Champions League: Manchester United v Bursaspor Betting Odds & Tips

Bursaspor v Manchester United Betting Odds | United to win to Nil as Rooney sidelined for longer

Manchester United to win: 8/11 at Bet365
Draw: 11/4 at SkyBet
Bursaspor: 9/2 at SkyBet

This is a top versus bottom in Group C of the Champions League. Manchester United haven’t played well yet in the tournament, but are still in a commanding position. Meanwhile, Turkish side Bursaspor, who are making their first appearance in the Champions league are looking for their first points after losing all three of their opening matches. United go as strong favourites for this match, even though the Old Trafford crew aren’t looking anywhere near as strong as they have been in recent years. United though have a good away record in the Champions League, and have won seven of their last eight away matches in the competition, and have only suffered one away defeat in 18 away matches (and that was against Bayern Munich last year). This fixture doesn’t exactly have any indications that their strong away record will get dented again though, and to further strengthen the case of another United away win, the Red Devils beat Besiktas on their last trip to Turkey in 2009, and they have kept four clean sheets in five matches played in Turkey. United have a two point lead at the top of the group, and a win would put them in a very comfortable position. They still have to go to Glasgow to play Rangers, and host Valencia at Old Trafford, and there doesn’t look to be any major upsets in the path to the knockout stage. This is something of a dull group in the competition, with only nine goals being scored in all the matches played so far. It probably will pan out to be another less than inspiring tight game, but you have to back United to get the job done in the end. Manchester United to win by 1 Goal is 5/2 at 888 Sport, while Dimitar Berbatov and Javier Hernandez in the First Goal scorer market are both 9/2 at Paddy Power. Knowing United though a Draw/Manchester United Halftime/Fulltime bet looks worth a punt priced 4/1 at Unibet.

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Manchester United Betting

Manchester United are really making heavy and laborious work of their Champions League group matches this year. With two goals in their first three matches, they certainly are not setting the competition alight by any way shape of form. After being held to a 0-0 draw against Rangers at Old Trafford, United only managed a 1-0 win over competition debutants Bursaspor at the Theatre of Dreams. Quite what is going on with United is something of a mystery. Yes, they are missing Wayne Rooney, and look to have to do without him for another five weeks or so, but that shouldn’t be any excuse for a lack of passion and quality in the competition. Make no mistakes, they will still get through to the knock-out stage, but they seem a little disinterested at the moment. Maybe it is all down to complacency, because United were expected to stroll to the position of being group winner. Their biggest result was a 1-0 win in Valencia, who were seen as their biggest threat, and that even took a late winner from Hernandez to seal it from the Red Devils. Before the start of the competition this year, you would have looked at this group and would have predicted a lot of goals from Alex Ferguson’s men. That just hasn’t happened, as they haven’t raised their game at all and have looked very flat in midfield. They are missing on form Rooney, and now the goals from Dimitar Berbatov, who started the season with a bang, is also drying up in front of goal. It has been summer signing Javier Hernandez who has been rescuing with late goals this season, and while United are in no danger of not getting through this group, they have done enough to put them in a position of booking a place in the knockout stage with a win over Bursaspor. Everyone was expecting a goal fest at Old Trafford, but that didn’t happen, and now United need to get through another ninety minutes against the Turkish side to relax a little bit going into the final two matches. Looking at the level of opposition, you would still expect a few goals from United, but this isn’t a United of a few years ago who would demolish all in its path. It is a United which is having to work hard, and huff and puff for results, simply because the overall level of quality isn’t there. Still worth backing as a winner though, as anything less would still be a surprise. United went with a lone striker in Valencia, and if they stick with that again then Under 2.5 goals is 4/6 at SkyBet. While the Javier Hernandez Anytime Goal Scorer 7/5 at Paddy Power is tempting, there is great coverage in the market below which makes our prime betting tip.

Bursaspor v Manchester United Betting Tip: Man Utd to win to Nil 7/5 at Bwin

Bursaspor Betting

The Turks haven’t gotten off the ground in their first Champions League campaign yet. They go into their fourth match without a win, and without a goal to their name. Ertugrul Saglam probably doesn’t have all that much positive aspects to take from their first three matches. They were demolished at home by Valencia in their opening match, lost away to Rangers and then were defeated 1-0 at Old Trafford. Perhaps that last result is the sign of improvement though, and this big night at home may just help them get something on the board. If they do, it will likely be a very hard fought draw, as a victory for them seems more than a little unlikely. The Turkish side may just be able to break their goal scoring duck in the competition this year, and they need to at least try and get some pride out of this encounter. Oddly enough, Asian Handicap betting isn’t really expecting the Turkish side to get a real hammering, and you can pick up odds of around 9/10 at Victor Chandler for a Bursaspor +1 Asian Handicap. That’s not a bad punt really, considering the way United are playing (ie not particularly great) and the Turks may just raise their game enough on home turf to battle for that first point. Although a United win is favourite, this represents the best value for betting on the home side.

Bursaspor v Manchester United Prediction: Away win

Even though United are not the force they were, you can’t ignore the experience and quality they have in this competition. They’ll be happy with a 1-0 away win and that’s more than plausible.