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UEFA Champions League betting – Barcelona vs Inter Milan

The current European Champions face an uphill struggle tonight, as they bid to overturn the 3-1 deficit they sustained last week to Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan side. Barca were completely out of sorts in the first leg, perhaps due to the volcanic ash which meant they had to travel by coach to Milan. The winner of this match will go on to face Bayern Munich in the final.

Posted in Soccer, UEFA Champions League on April 28, 2010 @ 6:45 pm

La Liga football betting – Barcelona vs Xerez

Barcelona will want to erase memories of the last week in their game against Xerez tonight. The European and Spanish champions lost 3-1 to Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan in their Champions League match, and they drew last weekend against Espanyol.

Posted in La Liga, Soccer, Sports on April 24, 2010 @ 12:00 pm

UEFA Champions League football betting – Inter vs Barcelona

Barcelona travel to Milan tonight in the Champions League looking to become the first club to successfully defend their title in the competition's current form. The Catalans have swept all before them in Europe this season and continue to top the La Liga table, in large part due the efforts of Lionel Messi. Jose Mourinho, Inter's manager who once dubbed himself 'the special one', will need to live up to the nickname and work out how to stop the little Argentinian ending his dream of reaching Inter's first Champions League final in almost forty years.

Posted in Soccer, Sports, UEFA Champions League on April 20, 2010 @ 6:45 pm

El Clasico – Real Madrid vs Barcelona betting odds

Round two of El Clasico takes place this weekend at the Bernabeu, with the result likely to determine the winner of the title this year. Barcelona and Real Madrid are equal on points, but Madrid top the table on goal difference, where they are one goal ahead. They will have seven games left after the match on Saturday and Barca probably have the harder run in, with games against Villareal and Sevilla still to come.

Posted in La Liga, Soccer, Sports on April 10, 2010 @ 7:00 pm

UEFA Champions League football betting – Barcelona vs Arsenal

Defending Champions Barcelona host Arsenal tonight in the Champions League with both sides missing several key players. Arsenal will be without captain and top-scorer Cesc Fabregas after the Spaniard broke his leg in the reverse of this fixture in London, with William Gallas, Andrei Arshavin and Alex Song all missing out as well. Barcelona cannot call on either of their first-choice centre-backs, Andres Iniesta, or Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who scored both goals in the first leg.

Posted in Soccer, Sports, UEFA Champions League on April 6, 2010 @ 6:35 pm

La Liga football betting – Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao

Barcelona host Athletic Bilbao tonight, hoping to pick up a win on the back of a great performance against Arsenal which they failed to win. Barca led 2-0 and had dominated the whole game, but the Londoners recovered in the final twenty minutes, with Theo Walcott and Cesc Fabregas equalising. Nevertheless, Los Cules will still be confident of progressing to the semi-finals, but must not become distracted as the league table is amazingly tight.

Posted in La Liga, Sports on April 3, 2010 @ 6:16 pm

Spanish La Liga betting odds – Barcelona vs Osasuna

La Liga champions Barcelona are in action tonight against Osasuna, who have a tough task ahead of them if they are going to take anything away from the Nou Camp.After Barca had a minor slump and allowed Real Madrid to overtake them, Lionel Messi has seemingly take it into his own hands to fire them to glory, and has netted 11 times in his last five matches, including two hat tricks.

Posted in La Liga, Soccer, Sports on March 24, 2010 @ 12:00 pm

UEFA Champions League betting – Barcelona vs Stuttgart

Barcelona play the second leg of their Champions League knockout match against Stuttgart this evening. Barca go into the match having secured a 1-1 draw from the first leg, and will be confident of advancing to defend their European title. Barca are priced at 2/7 (bet £70 to make £20) to win the match, while Stuttgart are at 14/1 with Skybet. The draw is at 11/2 with Victor Chandler. Los Cules are even more heavily fancied to qualify from the tie, priced at 1/10, while Stuttgart are at 15/2.

Posted in Soccer, Sports, UEFA Champions League on March 17, 2010 @ 6:44 pm

Spanish La Liga football betting – Almeria vs Barcelona

Almeria host defending Champions Barcelona tonight in La Lige hoping to take advantage of the closest thing their opponents get to a dip in form. Barcelona, who lost their first game of the season two weeks ago, have seen their lead at the top of the league cut to two points and bitter rivals Real Madrid, in second place, have a superior goal difference.

Posted in La Liga, Soccer, Sports on March 6, 2010 @ 6:00 pm

International Friendly football betting – Wales vs Sweden

Wales welcome Sweden to Swansea's Liberty Stadium tonight as two teams who failed to qualify for the World Cup try to give their fans something to cheer about. Both sides will be missing some of their key players, with Aaron Ramsey and Carig Bellamy missing for Wales, leaving James Collins to captain the side, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic unavailable for Sweden.

Posted in International Friendly, Soccer, Sports on March 3, 2010 @ 6:45 pm