2015/16 Champions League Group Stage Betting Tips PT 3

With Manchester United’s effective dismantling of Club Brugge in their qualification fixture you have to wonder whether that serves as proof positive of the higher standard of Premier League action being a good thing for English clubs competing abroad.

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Speaking of Manchester, you’ll find City trading right behind Chelsea as the fifth favourites to win the Champions League but they have been faced with a very difficult group stage - a recurring trend in recent years if we have ever seen one. City get a slim edge on their cross-town rivals with most major European bookmakers pricing them at a 14/1 margin to finally win the Champions League - something that would clearly vindicate their Abu Dhabi-based ownership. 

Louis Van Gaal’s Manchester United side look to have really taken a big step forward when they took care of Club Brugge home and away in a 7-1 aggregate dismantling that really should have hit double digits when you include Javier Hernandez’s fluffed penalty and a Wayne Rooney strike that really should have gone in instead of taking a tough bounce off to the side. 

Right now, punters will find Wayne Rooney and his team mates priced at a very enticing 16/1 to win the Champions League - a wager that might be a lot better on the each-way since you can lock in 1/2 odds on them making the final. While many assume that they don’t have enough quality to compete against the big dogs like Barcelona and Bayern Munich, they have proven interesting enough so far and if they gel as a team going forward then their newfound defensive solidity (they have kept a clean sheet in all games but one this season - and that goal from a very unfortunate Michael Carrick own goal) could prove to be the decisive factor. 

PSG have been splashing the cash in recent years and are cobbling together a legion of really impressive players like Zlatan Ibrahimovic and former Manchester United man Angel Di Maria. You’ll find the French club trading at an 18/1 price tag to win the Champions League and those odds probably look really enticing to fans of the club.

They have been able to punch above their weight over recent years and get to impressive spots in European football so if this is the year that they really band together and kick on then we could be in for something genuinely special from the Paris-based club.