Holders Barcelona lead the CL field at 7/2

Champions League Matchday 2 games were played last week and it’s no real change at the top end of the betting.
Barcelona remain the 7/2 favourites having defeated Russians Dynamo Kiev 2-0 at the Nou Camp on Tuesday night .
Real Madrid won 3-0 over Marseille in what for me was a flattering scoreline and they're 5/1 second favourites.
Chelsea are 11/2 third favourites with Sky Bet to win the Champions League after what can only be described as an unconvincing 1-0 victory over Apoel Nicosia in Cyprus last Wednesday. I can’t believe that Manchester United are bigger at 7/1 to lift the trophy after they came from behind to defeat what looked like a decent Wolfsburg team 2-1 – their big hitman Edin Dzeko looks a striker to watch.
The big drifters are AC Milan who are now as big as 40/1, yes 40/1, after that San Siro shock against FC Zurich, and Liverpool who are as big as 16/1.
Rangers are 250/1 outsiders after their home battering at the hands of Seville who to me look the best of the outside bets at 16/1.
Most impressive performance came from Arsenal who get a general 10/1 quote after leaving it late before claiming a 2-0 success over Olympiakos at the Emirates.
On to the big live game tonight and here’s hoping we can follow up on last week’s correct score success – the 3-1 we predicted paid 10/1.
Aston Villa and Man City lock horns at Villa Park and this looks a very interesting tussle as it’s one of those games that could go either way.
Sean Grahams price Martin O’Neill’s men at 13/8 with big spending City quoted at 8/5 and it’s 2/1 the draw.
We think there will be goals in this one and we like the look of a 2-2 draw at 14/1 and Shaun Wright-Phillips looks a decent punt for first goal at 10/1.
In Thursday’s PG we will be loooking forward to the weekend and the big World Cup qualifiers coming up as well as the weekend racing.

Punter touches with Thursday night cracker
I’M not a big fan of racing at the all-weather tracks – my old Granda used to call them ‘Flapper Meetings’ – but we are stuck throughout the winter with them.
Jimmy Morgan loves them and backs only at the likes of Wolverhampton, Kempton, Southwell and Dundalk. Jimmy tells us the form is easier to read.
Our in-form punter placed a £5 treble on Thursday night at his favourite track, Wolverhampton.
MR RAINBOW (5/1) got the bet off to a great start when easing home in the opener and when JOHN FORBES (7/1) scraped home in the 6.45 Jimmy had £240 riding on his final selection.
He had to wait until the finale and Peper Harow didn’t let him down winning at 8/1 with a fine ride from David Probert giving Jimmy a Friday payday of £2,160.
Can’t think of a better way to start the weekend off.

RACING WEEK AHEAD
5th: PONTEFRACT, WARWICK, WINDSOR
6th: CATTERICK, FOLKESTONE, LEICESTER
7th: Exeter, KEMPTON (AW EVE), NOTTINGHAM, Towcester
8th: NEWBURY WINCANTON, WORCESTER
9th: Carlisle LINGFIELD (AW), WOLVERHAMPTON (AW EVE), YORK
10th: ASCOT, BANGOR, C’STOW, GT LEIGHS (AW EVE), HEXHAM, YORK
11th: GOODWOOD
12th: KEMPTON (AW), SALISBURY, WINDSOR
13th: Huntingdon, LEICESTER, NEWCASTLE
15TH: BRIGHTON, GT LEIGHS (AW EVE), Ludlow, NOTTINGHAM
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