World Club Championship Preview: Manchester United vs Gamba Osaka

Manchester United take to the field in Japan to face what is likely to be their biggest threat to becoming world champions. As usual, Blue Square is offering really awesome odds and promotions related to this live match and I'm expecting the betting to be fast and furious especially as they have a Carlos Tevez themed promotion. Since Tevez has been languishing on the bench in Premier league games and champions league matches over the past few weeks, relegated to the bench to accommodate the so-far underwhelming Dimitar Berbatov (we all know he's good, but he hasn't really had that spark recently). TEVEZBlue Square declares "Carlos to Crumble in the Club World Cup" and they have listed him at an extremely long 5/1 to score the first goal. 5/1 on first goalscorer for a starting striker in a game that is expected to be walk in the park is really good value. With news coming today that Berbatov will be rested for the Osaka match thanks to a virus, this is Carlos time to shine. We all know that the Argentinian bulldog will be out there with a point to prove and I'm backing him all the way. GOALS SCOREDBookmakers are confident that this will be a 2-3 goal game with odds at 21/20. Personally, I think this one is going to be a goal feast as Japanese sides don't normally organize themselves in a manner that is conducive to stifling Premier league attacks. Especially with Berbatov absent, United will be breaking at pace often. I don't expect the Japanese to cope. Fergie will likely field a full-strength side and I'm really enticed by the 4-1 and 4-0 correct score odds at 16/1. RECOMMENDATIONS:Back Carlos Tevez to score first at 5/1Back Manchester United to win either 4-1 or 4-0 at 16/1. For that price, back both. A scorecast single bet with Tevez scoring first and United winning 4-0 pays a whopping 65/1.