2010 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL ODDS FROM BETFAIR SHOW BAYERN AS CLEAR OUTSIDERS
There is a massive amount of money being bet on today's big match- arguably the world's biggest club football fixture and you can rest assured that some of the best odds in the business are available at Betfair. The popular UK-based betting exchange is now showing over $5,000,000 US matched on the outright result alone about four hours before kick-off.
I expect a lot of late money to come down on this one and it wouldn't surprise me to see nearly $20,000,000 matched by the time the match is completed.
You'll see that Inter Milan remain the distinct favourites to win today with a price trading at around 2.5 or 2.45. Bayern Munich are currently listed around 3.3 but you'll find them trading as high as 3.5 pre-match. The draw is listed at a 3.35
and I think a fair amount of fans will be expecting extra-time here.
If you think Inter Milan won't get the job done over 90 minutes but will complete the deal in extra time or penalties, you're looking at 11.0 for each of those selections. Bayern Munich to win on penalties trades at 13.0 while a victory in extra-time (Arjen Robben, anyone?) sits at a 17.0 price.
The big pre-match question seems to be whether there will be 2 or 3 goals- not many seem to expect a real barn-burning fixture here and you'll find 2 goals or more at 1.47 while 3 goals or more trades at 2.44. Personally, I can see an early goal here and I think if Jose Mourinho's side can get on the score sheet before the end of the first 15 minutes then they will be nearly impossible to break down.
Bayern Munich have been riding their luck for most of the tournament and many don't think they should have gotten past Manchester United. Bayern have made a real habit of scoring crucial goals late in the match.
Inter Milan are favoured to score the first goal with a price just below even money. Betfair layers have them priced at 1.97 while Bayern trade at 2.52 to do the same. It's a real toss-up over who's going to score at all with both teams to score paying 2.04 and only one team paying 1.94.
No matter which way you slice it- we're up for some high drama today. And you can match that high drama with some very generous odds from Betfair!