BETFAIR MANCHESTER UNITED VS FC PORTO CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TIPS

Manchester United travel to Portugal for Wednesday's Champions League 2nd leg fixture against FC Porto with a lot left to accomplish. Behind on away goals after a 2-2 draw at Old Trafford, United have their backs to the wall for the first time in this year's Champions League tournament. Going out during the quarter-finals would be disappointing for the defending champions and would spell the end of an unprecedented quintuple of trophies. The Betfair layers have qualification literally poised on the edge of a coin with Porto paying out at an even 2.0 if they go through and United paying out 1.99. Not much between these two at all. In terms of the outright match betting, United must win- simple and plain. The bookmakers favour United at 2.14 to secure a victory here, but they won't be comfortable for any of the 90 minutes as a single goal from Porto can undo piles of hard work. United need to score and they need to score early if they're going to get a result here. News that Rio Ferdinand is returning to the back-line has been welcomed by United fans and knowledge that Federico Macheda will likely be on the bench again is also a rather soothing concept for beleaguered Man United supporters. This is set to be one the season's toughest tests and United need to put in one of their best performances of the year. The up-side is that if they can secure an emphatic victory, then they could rightly be regarded as tournament favourites. To get to the next stage, United need goals. They're going to be looking to Cristiano Ronaldo (2.44) and Wayne Rooney (2.96) as their main sources of goals. Dimitar Berbatov is listed at 2.92. Macheda is favoured to make a statement in this match and carries odds of 3.4. As always, I consider Nemanja Vidic a potent goal-threat, especially in Europe where set-pieces are so important. He boasts an enticing anytime goalscorer price of 11.5. I'm confident that United will win this match and it's going to happen in two different ways. The teams will be drawn at half-time and United will nick a late, late goal and go through 3-2 or they'll score two in the first half and take control of the tie. You can back draw/Man United at 6.0 with Betfair.