Champions League Groups Stage Draw

The draw for the Champions League Group Stages took place today at Monaco’s Grimaldi Forum.

UEFA Champions League Draw

Here is the draw in full;

Group A

  • CHELSEA
  • Roma
  • Bordeaux
  • CFR Cluj

    Group B

    • Inter Milan
    • Werder Bremen
    • Panathanaikos
    • Anorthosis Famagusta

    Group C

    • Barcelona
    • Sporting Lisbon
    • FC Basel
    • Shakhtar Donetsk

    Group D

    • LIVERPOOL
    • PSV Eindhoven
    • Marseille
    • Athletico Madrid

    Group E

    • MANCHESTER UNITED
    • Villareal
    • CELTIC
    • Aalborg

    Group F

    • Lyon
    • Bayern Munich
    • Steaua Bucharest
    • Fiorentina

    Group G

    • Arsenal
    • FC Porto
    • Fenerbahce
    • Dynamo Kiev

    Group H

    • Real Madrid
    • Juventus
    • Zenit St. Petersburg
    • BATE Borisov

    Games will be played on the following dates:

    • 16/17 September
    • 30 September/1 October
    • 21/22 October
    • 4/5 November
    • 25/26 November
    • 9/10 December

    August 28th, 2008
    Categories: Free Bets, General Posts, betting, champions league, fixed odds, football . Author: selectabet . Comments: No Comments

    Champions League Qualifying Betting: Liverpool v Standard Liege

    Liverpool v Standard Liege - Live on ITV 1. Kick off 8.05pm.

    Liverpool v Standard Liege

    At 12/1 (Bet 365, Paddy Power, Skybet) Liverpool are 6th in the betting to win the Champions League this season. That’s a pretty short price when you consider they’re not even in the tournament proper yet. Standing in their way are Belgian champions Standard Liege who will feel that they should be going into this game with a first-leg lead to protect.

    Liege had one cleared off the line and had a penalty saved two weeks ago and may have missed their best chance of causing an upset in the tie. The bookies certainly seem to think so and have Liverpool at a best 1/5 (888 Sport, Betfred, BlueSq, Boylesports, Coral, William Hill) to win tonight. Despite the Belgians’ pushing Liverpool all the way in Liege, Liverpool shouldn’t have any trouble seeing them off tonight.

    The Keane/Torres partnership hasn’t quite hit it off yet but you feel that it will click eventually. Stevie Gerrard may be the catalyst to help the two front men fire and he’s expected to make a start tonight. The Reds captain is 7/4 (Wiliam Hill) to repeating his performance of Saturday and find the net during the game. Torres is 5/6 (888 Sport, BlueSq) to score and Keane is 5/4 (888 Sport, BlueSq).

    It simply has to be a Liverpool win for me tonight but it may be a nervy one. They’ve not played too well so far this season but are still managing to get results and tonight will be no different.

    August 27th, 2008
    Categories: Free Bets, Tipsters, UK Bookmakers, betting, champions league, fixed odds, football . Author: selectabet . Comments: No Comments

    Champions League Qualifying: Arsenal v FC Twente

    Arsenal v FC Twente - Live on BBC3. Kick off 8.05pm.

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    In a game that Arsenal will be expected to win, midfielder Cesc Fabregas may make his long awaited return from a hamstring injury. The Arsenal fans will be desperate to see the Spaniard back to marshal the midfield after their disappointing performance at Craven Cottage on Saturday.

    But the Gunners go into this one with a 2-0 lead from the first leg and failure to qualify is not worth contemplating. Ladbrokes are offering a best priced 1/4 for an Arsenal win tonight and whilst that’s still a bit short they should be too good for Steve McClaren’s Dutch side. Arsene Wenger has promised a better performance from his team tonight so they’ll be hoping to start converting some of the chances they’re carving out for themsleves.

    Fabregas is 11/4 (Paddy Power) to mark his return with a goal tonight and you wouldn’t put it past him. In the first goal scorer market, Adebayor leads the way at 7/2 (888 Sport, BlueSq) with Van Persie 2nd favourite at 4/1 (888 Sport, BlueSq, Coral). Fabregas is 8/1 (Coral, Paddy Power) to net first.

    August 27th, 2008
    Categories: Free Bets, Tipsters, UK Bookmakers, betting, champions league, fixed odds, football . Author: selectabet . Comments: No Comments

    £20,000 Challenge: Bet of the Day No. 5

    Bet of the Day

    Right, this needs to be quick. Work commitments mean I haven’t been able to post much this weekend and no doubt I missed out on a few good bets of the day yesterday. But today I’ve had the chance to pick out one for the £20,000 challenge.

    The System threw up 7 games that looked likely to be Over 2.5 goals and I’ve gone with one in the Finnish lower leagues. I’m a bit nervy abut this one but fingers crossed.

    Selection: Over 2.5 goals - TUS Teerijavi v SJK Seinajoki (in the Finnish Kakkonen). £258.78 @ 1.40 with Centrebet.

    August 24th, 2008
    Categories: Bets, Free Bets, Tipsters, bet of the day, betting, fixed odds, football, £20000 Challenge . Author: selectabet . Comments: 2 Comments

    Mr Fixit & Andy Totham’s Betting Tips: August 23rd

    Tipsters

    Hopefully the season’s form will start to settle down in the coming weeks as betting this early in the season is still a bit of a minefield. But that doesn’t stop Mr Fixit of the Daily Record and Andy Totham of the Sun offering up their best tips for your football coupon today;

    Mr Fixit (Daily Record)

    HOMES

    AWAYS

    DRAWS

    SUPER SINGLE

    TOP TREBLE

    BONKERS BET

    Andy Totham (The Sun)

    HOMES

    AWAYS

    SIX-UP

    August 23rd, 2008
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