Bookies Brace For Barca Bashing, United In Support For The Reds
Despite being at Wembley, Manchester United find themselves the biggest outsider for the Champions League Final for over a decade, with no other finalist in the past 10 years priced at more than 2/1. United are offered at 3/1 with Hills, but not even that price can tempt punters, with over 80% of bets placed on a Barcelona victory at 21/20. Hills are also offering over 100 in play markets and think that it could be the first time in history that in-play bets exceed pre-match wagers.
Over the years Manchester United have caused us a fair amount of pain, but they will save us millions if they manage to beat Barcelona on Saturday night, said Hills spokesman Joe Crilly.
Hills are expecting a £10 million industry wide turnover making this the biggest game since the World Cup Final last year.
Lionel Messi is the 5/1 favourite to score the first goal of the match, while David Villa is 7/1. Wayne Rooney is 8/1 with Pedro and Hernandez both 9/1.
William Hill have a number of specials available for this weekends match and offer 25/1 that Patrice Evra will score and Manchester United lift the trophy (Happy Evra After) and 22/1 that Gerard Pique scores from outside the area (Pique That One Out).
Manchester United / Barcelona Odds:
90 Minutes: 21/20 Barcelona; 3/1 Manchester United; 21/10 Draw
To Win In Extra Time: 9/1 Barcelona; 16/1 Manchester United
To Win On Penalties: 11/1 Manchester United; 11/1 Barcelona
To Lift The Trophy: 1/2 Barcelona; 13/8 Manchester United
5/1 Match to be decided on penalties
Barcelona to Dominate Champions League:
5/1 To win Champions League this year and next
16/1 To win Champions League this year, next year AND the season after that
Match Winner Offers:
6/1 Rooney to score & Manchester United to win in 90 minutes
6/1 Match to be decided on penalties
4/1 Villa to score and Barcelona to win in 90 minutes
9/2 Match to be decided in Extra Time
First Goalscorer: 5/1 Lionel Messi; 7/1 David Villa; 8/1 Wayne Rooney; 9/1 Javier Hernandez; 9/1 Pedro; 12/1 Bojan; 12/1 Michael Owen; 12/1 Dimitar Berbatov; 14/1 BAR
Patriotic Punt*: 10/1 Lewis Hamilton OR Jenson Button to win Monaco Grand Prix and Manchester United to lift the Champions League Trophy
*Available until 1300h Saturday 28th May 2011.
Joe Crilly
Press Officer
T: 0208 918 3746
M: 07850 518 164
E: jcrilly@williamhill.co.uk
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