We start in France, where Lyon is fairly big favourites against Zenit St. petersburg. Petersburg, and it may well be, that they show that this favoritværdighed is fair, but I think so also, that they must be allowed to, for what is the mon right, that makes, that they should be so big favorites?
In France they have opened the season with eight points for the five matches. It is not hopeless, but it is not scary. Zenit share the first place in Russia with Krasnodar, since both have 20 points after nine rounds.
Lyon was also in the group stage last year, and played a draw in all three matches. In fact, they have only one victory in their last 11 home games in the Champions League. It was against Dinamo Zagreb. Anything but scary statistics.
I dare the coat at the Zenith of the game, called asian handicap +0.75 , which provides odds 1.97 by away win or a draw and deposit half back at the home win on a goal. An ‘ordinary’ disabilities X2-betting provides the odds 2.15 .
the Latest news from the Lyon squad is that Jason Denayer and Marçal would be questionable, but otherwise, should the entire squad be ready. The same would apply at the Zenith except Malcom.
On to London, where we start with a comparison. To get the odds of the odds of 1.44 on the outcome ”both teams to score” in the match between Dortmund and FC Barcelona. You are getting odds of 1.87 for the same outcome in the showdown between Chelsea and Valencia. Wondering if this is from a recital that Chelsea can keep the zero? They are after all, the favorite to win the match.
We have not yet seen indications in the Premier League that they are able to keep the zero. They opened the season by losing 4-0 away to Manchester United. Since they have the game 2-2 in the Super Cup, after 1-1 in regular time, they played 1-1 at home against Leicester, won 3-2 at Norwich, played 2-2 against Sheffield United and won 5-2 in Wolverhampton.
There is full blast at Frank Lampards Chelsea until now, and it seems extremely plausible, that they even come on the board, but it works therefore just as conceivable that the Valencia can be allowed to play with. Valencia closed five goals against Barcelona on Saturday, but scored also the two even. I think the odds of 1.87 is tempting.
Loftus-Cheek and Rüdiger would definitely be out for the home team, which at the same time have concerns about Kanté, Emerson, Hudson-Odoi and Reece James. Guests should be outside Sunning, and Piccini.
Yussuf Poulsen and his colleagues in the RB Leipzig is back in the Champions League after a single season’s worth of pause, and they open with an away match against Benfica. On paper, it is a difficult task, Benfica have one or other of themselves, ‘a name’ that makes, that despite everything, never taking the task too easy. And maybe that is why it is often wrong. In the last three and four of the last five seasons they managed not to win their first home match in the group stage. Three of these four were lost.
RB Leipzig have scored the best possible start to the season with a first place after four rounds, and one has completed a match against Bayern Munich. They have scored in all away games in 2019, of which only one was lost.
we assume that this streak can continue, Benfica then make two sticks to win. It did not even Bayern Munich, even though they got in front after just three minutes in Saturday’s duel. I think that Poulsen and co. can get rid from Lisbon with a good result, and play them as draw no bet to odds 1.92 at Unibet, which gives the deposit back at the pointdeling.
Benfica seem plagued by injuries and must likely cope without Vinicius, Chiquinho, Conti, Tavares, Fernandes and Ebuehi, while after all, ‘only’ should be no doubt about Pires. Guests would just be without Hannes Wolf and Tyler Adams.
