Champs League Wed

An acceptable start to the blogs tips with a 0.5pt profit from day 1. Onwards and upwards from here! Not much to get excited about in the match odds for tonight altho I wouldn´t put anyone off backing Olympiacos at 11/10 against AZ Alkmaar. Digging a bit deeper I found a few bets worth getting involved in:

2 pts Rangers 2/1 to qualify from group (Boylesports): This is purely an arb play they are 7/4 shots on Betfair you can lay it all back if you want (assumming Boyles will let you have more than 20c on it!)

1pt e/w Steven Gerrard to score first 4/1 (Paddy Power): Gerrard has a great scoring record in Europe and with the likelihood of a lot of goals here it´s the 4/3 you are getting on him being one of the first 5 goalscorers that makes makes this a very tasty bet.

1pt Olypiacos 6/4 to qualify from group (VC): I think Olympiacos´home record can give them the edge over a AZ Alkmaar team who may struggle to live up to increased expectations in the wake of their first Erdivisie in 28 years. Last season Olympiacos won 5-1 vs Benfica and 4-0 vs Hertha Berlin in the UEFA cup before crashing to a 3-1 defeat to St. Etienne.

1.5pt per card sell on Stuttgart v Ranger @ 36 SportingIndex: Busacca is consistently one of the more sensible referees and tends to average about 3 cards a game. Nothing here to suggest a bloodbath is on the cards.

1pt per card sell on Standard Liege v Arsenal @ 34 SportingIndex: Gonzalez keeps his cards in his pocket when it´s not a La Liga game. For European and international ties it is rare for him to ever stray above 3 yellows and often gives less.