It's the second Semi Final 1st leg tonight - Barcelona v Manchester
United...

We've previewed tonight's game for you and selected the standout
stats using the Head-to-Head tool (available on the website). The
game is live on Sky Sports 2, and you can follow all the Corners,
Goals and Bookings stats live minute-by-minute at:

www.ChampionsLeagueBet.co.uk

Before we look at tonight's big game, here's what happened in the
other Semi Final 1st leg last night...

Last night's results:

A night of tension and drama at Anfield as Chelsea grabbed an
important away goal, in the very last minute of added-on-time...

John Arne Riise's 95th minute headed Own Goal turned the Semi Final
tie on its head - Chelsea are now the favourite to progress to the
Final in Moscow next month. Liverpool had took the lead just before
half-time with a close-range strike from Dirk Kuyt.

Match Result
Liverpool to win @ 11/8 - LOST
Or
Liverpoool 'Draw No Bet' @ 8/13 - (VOID) 

The home team were on course for a 1-0 win here until that late,
late Own Goal levelled the scores. (If you took the 'Draw No Bet'
option you'll have got your stakes back.)

Corners - Liverpool 6 Chelsea 5
Liverpool to win the 'Most Corners' @ 4/6 - WON
Or
Liverpool '-1 Corner Handicap' @ 11/10 with a saver on the Tie -
(VOID)

Liverpool kept up their 100% record for winning the Most Corners at
home in the Champions League last night. They racked up 6 corners
to Chelsea's 5 - a winning bet if you backed Liverpool to get the
Most Corners. If you backed the '-1 Corner Handicap' with a saver
on the 'Handicap Tie' (@ 13/2), you'll have got a return from the
saver bet (as Liverpool got exactly 1 corner more than Chelsea).

Bookings & Cards - Liverpool 0-pts Chelsea 10-pts
'Under 50 Bookings Points' @ Evens - WON
Or
'Under 4.5 Cards' @ 6/5 - WON

Both teams' stats suggested 'low' Bookings in this game. The
bookies set their line 'high' for this meeting between 2 English
rivals, but Austrian referee Konrad Plautz kept his cards in his
pocket until the 93rd minute, when Chelsea's John Terry was shown
the only Yellow Card of the game. Bookings Points total: 10-pts.

Goalscorers
F.Torres to 'Score Anytime' @ 7/4 - LOST
And
S.Gerrard to 'Score Anytime' @ 11/4 - LOST

Both Torres (twice) and Gerrard were thwarted by saves from Chelsea
'keeper Petr Cech last night. From a betting point of view,
Liverpool's Dirk Kuyt got the only goal of the game (as Own Goals
don't count in the 'First' / 'Anytime Scorer' markets).

Overall then, it was a mixed bag of results from yesterday's
standout stats - with the 'Liverpool win' snatched away with
literally the last action of the game.

You can view all the stats from last night's game at the website:

www.ChampionsLeagueBet.co.uk

Password: ronaldo7

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Now over to Spain for tonight's game...

BARCELONA V MANCHESTER UNITED

Kick off 7.45pm
Live on Sky Sports 2

Match odds:

Corners

If we look at the stats, Barcelona average 9.0 Corners For at home
in the Champions League this season, and just 3.6 Against.
Manchester United average 6.2 Corners For and 5.8 Against away from
home.

With Barcelona's ability to restrict the amount of Corners their
opponents win, while racking up an impressive corner haul
themselves, the stats highlight Barcelona as the team likely to win
the Most Corners tonight.

The Stats Say:

• Barcelona to win the 'Most Corners' @ 1.72 on Betfair. Or
  Barcelona '-0.5 Corner Handicap' @ 8/11 (1.72) with William Hill
  (meaning if Barcelona win MORE Corners than Manchester United the
  bet wins). Also available - Barcelona to win the 'Most Corners' @
  8/13 (1.61) with Blue Square or 888 Sport

Or

• Barcelona '-1 Corner Handicap' @ 11/10 with Betfred, Stan
  James and Paddy Power (and have a stake saver bet on the
  'Handicap Tie' @ 13/2)

Find the Best Odds on this game at our free odds comparison
website:

http://odds.sportsbettingxtra.co.uk/football/

Bookings

Both these teams have 'low' Bookings stats home and away
respectively in the Champions League this season. Barcelona average
8.0 Bookings Points For (eg. 1 Yellow Card or less) and 10.0
Against at home. Manchester United average 8.0 Bookings Points For
and 16.0 Against in away games.

You can bet 'Under 40 Bookings Points' for this game or 'Under
3.5 Cards'. That would have paid out in 100% of Barcelona's home
games so far:

Barcelona - Home Bookings Totals

(F-A = Bookings For / Against.)

The same 'Under' bets would also have paid out in 4 of Manchester
United's 5 away games so far (80%):

Man Utd - Away Bookings Totals

The Stats Say:

• 'Under 39.5 Bookings Points' @ 21/20 (2.05) with Expekt, or
  'Under 40 Bookings Points' @ Evens (2.00) with Blue Square and 888
  Sport

Or

• 'Under 3.5 Cards' @ 19/20 (1.95) with Bet365 ('Asian Total
  Cards' market)

Also - have a saver bet on 'Exactly 40 Points' @ 4/1 with Blue
Square or 888 Sport (to cover your stakes on your main 'Under'
bet).

Find the Best Odds on this game at our free odds comparison
website:

http://odds.sportsbettingxtra.co.uk/football/

Goalscorers

This game sees the Top 2 Scorers in the Champions League this
season - Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi - both in action...

Cristiano Ronaldo

Ronaldo (Man Utd) is this season's current Top Scorer with 7 goals.

He's also the Top Scorer in the Premier League with 28 goals - and
he has scored 39 goals in all competitions so far this season.

Out of his 7 Champions League goals, 4 of them have come away from
home - including 1 in the 2-0 away win over Roma in the Quarter
Finals.

Lionel Messi

Messi has registered 6 goals in this season's competition so far.
He missed both of Barcelona's Quarter Final legs with Schalke due
to injury. However he's expected to play tonight after coming
through 45 minutes against Espanyol in La Liga on Saturday night.

The Stats Say:

The stats highlight both Ronaldo and Messi in the Goal Scorers
markets tonight. Consider backing each of them to 'Score Anytime'
for small stakes:

·         C. Ronaldo to 'Score Anytime' @ 15/8 (2.87) with Coral, or
9/5 (2.80) with Paddy Power

·         L. Messi to 'Score Anytime' @ 5/2 (3.50) with Ladbrokes or or
9/4 (3.25) with Coral

Find the best odds on this game - including Anytime Scorer markets
- at our free odds comparison site:

http://odds.sportsbettingxtra.co.uk/football/

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I'll write to you again tomorrow with a review of tonight's
action...

Good luck - and enjoy the game.

Best wishes,

Matt Nesbitt
Champions League Service
www.ChampionsLeagueBet.co.uk