, including a 1-0 win at APOEL Nicosia at the end of September.

Flores’ first La Liga game in charge last weekend was a 1-0 defeat at Atletic Bilbao but this was actually their best defensive performance on the road all season (having conceded 13 goals in 4 away games before that) so perhaps he is already having an impact on the organisation of the side. As a result, a price of 9/10 on under 2.5 goals can be recommended.

Betting Recommendation: Back under 2.5 goals at 1.90 (9/10)