Bookies specials for the Champions League

SkyBet have opened a market on which team will score most goals tonight from a limited field of eight teams and they make Manchester United the 2.50 (6/4) favourites to top the scoring charts. United face lowly FC Copenhagen who have let in just one goal in their two games so far. United have scored four goals in two games but don’t look great value. Real Madrid and Lyon are the 5.00 (4/1) joint second favourites, followed by Lille at 8.00 (7/1) and Milan at 9.00 (8/1). Arsenal, who have won six on the trot, are on offer at a big looking 15.00 (14/1) alongside Porto and Celtic are the 17.00 (16/1) outsiders.

Bookies seem particularly keen to offer specials on the out of form Wayne Rooney. He is 1.80 (4/5) with William Hill to fail to score against Copenhagen, which looks a value price given his inability to find the back of the net for weeks. Hills offer 17.00 (16/1) about him bagging a hat-trick which might qualify for the meanest odds offered by any bookie all season. Bet 365 are offering 1.83 (5/6) on Rooney lasting the full 90 minutes and the same price about him being substituted.

Ladbrokes have come up with a special about Arsenal wunderkind Theo Walcott and offer 3.75 (11/4) on him playing at any point in tonight’s match against CSKA Moscow. Given that Wenger clearly thinks the youngster is talented and started him at the weekend against Watford then that may well be a value bet.

Various bookies are offering money back concessions on tonight’s Champions League action. Top offers include:

• VCbet – money back if you lose on a first goalscorer bet on any game involving a British team in which there are either zero or 4+ goals
• Blue Square – Double the odds on first goalscorer bets in the Manchester United vs Copenhagen game if your selection scores in the first 15 minutes
• BetUK.com– enhanced odds on special trebles:

Real Madrid, Barcelona + Valencia - ALL TO WIN
Real Madrid, Barcelona & Valencia - ALL TO WIN 6.00 (5/1)
AC Milan, Inter Milan & Roma - ALL TO WIN 5.50 (9/2)
Manchester United, Chelsea & Liverpool - ALL TO WIN 7.00 (6/1)
Lyon, Lille & Bordeaux - ALL TO WIN 8.00 (7/1)
Porto, Liverpool & Barcelona - ALL TO WIN 13.00 (12/1)