World Football Challenge - Manchester United vs Barcelona betting preview

Fedex Field, Maryland - Last season's Champions League finalists Manchester United and Barcelona face a rematch of their game when they meet on Saturday evening. At Wembley in the Champions League, Barcelona emerged as comfortable 3-1 winners, but United have been in great form so far on their tour and they will fancy their chances of turning the tables on Barca.

Pep Guardiola's side will be missing their South American players, as they have been rested after their Copa America exertions. This means they will be missing stars such as Lionel Messi, Dani Alves and their new signing Alexis Sanchez. Despite this, Barca are still favourites for the match, priced at 13/10 with Boylesports. United are at 9/4 with Skybet, and the draw is priced at 12/5.

United will be missing striker Javier Hernandez after he sustained concussion in one of United's training sessions on Tuesday evening. According to Sir Alex Ferguson he will be out of action untill mid August.

In the correct score market, a 1-1 draw is the favourite result, priced at 6/1. A 1-0 win for Barca is next, priced at 8/1 with William Hill, followed by a 2-1 win which is at 17/2 with Betinternet. A 1-0 win for Sir Alex Ferguson's side is at 10/1 with Skybet and a 2-0 win for Barca is generally available at 11/1. A 2-1 win for United is also at 11/1, and a 0-0 stalemate is at 12/1.

Barcelona are priced at 10/3 on Betfair to be winning at half time and full time, and draw / draw is at 5/1 with Victor Chandler. United / United is at 5/1 wih Ladbrokes and draw / Barca is at 11/2 on Betfair. Draw / United is best priced at 8/1 with Ladbrokes.

David Villa is favourite to open the scoring, priced at 11/2 with Boylesports, followed by Wayne Rooney who is at 13/2 with William Hill. Jonathan Soriano is a 7/1 shot, and Dimitar Berbatov is priced at 8/1 with William Hill. Jeffren is also 8/1, and Andres Iniesta is available at 9/1. United forwards Danny Welbeck, Michael Owen and Federico Macheda are all priced at 10/1, and Ibrahim Afellay is a standout 12/1 with Coral.

United start their season against West Brom, and are general 7/4 shots to retain their Premier League title. Barcelona are best priced at 7/10 with Sportingbet to win La Liga, and kick off their season with an away fixture against Malaga.