Champions League Matchday 5: Best Odds
The best football competition is getting to the deciding stages! One should always get excited when Champions League is at the door, especially when the fifth round offers some good betting value...
AEK - Ajax
BET: Ajax to win @1.8.
AEK lost all four games in the Champions League and will now need to win the last two in order to get to the third place. It seems very unlikely, considering they were by far the weakest team of the group and are also in pretty miserable form. They lost three and drew once in the last four game so they must feel also pretty demoralized.
Ajax is on the opposite end of the spectre, as they lost only one game in the whole season, away to PSV. They are yet to lose a game in the Champions League and they are actually fighting for the first place of the group. Their recent form in the Eredivisie is also impeccable. Everything is on their side and one just cannot see any surprise happening here.
CSKA - Viktoria Plzen
BET: CSKA to win @1.8.
To put it simply, the Army Men are just a team with far more quality when compared to the Czech visitors. They were struggling with form a month ago but this minor crisis is now over as they won the last two games in the Russian Super League.
The visitors will have to play to win in order to give themselves a chance of reaching the third place and the home team will also be motivated to have a chance for top two spots in the last round. It will just have to be an open game where the sheer quality of the home team and their good form just should provide to be the deciding factor.
Roma - Real Madrid
BET: First half under 0,5 @4.00.
A bit of a hazardous bet, but one worth taking. Both of these teams have recently struggled to score in the first half and one just might imagine both playing a bit carefully. If CSKA is to beat Viktoria (and this is likely to happen) a point here will be quite good for the both teams.
In order to achieve it, they will probably be inclined to start the game more without taking a great risk. So, this is a bid based on the probable psychology of both teams. Risky, but worth taking!
