Real Madrid emerge as betting hot shots for UEFA Champions League crown after 3-1 win over Stuttgart
Whilst current betting favorites, Man City kick off their UEFA Champions League campaign tonight at home to Inter Milan, current holders, Real Madrid got off to a near-perfect start against Stuttgart at the Bernabeu, recording an impressive 3-1 win.
Madrid, who landed their jaw-dropping fifteenth European Cup win last season with a 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund, seemed to give the oddsmakers reason for their short prices overnight at home, with goals from Kylian Mbappe, Antonio Rudiger, and Brazilian talent, Endrick enough to see off Bundesliga side, Stuttgart.
And with the win, despite Man City’s current status as -275 betting favorites to win the UEFA Champions League, fans of betting online can still get good odds on Real Madrid to go back-to-back – with the Spanish side currently placed as second favorites with odds of +350.
Real Madrid emerge as betting hot shots for European Cup win
Besting Pep Guardiola’s side over two legs with a penalty shootout last season culminating at the Etihad, Real Madrid would knock out the treble-winning holders, before narrowly edging past Bayern Munich en route to a final win over the above-mentioned, Dortmund.
As for third betting favorites, Arsenal, the London club kick off their UEFA Champions League assault tomorrow night against Italian side, Atalanta – fresh from a UEFA Europa League triumph – in a bid to land their first European Cup in the clubs history.
One side backed with an outside chance of +1,200 come as competition regulars and serial winners, Liverpool – who backed by Arne Slot rose from an early deficit against AC Milan to win 1-3 at the San Siro courtesy of goals from Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, and Dominik Szobozslai enough for the win.
Seeming to have outsiders, FC Barcelona purring in La Liga competition, German head coach, Hansi Flick has so far led the Catalan side to victories in each of their domestic outings so far this campaign.
And despite riding a current +1,200 betting line in line with Liverpool, the Spanish side travel to former competition finalists, AS Monaco in France tomorrow night for their new league format debut in the competitions.
At once placed as sizeable betting favorites in the past to land themselves a UEFA Champions League win, recent finalists, Paris Saint Germain are currently drawing odds of +2,200 ahead of their competition return tonight against high-flying La Liga side, Girona.
One particular reason for their dwindling status amongst UEFA Champions League frontrunners comes in the form of their loss of French forward, Kylian Mbappe, who split the Parisian side earlier this summer in a high-profile move to Real Madrid.
As for Bayern Munich, despite missing out of Bundesliga success to first-time winners, Bayer Leverkusen, the Bavarian club are boasting odds of +1,000 to win the UEFA Champions League this season – following their exit against Real Madrid last time out.
Currently topping the Bundesliga with three wins from three matches, Vincent Kompany’s side turned in a monumental 9-2 win over Dinamo Zagreb overnight in their European Cup opener, with Harry Kane netting four goals to surpass countryman, Wayne Rooney as the most prolific English forward in the tournament’s history.
