CL Wed

To date
Total: +30.84pts
HR: -0.29pts
Football: +31.13pts

OK I'll start with the Barcelona game. Barca are 1/7 and the spread firms expect them to score roughly 3 goals at home to Copenhagen. Given that, it could pay to side with one of our favourite bets of last season and back Villa to get on the score sheet. Sure we don't expect him to be quite as reliable as he was last season at Valencia where he was the focus of all the attacks but at 4/5 (although as short as 4/11 in places) in the Nou Camp he is definitely worth a bet

1.5pts Villa to score anytime @ 4/5 (Unibet)

Lyon's poor start to the season seems to be overplayed in their price to beat Benfica. Lyon have started to find a bit of form domestically and have already won their first 2 CL games (although admittedly Schalke were out of form and injury depleted when they struggled by them. Even still odds against at home against Portugese opposition looks too good to pass up.

2pts Lyon @6/5 (bet 365)

As said above Schalke had an injury hit and slow start to the season but they are start to come to themselves now. They are at home this week to a team that are probably one of the worst 3 teams in the competition and we expect them to have way too much firepower so we are happy to take them on the Asian handicap of -1 with our stake refunded if they only win by the minimum.

1.5pts Schalke -1 @5/6 (Asian H/C) (Stan James)

Also in this game it is worth getting involved in the goalscorer markets. Huntelaar has scored in his last 7 games and can be relied upon again here to figure with his main opposition probably coming from Farfan.

1pt e/w Huntelaar to score first @ 4/1 (bet365)

Finally I really don't think home advantage in europe can count for enough to keep Valencia odds against for their trip to Glasgow. They are a hugely superior team who destroyed a Bursaspor team away which Rangers struggled to break down at home. They suffered their first league defeat of the season to Barca at the weekend and come here needing the 3 points to get back on track after being very unlucky to lose to a United side which offered very little for much of the game in the Mestalla.

2pts Valencia @ 6/5 (Stan James, 888sport)