Champions League Final Betting Analysis

The champions league final has arrived and it does not feature an English team for the first time since Porto beat Monaco 3-0 in the final of 2004. Jose Mourinho will hope to remind Chelsea what they are missing by delivering the Inter Milan fans the Champions league title he has personally coveted for so long. Both Bayern Munich and Inter Milan are champions of their respective countries so this final is as competitive and classy as any witnessed in recent years. Here are the bets from https://www.bwin.com that stick out for me as ones to have a bet on.

Bayern Munich 37/20 Draw 13/10 Inter Milan 27/20

With both teams odds against to win in normal time Champions League football betting has never been more exciting. Bwin.com is offering over 250 different bets for this match so there is plenty of variety to place a bet on whatever part of the football match interests you from throw-ins, offside betting to the number of cards dished out by the referee.

Outright Betting Analysis

Inter Milan have been exceptional this season. I think they will lift the trophy. In Mourinho they have a manager that controls the headlines and this takes the pressure away from his players. Bayern fans will be keen to bet on their team at attractive odds of 37/20 with most of the focus going on Mourinho’s men. It is obvious the bookies are favouring a tight match. The deciding factor in this match may be that Bayern star Franck Ribery was denied a repeal of his suspension and will miss the match which is a great disappointment for the Germans.

The odds for one goal to be scored in the match are 14/5 and it is clear that bwin doubt the ability of Bayern Munich to win.

I like the half time or full time bet where if the result is true at any point in the match you win. E.g. if the match is 0-0 at half time then 1-0 to Inter Milan at full time you would win your bet providing you backed either the draw or the away win on this special bet. The odds for this special bet are,

Bayern Munich 13/10 Draw 11/20 Inter Milan 91/100

Goal Scorers Analysis

With bwin.com favouring their betting odds towards a tight match you will need to select your bets carefully. The favourite to score at any time in the match is Inter Milan’s Diego Milito at 13/10. You can get 8/5 on both Samuel Eto’o of Inter Milan and Bayern Munich’s Arjen Robben. You can bet on there being no goalscorer at 6/1. Further down the list of potential scorers you have Wesley Sneijder of Inter at 23/10, Miroslav Klose of Bayern at 23/10 and Bastian Schweinsteiger at 23/10.

What seems obvious to me is that there is such an abundance of talent on the pitch that there will be plenty of goal scoring opportunities and once the initial tight period of the match has passed it will open up to hopefully be an excellent champions league final.

There are lots of different bets based on throw-ins, first team to reach 10 throw-ins, whether the match will finish in regular time, normal time or penalties and much more. Bwin.com has an unrivalled amount of betting options for this match with nearly every permutation of bet catered for. Check out their site for the latest bets.

What Mal Clarke Has Bet on

After extensive scrutiny I have decided that I will place the following bets with bwin.com.

• Inter Milan to win the Cup – 3/5
• Samuel Eto’o to score anytime in the match – 8/5
• Inter Milan to be winning either half time or full time – 91/100
• Team 2 (Inter) to win in regular time – 27/20
• Eto’o to score first and Inter to win 1-0 – 71/1

Good luck with all the bets you place on the Champions league final. The match kicks-off at 20.45 CET on Saturday, 22nd May 2010. Do not miss it!

By Malcolm Clarke