European High-Risk Accumulator 24th October 19:45

European High Risk Accumulator 7/1

Borussia Dortmund v Real Madrid:  Verdict Real Madrid 9/7
Porto v Dynamo Kiev: Verdict Porto 8/15
Ajax v Man City: Verdict Man City 4/5

A price of around 7/1 should interest those of you looking to place a wide bet on tonight's Champions League football.  The fixtures last night, including those which were won by the obvious teams, showed us why this year's Champions League is as slighty more open than normal.  We recommend playing with cash you've found under the sofa - rather than your hard-earned.  There are some very tough to call away games forn the stronger squads this week - as Chelsea learnt yesterday.

European High-Risk Accumulator 23rd to 24th October

European High-Risk Accumulator: 73/10

Shakhtar Donetsk v Chelsea 23^rd October 19:45 – Verdict draw 21/10

Barcelona v Celtic 23^rd October 19:45 – Verdict Barcelona 1/11

Manchester United v Braga 23^rd October 19:45 – Verdict Manchester United 4/11

Ajax v Manchester City 24^th October 19:45 – Verdict Manchester City 4/5

We’re always going to keep away from tipping accumulators that look like Lisa Riley’s shopping-list.  We tend to favour backing three or four teams and tend to only tip the ones we know a bit about.  If you want to reckless tip on a Croatian youth team game on a wet Wednesday you’ll have to look elsewhere – or just save yourself the time and buy a lottery ticket.  This week’s Champions League is mostly made up of tight fixtures – of which we include Chelsea’s away game with Shakhtar.  Chelsea have been high-flying in the Premier League and have their captain John Terry available for selection – but blue eyes may be elsewhere, notably the Manchester United visit on Sunday.  We think a draw in this game is a real possibility and doubters of the ability should tread carefully.  Celtic have a snowball’s chance in the microwave of beating Barcelona and we think Manchester United’s pairing of Van Persie and Rooney will be fruitful again if the pair start.  Manchester City have also been backed by us to win on the ground that Ajax’s last Champions League encounter saw them embarrassed by Real Madrid.  If you don’t feel like risking the Chelsea fixture then you can drop it to get a smaller, but safer, price of 17/10.  Good luck – whoever you choose to back this week!

European Low-Risk Accumulator 20th to 21st October

European Low-Risk Accumulator 5/4

FC Dusseldorf v Bayern Munich – 20^th October 14:30 – Verdict: Bayern Munich 7/20

Real Madrid v Celta Vigo – 20^th October 17:00 – Verdict: Real Madrid 1/7

Inter Milan v Catania – 21^st October 14:00 – Verdict Inter Milan 6/10

Fans of the Bundesliga will be aware of Dusseldorf’s convincing comeback against Shalke last month from 2-0 down and that might be enough to scare away conservative punters from backing visitors Bayern Munich this weekend – but we think the sense of occasion will be too much for them.  At 7/20 Bayern are expected to find dispatching of Dusseldorf as easy of choosing washing-up liquid.

 In Real Madrid’s last five games they have managed to notch up a colossal 21 goals; this should be enough to convince even the firmest and most delusional fans of their visitors Celta Vigo of a Madrid win being on the cards.  Christiano Ronaldo will be more than keen to put the Northern Ireland result behind him and this fixture seems like a good opportunity. 

Inter Milan have won all of their last five games and we think they should be able to add to this impressive tally against inconsistent Catania.  The sounds of the impressively dreadful yet catchy, ‘Amala Pazza Inter,’ is likely to be sung at full-time by fans celebrating yet another win at the Giuseppe Meazza – but bear in mind that of all the leagues in Europe, Serie A is the most well known for lower-table upset for the top-half teams.