Wednesday’s Football Tips: Arsenal Women need Champions League tonic against Valerenga

It's all about the women's Champions League tonight and it will be fascinating to see how Arsenal react against Valerenga just a day after head coach Jonas Eidevall resigned.

I backed Bayern Munich to beat the Gunners in their last Euro outing but was still surprised how easy it was for the Germans as they strolled to a 5-2 victory.

Eidevall's side followed that up by losing 2-1 to Chelsea on domestic duty, making it three games without a win in all competitions.

That led to some fans calling for the Swede to be sacked and he duly fell on his own sword, with assistant coach Renee Slegers taking charge on an interim basis.

Her first task is to oversee a must-win Champions League game and Norwegian side Valerenga will be looking to take advantage of the upheaval.

Arsenal Women vs Valerenga Women top betting tips

Valerenga are playing in the group stage for the first time but they put up a good fight in their first game, only losing 1-0 at home to Juventus.

Betano still make the Norwegians 20/1 outsiders for this game, though, with Arsenal just 1/16 despite their poor form. With Valerenga defending well in their first outing, it could pay to combine a Gunners win with under 3.5 goals, which pays 10/11 in a Bet365 bet builder.

Alessia Russo should lead the line for Eidevall's side and the England star looks decent value at 11/10 for anytime scorer with the same firm.

St Polten Women vs Manchester City Women top betting tips

While Arsenal's Champions League opener was a disaster, things couldn't have gone much better for Manchester City as they claimed the scalp of mighty Barcelona.

That has shown they can beat any team in Europe so City's players will be full of belief as they head to Austria to take on St Polten.

Their hosts lost 2-0 at Hammarby in their opener so it's no surprise to see Manchester City Women as Betano's odds-on favourites, although the price of 1/40 does seem a bit extreme.

St Polten lost five of their six group games last term but most of the games were close, apart from a 7-0 hammering by Lyon. That suggests they could be worth a punt at +3 in the three-way handicap at 2/1 tonight.

The Austrians could also be worth backing at +7 in the corner handicap, which pays a decent 10/11 at Bet365.

Juventus Women vs Bayern Munich Women top betting tips

Juventus and Bayern Munich both won their group openers so it should be a tight game when they face off in Italy tonight.

Betano make the Germans 20/21 favourites after their thumping win over Arsenal while Juve are 21/10 outsiders, despite having home advantage.

It should be a tight game and the half-time draw appeals at 11/8 with Betfred while backing most goals to come after the break pays 20/21 at Bet365.

Wednesday's Football Tips: Super singles

• Alessio Russo anytime scorer 11/10 Bet365
• St Polten +7 corner handicap 10/11 Bet365
• Half-time draw in Juventus v Bayern Munich 11/8 Betfred

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