The Spanish and Italian champions prepare to meet for their opening Champions League game this season as both want to start their campaign in winning ways.

Barcelona, the current European champions, will be looking to top the group and are favourites for this match, priced at 8/5. Inter are priced at 21/10 for the win, and the draw is at 23/10.

This match heralds a reunion for both Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto’o were involved in a part exchange deal this summer. Barcelona traded Eto’o and £35million for the services of the Swedish striker. Both players will have something to prove against their former club and are rated as the two most likely players to score. Eto’o is rated as the 6/1 favourite to score first, with Ibrahimovic following close behind at 13/2. Eto’o is 2/1 to score anytime whilst Ibrahimovic is 11/5. Argentinean maestro Lionel Messi is rated at 13/2 to score first and 11/5 to score at any time.

Inter are priced at 5/1 to be winning at half time and full time, and at 16/1 to be winning at half time and drawing at the end. Barca are priced at 7/2 to be winning at half time and full time, and Barca / draw is priced at 16/1. Draw / Barca and draw / Inter are priced at 5/1 and 6/1 respectively. Draw / draw is priced at 9/2. Barca / Inter is priced at 35/1 whereas Inter / Barca is at 29/1.

A 1-1 draw is the favourite result, priced at 6/1, following by a 1-0 win for Barca at 19/2. A 2-1 win for Barca is priced at 10/1 whilst 1-0 to Inter is priced at 12/1. Inter have addressed their defensive deficiencies, bringing in Lucio to marshall their back line. Barca will be unlikely to be able to dominate like they did against Bayern Munich last season, and Jose Mourinho’s teams are notoriously hard to break down. Therefore big score lines seem unlikely.

Barcelona are the 9/2 favourites to win the tournament. Inter are priced at 12/1 to be outright winners. Barca are 8/15 to win Group F whilst Inter are 5/2. The other teams in the group are Rubin Kazan and Dynamo Kiev.

Champions league Inter vs Barcelona betting odds

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