Champions league 2019/20 anti-post betting tips, *recommended bets and information.
UEFA Champions League 2019/20 overview
The “UEFA Champions League” is a European Club Soccer competition for 32 European clubs held every European soccer season from September to May.
The Format
It has 4 stages – the main qualifying stage (teams enter the competition based on their finishing position in their country’s league the previous season or winning the UEFA Europa League), a preliminary knock-out stage which determines the final 32 teams (made up of 4 rounds), a group stage (a round robin of 8 groups of 4 teams) and then a knockout stage to decide the finalists (the top 2 teams of each group qualify for the knockout stage).
When are the matches played?
The preliminary knock-out games are played in August and September. The group matches are played in September, October and November, the knockout stages are played from February to May.
The first round of fixtures for the group stage will be played on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th of September. The following rounds will be played every two weeks.
What gambling markets are available?
The ante-post markets have Win Outright, Win the group, To qualify from the group, Top Goal Scorer and which English team will progress the furthest. There are two new bets available regarding English teams, these are “All English semi-finals” and “All English Final”. The other markets available are for standard individual match betting.
Who is in the 2019/20 competition and what are their odds to WIN OUTRIGHT?
The clubs that qualified, their league position last season and their outright odds with last year’s odds in [ ] are also provided for your own comparisons and are as follows:
*Manchester City (Premier League Champions) @ 4.00 [5.50]
Barcelona (La Liga Champions) @ 6.00 [7.00]
Liverpool (Champions League winners 2019, 2nd Premier League) @ 7.50 [13.00]
Juventus (Serie A Champions) @ 10.00 [8.00]
Real Madrid (3rd La Liga) @ 8.00 [9.00]
Paris St. Germain (French Ligue Champions) @ 10.00 [8.50]
Bayern Munich (Bundesliga Champions) @ 11.00 [9.00]
Athletico Madrid (2nd La Liga) @ 17.00 [13.00]
Tottenham (3rd Premier League) @ 21.00 [26.00]
Chelsea (4th Premier League, EUROPA Cup winners) @ 26.00
Dortmund (2nd Bundesliga) @ 34.00 [41.00]
Ajax (1st Eredivisie) @ 34.00
Napoli (2rd Serie A) @ 34.00 [41.00]
Atalanta (3rd Serie A) @ 51.00
Inter Milan (4th Serie A) @ 51.00 [41.00]
RB Leipzig (3rd Bundesliga) @ 67.00
Valencia (4th La Liga) @ 81.00 [81.00]
Lyon (3rd Ligue 1) @ 81.00 [81.00]
Bayern Leverkusen (4th Bundesliga) @ 81.00
Benfica (2nd Primeir Liga) @ 81.00 [151.00]
Lille (2nd Ligue 1) @ 101.00
Galatasaray (Super Ligue) @ 201.00 [126.00]
Zenit St. Petersburg (Russian Premier League Champions) @ 201.00
Redbull Salzberg (Austria Bundesliga Champions) @ 201.00 [251.00]
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukrainian Premier League Champions) @ 251.00 [201.00]
Genk (Belgium 1st Division A Champions) @ 251.00
Club Brugge (Belgium 2nd Division A Champions) @ 501.00 [501.00]
Slavia Prague (Czech First League Champions) @ 501.00
Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia First League Champions) @ 751.00
Olympiacos (2nd Greece Superleague) @ 751.00
Lokomotiv Moscow (2nd Russian Premier League) @ 751.00 [501.00]
Red Star Belgrade (Serbian Superliga Champions) @ 751.00
To Win the group
The clubs and odds for winning their respective groups in the ante-post markets can be found below:
Group A
*Real Madrid @ 1.80
Paris-Saint Germain @ 2.10
Galatasaray @ 17.00
Club Brugges @ 34.00
Group B
*Bayern Munich @ 1.60
Tottenham @ 2.50
Olympiacos @ 17.00
Red Star Belgrade @ 29.00
Group C
*Manchester City @ 1.17
Atalanta @ 7.00
Shakhtar Donetsk @ 9.00
Dinamo Zagreb @ 51.00
Group D
Juventus @ 1.60
*Athletico Madrid @ 2.60
Bayern Leverkusen @ 11.00
Lokomotiv Moscow @ 41.00
Group E
*Liverpool @ 1.44
Napoli @ 3.25
RB Salzberg @ 9.00
Genk @ 41.00
Group F
*Barcelona @ 1.40
Dortmund @ 4.35
Inter Milan @ 6.50
Slavia Prague @ 51.00
Group G
RB Leipzig @ 2.25
*Lyon @ 3.25
Benfica @ 4.33
Zenit St. Petersburg @ 7.00
Group H
Chelsea @ 2.20
*Ajax @ 3.40
Valencia @ 4.50
Lille @ 7.00
Recommended Combo
*4-fold accumulator of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City @ 4.70
*Double – Athletico Madrid and Lyon @ 8.50
*Singles and or Doubles or Treble, Trixie or Patent – Ajax, Liverpool and Barcelona
Bets for nationalists
All four English teams @ 9.25
*All four Spanish teams @ 29.50
All four German teams @ 172.00
All four Italian teams @ 236.00
All three French teams @ 48.00
English Team to progress the furthest
*Manchester City @ 1.57
Liverpool @ 3.20
Tottenham @ 9.00
Chelsea 13.00
Top Goalscorer
This year’s first three favorites are last year’s winner *Lional Messi @ 5.00, Christiano Ronaldo is @ 5.50 and was top goal scorer for the six seasons before last season and third favorite is *Sergio Aguero @ 9.00 who, if he stays fit and Manchester City reach the semi-finals, has a good chance this season with a relatively easy group stage.
Liverpool’s Mohammed Salah is @ 10.00 followed by Raheem Stirling @ 13.00 and Robert Lewandowski with Kylian Mbappe are both @15.00
The rest of the market spreads out from Antoine Griezman, Sadio Mane and Harry Kane @ 21.00 through to Christian Pulisic @ 101.00
Other markets
There are other markets available such as “Name the finalists” which appear to provide value for example Barcelona / Manchester City @ 15.00 but these teams could meet in the 2nd round, quarter finals or semi-final after the group stage should they qualify so betting in this market also means you are gambling that they do not play each other before the final. As mentioned earlier there are two new markets regarding English teams this season:
All four English teams to be in the semi-finals – Yes @ 101.00
All English Final – Yes @ 9.00
Final Word
The odds will fluctuate as the tournament progresses so look out for value at this stage and cover (insurance) bets as the tournament progresses. When gambling on individual matches in the Champions League it is sensible to monitor injuries to star players that may affect team performances and also monitor weather conditions – a team with 6 South Americans, is not going to perform so well on a snowy November Tuesday night in a Russian stadium.
