The Champions League is back in action tonight! There are 8 Group games
this evening - and the stats have thrown up 3 outstanding bets.

We’ve studied the team form, squad news and all the statistics for every
team and highlighted the standout games for you. Under each game below
you’ll find our Recommended Bets and a ‘Bet Now!’ link to take you
straight to the bookies with the best odds.

Plus, you can use the Team Stats and Head-2-Head tool on our website to
find the best bets on any of this week’s games. You can view the full
fixture list for tonight alongside the Scoreboard on the homepage - and
the Scoreboard will go LIVE with all the match stats for every game
updating minute-by-minute, as soon as the first games kick off...

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Tonight's bets

Here are your Recommended Bets for tonight's games. We’ll start with the
live ITV1 game, featuring current Champions League holders Man Utd...

Villarreal v Manchester United

Tues 25th Nov, 7.45pm 
Live on ITV1 
Ref: Roberto Rosetti

Form

These two are almost guaranteed to qualify from Group E. Both teams have
8 pts from 4 games – and Man Utd are top of the group, ahead of
Villarreal on Goal Difference.

Match Result info…

Man Utd and Villarreal drew 0-0 in the first group game at Old Trafford.
Another draw tonight would put both teams through to the Knockout Stages.
Villarreal are 2/1 to win and Man Utd are 7/4.

The Draw is a best price 15/8 (2.88). You can find the best odds here:

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

Bookings Points

Villarreal have played 2 home games so far and both of them have been
‘Under 35 Bookings Points’. The same goes for Man Utd – 2 out of 2 away
games have had 3 or less yellow cards.

As the stats on our website show, Villarreal average 5.0 Bookings Points
For at home and 10.0 Against. Man Utd average 10.0 For and 10.0 Against.

Last season in the Champions League, Man Utd averaged 8.3 Bookings Points
For and 15.0 Against. Again, that points to a ‘low’ total tonight.

5 out of 6 Man Utd away games went ‘Under 35 Bookings Points’ last season
(83%). That includes 3 out of 3 group games. (Villarreal weren’t in the
Champions League last season).

As well as both teams’ low Bookings stats, it’s also worth noting that
this is not a ‘must-win’ game for either team. Which suggests the tackles
might not be flying in.

Bet Now!
You can bet online with Bet365 or Expekt at: www.Bet365.com and
www.Expekt.com.

Also available…

Betfred go 11/10 (2.10) that there are ‘30 or Less’ Bookings Points in
the game (‘Total Cards’ market). This pays out if there are up to 3
yellow cards in the game (or 1 straight red). Check for the latest odds
on this market here:

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

Fiorentina v Lyon

Tues 25th Nov, 7.45pm 
Live on Sky Sports Interactive
Ref: Viktor Kassai

Form

Fiorentina need a win to have any hope of qualifying for the Knockout
Stages. They are 3rd in Group F with 3 pts. Lyon are top with 8 pts – a
draw tonight would put them through to the next stage.

Corners

Fiorentina have won the most corners in 2 out of 2 home games so far, and
their corner averages are 5.0 For and 2.0 Against.

Lyon haven’t won the most corners in either of their 2 away games. In
fact, they’ve struggled to win many corners at all – here are the corners
tallies for those 2 games…

Bayern Munich 9 corners, Lyon 1 corner
Steaua Bucharest 7 corners, Lyon 2 corners

Those results give Lyon away corner averages of 1.5 For and 8.0 Against.
Figures that are backed up by last season’s stats…

In 2007/8, Lyon didn’t win the most corners in any of their away
Champions League games. Backing their opponent with a ‘-1 Corner
Handicap’ would have won on 3 out of 4 occasions. On average, Lyon
conceded 3 corners more than they won per away games. Their 2007/8 away
Corner stats were 4.25 For and 7.25 Against.

These stats all point to Fiorentina winning the most corners against
Lyon. On top of that, the pressure to attack and go for goals is all on
Fiorentina tonight – they need to win, Lyon don’t.

Fiorentina can be backed with a ‘-1 Corner Handicap’ in this game. That
bet would have paid out a winner in 100% of Fiorentina’s home games and
Lyon’s away games so far.

Bet Now!

Go straight to the best odds on this bet here:

http://odds.sportsbettingxtra.co.uk/football/champions-league/

Zenit St Petersburg v Juventus

Tues 25th Nov, 5.30pm 
Live on Sky Sports 2
Ref: Claus Bo Larsen

Form

Zenit are 3rd in Group H with 4 pts. They need to win tonight to keep
alive their hopes of quailfying for the Knockout Stages. Juventus are top
with 10 pts and have already qualified.

Match Result info…

Zenit haven’t won any of their 2 home games so far but they are the
bookies’ favourite to win tonight - they need the points more than the
away team. Also, Juventus are expected to field a ‘weakened’ side
tonight, as they are missing 7 first team players through injury –
including No.1 goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. There are also injury doubts
over their top scorer Alessandro Del Piero.

Zenit are 10/11 (1.91) to win, the draw is 11/4 and Juventus are 3/1. You
can find the best odds on the Match Result here:

http://odds.sportsbettingxtra.co.uk/football/champions-league/

Corners

Zenit have racked up some big corner tallies in their home games so far.
They ‘out-cornered’ Real Madrid 14-7 and went one better against BATE
Borisov, winning 8 corners more than their opponent (11-3).

Those results give Zenit home corners averages of 12.5 For and 5.0
Against. The good news is that the Juventus stats match-up well…

Juventus have conceded at least 3 corners more than they have won in both
their away games so far. Their away averages are 1.5 Corners For and 10.0
Corners Against.

These figures suggest Zenit can beat the bookies’ ‘-3 Corner Handicap’
tonight. That bet would have won in both their home games this season.
Also, the figures are backed up by the fact that Zenit need to attack and
go all out for the win, while the under-strength Juventus team doesn’t.

Bet Now!

Go straight to the best odds on this bet here…

Bet365 ‘Asian Handicap Corners’:
http://odds.sportsbettingxtra.co.uk/football/champions-league/

‘-3 Corner Handicap’:
http://odds.sportsbettingxtra.co.uk/football/champions-league/

NOTE:
As this game is being played in Russia, it kicks off at 5.30pm UK time
(all other Champions League games are 7.45pm).

Here's a summary of our recommended bets for tonight's games. 
  
TONIGHT'S RECOMMENDED BETS
 
Tuesday 25th November 2008 
 
Villarreal v Man Utd:

• ‘Under 3.5 Cards’ or ‘Under 35.5 Bookings Points’ @ 4/5+

Fiorentina v Lyon:

• Fiorentina ‘-1 Corner Handicap’ @ Evens

Zenit St Petersburg v Juventus:

• Zenit ‘-3 Corner Handicap’ @ 10/11+

Place your bets…

You can find the best odds on any bet for tonight's Champions League
games here:

http://odds.sportsbettingxtra.co.uk/football/champions-league/matches/

And if you want a way to ‘boost’ your winnings…

All 3 of our recommended bets are available with Bet365 today. If you’re
looking for bigger odds, you could try combining them in Doubles or in a
Treble. If all your selections win, you’ll be in for a big payout...

If you put all 3 of today’s bets in a ‘Treble’, you’ll get odds on
just over 13/2 (7.50).

And any 2 of those bets can also be put in ‘Doubles’ that will pay
out around 3/1 (4.00) each.

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I’ll write to you again tomorrow with tonight’s results and our top bets
for Wednesday’s games…