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Champions League big guns enter qualifying, but who will make it to the group stages? Get all the odds with Betclic...
Champions League heavy-weights Arsenal and Lyon face tricky play-off opponents in order to reach the group-phase of Champions League, but are favourites with online bookie Betclic.com to advance via Udinese and Rubin Kazan respectively.
The draw on Friday also sent glimmer of hopes for the remaining teams from Sweden and Poland.
Polish side Wisla Krakow have a great opportunity to overcome APOEL to make the next round. It has been 15 years since a team from Poland has made the group stages and Wisla Krakow are 1,72 with Betclic to progress.
Malmo FF have the opportunity to be the first Swedish side in 11 years to make the group stages and are 2,20 to progress against Dinamo Zagreb. The Swedes beat Rangers of Scotland in the last round but will face another tough test against the Croatians who have won the Croatian league six years in a row.
After overcoming Rosenborg in the previous round FC Viktoria Plzen’s reward is a tie against FC Copenhagen. The Danish side start favourites at but Plzen are good vale at 1,55 to cause another upset.
Bayern Munchen are the strong favourite in their encounter with FZ Zurich and the same goes for Arsenal. Italian side Udinese stand in their way but Betclic thinks they can overcome the Italians and progress to the Champions league proper.
Arsene Wenger’s side start strong favourites for the tie at 1,25 but they will not have it all there own way against the Italians. Robin Van Persie and Samir Nasri are both suspended for the first leg at the Emirates so Udinese at 3,50 with Betclic could provide good value.
Lyon also face a tricky tie against Rubin Kazan. In the past two seasons the Russians have recorded a win and a draw against European Champions Barcelona in the group stage. But Lyon start as favourites and are 1,55 times the money to progress.
Benfica face FC Twente in what is another intriguing tie. The Portuguese giants start strong favourites at but FC Twente could cause an upset and a good value at 2,40.
First Leg ties will be played on the 16th /17th August with the Second Leg matches played on the 23rd /24th August/.
Here are the odds for the Champions League play-off:
Champions league Odds: To qualify for the next round
Arsenal 1,25 - Udinese 3,50
FC København 1,55 - Viktoria Plzen 2,30
BATE Borisov 1,75 - SK Puntigamer Sturm Graz 1,95
Lyon 1,55 - Rubin 2,30
FC Twente 2,40 – Benfica 1,50
Wisla Krakow 1,72 - APOEL FC 2,00
OB Odense 4,75 - Villarreal 1,15
Bayern München 1,06 - Zürich 7,50
Dinamo Zagreb 1,60 - Malmö FF 2,20
Maccabi Haifa 1,75 - Genk 1,95
Champions League Outright Winner Odds
As off 5th August, 2011
Barcelona 2,75
Real Madrid 5,00
Chelsea 8,00
Manchester Utd 8,50
Manchester City 15,00
Porto 18,00
Bayern München 20,00
Arsenal 20,00
AC Milan 20,00
Internazionale 20,00
Borussia Dortmund 30,00
Lyon 40,00
Valencia 50,00
Marseille 50,00
Napoli 60,00
Bayer Leverkusen 60,00
Lille 60,00
Villarreal 60,00
Ajax 80,00
FC Shakhtar Donetsk 80,00
Benfica 80,00
All odds taken from betclic.com
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