Champion's League for 9/29

quantumleap · Sep 29, 2004

Chelsea/Porto under 2.5 -133 (*)
Here's one total I don't understand. Both teams are defensive teams. Chelsea has given up only 1 goal in 6 matches. I've adopted them as my new project for going under the total.

CSKA Moscow -0.5 -101 over PSG (*)
I took Chelsea against PSG last time in the CL and it paid off. Here is another good team in CSKA going against poor PSG. Hey, PSG finally won a match since then! CSKA is smarting from their loss against Lokomotiv Moscow so they will want to take it out on PSG.

Anderlecht/Inter Milano over 2 and 2.5 -129
Both teams have been scoring well in their respective leagues. I'm thinking this line is lower than the others is due to the fact that each team participated in a 2-0 match last time in the CL, Anderlecht a loser and Inter a winner.

Arsenal -1 +103 over Rosenborg
I have to go with Arsenal here over the leader of the Norwegian Eliteserien league. Rosenborg has done well in their own league but lost to Panathinaikos (I love saying those Greek words) in the first round of the CL.

quantumleap · Sep 29, 2004

Adding:

Total Wednesday goals over 20.5 +107
There were something like 31 goals scored in Tuesday's matches. I'm hoping the same dynamic is present today.

booze · Sep 29, 2004

Any opinion on the Bremen/Valencia match? I think this is the most interesting game of the day. Not sure what the total is but it seems like an over to me with Bremen desperate for goals. My only hesitation is both teams are banged up

quantumleap · Sep 29, 2004

booze said:
Any opinion on the Bremen/Valencia match? I think this is the most interesting game of the day. Not sure what the total is but it seems like an over to me with Bremen desperate for goals. My only hesitation is both teams are banged up

Yes, I had noticed this one as well. I guess the Anderlecht/Inter match caught my eye more because of the lower total. The first round of CL seemed to be lower-scoring and that caused me some concern as well. But Tuesday's games have changed things. It might be worth taking another look at.

Thanks booze.

quantumleap · Sep 29, 2004

I'm going to mention a live bet in here (not to be counted in tally):

Barcelona 1.00 (up 2-0 in the 83rd minute)

quantumleap · Sep 29, 2004

Again congratulations are in order for booze as the score was Werder 2, Valencia 1. I bet some lunch money on the game. Thanks again booze.

Results:

Chelsea 3, Porto 1 (loss)
CSKA 2, PSG 0 (win)
Inter 3, Ander 1 (win)
Arsenal 1, Rosenborg 1 (loss)
Total Wednesday goals = 23 (win)

Tally for the day = 3-2 +0.84

Tally for the week = 6-2 +3.74

I have some strong opinions already for the Premiership weekend.