CHELSEA VS INTER MILAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BETTING TIPS

Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan side are given just the slightest of edges in today’s massive FA Cup clash against Carlo Ancelotti’s Chelsea. There are going to be fireworks all over the place as this is, without a doubt, the clash of the round. Top UK bookmaker William Hill has listed Inter’s odds to win at 17/10 with Chelsea listed at 7/4 and the draw available at a 2/1 price.
Hills is running an interesting promotion for this fixture, where if you stake £20 on the 90 minute result, you get a FREE £10 bet on first goalscorer! Not bad at all if you ask me, and this promotion applies to new and existing William Hill customers. You know there’s going to be goals here, so I think that’s a great way to add some value to your betting strategy for today.

The favoured first goalscorer in the match is Samuel Eto’o, but only by the slimmest of margins. He trades at 9/2 to score first or last and 6/5 anytime while Chelsea’s in-form Didier Drogba can be backed at 5/1 to score first or last and 5/4 to score anytime.
Diego Milito is well-priced at 11/2 first or last and 6/4 anytime while Goran Pandev is at 6/1 and 7/4. Nicolas Anelka is usually in the reckoning and he’s at 15/8 anytime and 13/2 first or last. Frank Lampard is listed at 11/4 anytime and a solid 8/1 to score first or last.
Inter Milan are 5/2 to win the first half while Chelsea trade at 11/4. The draw is favoured at an odds-on price of 3/4. The favoured first half correct score is 0-0 at 11/8 with Inter up 1-0 at 3/1 and Chelsea leading 1-0 at 10/3. Again, the home side are just given the slightest of edges.
If you think this match is going to be a total goal-fiesta, why not back each team to be ahead 2-1 at half-time as both options trade at 40/1? That means you’re getting 20/1 for an each-way bet on a 2-1 half-time result. Again, if you think this one is going to be a 0-0 grinder, steer clear of that bet but I get the feeling that a certain school of punter will be backing both teams to go balls-to-the-wall.
In the Match Trebles market (one of the 175 they have available on this fixture), you can back the result, the corners and the cards all on a multiplier. Personally, I’m favouring a Draw x Under 10 corners x Under 4 cards at 11/1.
Both teams trade at 11/1 to come from behind and win while a come from behind and draw is a solid 15/2.
This is a real tough one to call, and I have a feeling that it may favour the in-play punter. I think the story of today is going to be about who makes any high-profile mistakes. If nobody does, then I think we’ve got a draw, but I have a feeling that a moment of madness could be the talking point after the match finishes. For this reason, I’m backing a penalty to be awarded at 3/1 and that penalty to be missed at 12/1.