Champions League - Group B: Man Utd vs BesiktasManchester United have the chance to clinch the first place in the group and we don’t think Alex Ferguson’s men will miss such a good opportunity. Besiktas, on the other hand, have been utterly disappointing in Europe this season and they definitely don’t look like the team that can get something from Old Trafford.
Ferguson set to ring changes
Manchester United have already secured the place in the Champions League knockout stages but they are still struggling in the Premiership, thus the league campaign is obviously the priority at the moment. This is why Sir Alex Ferguson is likely to rest some of the first team regulars like Van der Sar, Evra, Valencia and Carrick, with players like Gibson, Foster, Macheda, Park and Scholes all set to start against Besiktas. Despite all the changes, we expect United to see off struggling Besiktas and there is a good value in betting on home win at odds of 1.40 offered by Bwin.
Dimitar Berbatov and Jonny Evans are out of contention through injuries, while the boss has no other injury worries. United have recovered well to the derby defeat against Chelsea as they defeated Everton 3:0 and they thus enter the match in good spirits. The Red Devils have been very convincing at Old Trafford lately and we expect them to continue the good run. United scored no less than 12 goals in last 5 home games and we therefore recommend backing the hosts to score in both halves at odds of 2.25 offered by William Hill.
Just one goal and one point
A lot more was expected from Turkish champions this season but Mustapha Denizli’s side are struggling on all fronts. They picked up just one point in their Champions League group and look destined for the bottom-place finish. However, the players’ morale is boosted after derby wins over Trabzon and Fenerbahce that helped them return to the title race after the disastrous start of the league campaign. The visitors are determined to show everyone they can do much better at the biggest stage and we expect them to score against severely weakened United. Boylesports pays 1.83 on Besiktas to score.
Experienced coach Mustapha Denizli is missing several key players in this game and that will be a big problem. Mistake-prone Rustu Recber is set to start in goal as a replacement for injured Hakan Arikan, while Nobre, Delgado, Sivok, Holosko and Ridvan Simsek are also unavailable. These are mostly first team regulars and will be sorely missed.
Betting verdict
Both sides will be missing quite a few first team regulars for various reasons and we therefore expect a very interesting game. Manchester United need a win to clinch the first place in the standings, whereas Besiktas will try to make amends for disappointing results in Europe and we should see a very open game.
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