REAL MADRID VS AJAX STARTING LINEUPS AND CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BETTING TIPS

We are just a short period away from kick-off in the 2010 Champions League group stage and one of the most high-profile matches today is going to be this clash of former European Champions. Real Madrid vs Ajax should be a very solid encounter as the flash and high-profile nature of Real Madrid takes on the effective and organized side that originated the term "Total Football". 
Real Madrid are the distinct favourites and, just from having a quick look at their teamsheet you get a quick idea of just how much firepower they have at their disposal. 
Here are the starting lineups for the Real Madrid vs Ajax fixture:
Real Madrid: Casillas, Carvalho, Pepe, Ronaldo, Marcelo, Xabi Alonso, Higuain, Mesut Ozil, Sami Khedira. 
Ajax: Skeletenburg, Van der Wiel, Aldeweireld, Anita, Enoh, Sulejmani, El Hamdaoui, De Jong, Emanuelson, Ooijer, De Zeeuw. 
You can lock in some great odds on the Real Madrid players if you're looking to back any of them in the goalscorer betting odds. 
Jose Mourinho will likely have a very tactically astute gameplan set out for this one and it's really going to come down to whether the Real Madrid players stick to that plan or venture out and attempt to play as a bunch of individuals. This is generally what undoes them. 
Cristiano Ronaldo's odds are at 3.75 to score first while Gonzalo Higuain is at 4.0. Mesut Ozil is priced at 8.0 while Mounir Al Hamdaoui is looking like he might get the job done for Ajax here. 
Xabi Alonso is priced at 15.0 to score the opener while Sami Khedira is trading at 13.0. 
Real Madrid are listed at 1.36 to score the first goal of the match and their over/under is set at 2.5 with the under getting the edge at 1.61. The over trades at 2.2 and you reckon that if Madrid are going to win then they're going to score a fair amount of goals for this one.