UEFA Champions League Group Stage: Bursaspor Kulübü v Manchester United Odds and Betting Preview

BURSA, TURKEY - Manchester United travel to Turkey this evening to take on Turkish Champions Bursaspor Kulübü in group C of the Champions League. Manchester United are favourites to win the encounter, priced at 4/6 (bet £6 to make £4 profit) with Sky Bet. A draw is best priced at 14/5 with Victor Chandler and a win for Bursaspor is quoted at best odds of 4/1 with Paddy Power.

In the total goals market, over 2.5 goals is priced at 21/20 with Bet365 and under 2.5 goals is quoted at a best price of 4/6 with William Hill.

Turkish club Bursaspor needs to win a game soon or the club’s Championship League season will come to an end pretty quickly. They have a chance to take advantage of a weakened Manchester United squad as the two face off this evening.

In contrast, Manchester United have had a good start to their Champions League campaign despite recording what was widely perceived as a disappointing draw at home to Rangers in the opening group match. They have since beaten Valencia  away and Bursaspor at home and sit at the top of group C with half of the six games played.

Dimitar Berbatov is the bookies favorite to open the scoring, priced at 9/2 with Bet365. In the same market, Javier Hernandez is priced at 9/2 with Paddy Power, Macheda is priced at 6/1 with Stan James, Nani is quoted at best odds of 15/2 with William Hill and Yildirim is a 9/1 chance with Sky Bet.

The game gives United a good chance to lock up a spot in the Champions League group stages with a win. Tomas Kuszczak could start in goal and Dimitar Berbatov and Javier Hernandez should spearhead the attack.

Bursaspor has their own injury problems with Ali Tandogan, Milan Stepanov, and Federico Insua all suffering from some minor aches and pains, but they should all be healthy enough to take part in the game.

In the correct score market, a 1-0 win for the Red Devils is priced at 6/1 with Victor Chandler, a 1-1 draw is priced at 13/2 with Sky Bet and a 2-0 win for Ferguson`s men is priced at 13/2 with Bet365.  A goalless draw is priced at 8/1 with Bodog and a 1-0 win for the Turkish side is best priced at 11/1 with Stan James.

Bursaspor currently sit on the bottom of the group as they’ve lost all three of their games so far. It’s the clubs first time in the Champions League, but the Turkish champions have failed to make their mark and haven`t even managed to score a goal yet. They have two of their last three matches at home, but they realistically need to win all three of those games to advance.

Manchester United are priced at 1/4 with Coral to win group C and Bursaspor are priced at top odds of 40/1 with Bet365 to qualify from the group.

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