Ruben Amorim's long-term goal at Old Trafford is to knock Manchester City off their perch and he has a chance to strike an early blow tonight while still in the dugout at Sporting Lisbon.
With injuries piling up and players looking tired, City have lost two games in a week, bowing out of the EFL Cup to Tottenham before crashing to a 2-1 defeat at Bournemouth in the Premier League.
They rarely lose three in a row but tonight's UEFA Champions League trip to Sporting Lisbon has the potential to cause Pep Guardiola's men even more problems.
The reason Manchester United swooped for Amorim is because he has Sporing flying and they have won 14 of their last 15 games in all competitions.
Only PSV Eindhoven have managed to take a point off them so far in the Champions League so it will be fascinating to see how they get on against City.
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Sporting Lisbon vs Manchester City top betting tips
Given the form of both sides, I'm surprised to see Sporting as big as 3/1 with Betano and tired Manchester City as the 4/5 favourites. You can even back the Portuguese side at 26/25 in the double chance with Unibet and that looks pretty good value, even though City should get out of their slump at some point.
Amorim doesn't strike me as the kind of the boss who parks the bus so we should see plenty of action at both ends. Backing BTTS and over 2.5 goals pays 17/20 with Betano and that bet has landed in the last two games for both sides.
Few strikers are in better form than Viktor Gyokeres in Europe right now. A four-goal haul at the weekend took his tally for the season to 20, which is six more than Erling Haaland.
Gyokeres is 6/5 with Betano for anytime scorer and that looks terrific value with City missing a few first-choice defenders. Backing both the Swede and Haaland to score will boost the odds to 3/1 in a bet builder.
Liverpool vs Bayer Leverkusen top betting tips
There's another UEFA Champions League cracker as former Liverpool hero Xabi Alonso returns to Anfield with his dangerous Bayer Leverkusen side.
Alonso was heavily linked with the Liverpool job when Jurgen Klopp announced he was standing down but decided to stay with Leverkusen as they came within one game of completing an Invincible season in both Germany and Europe.
The Reds went with Feyenoord's Arne Slot instead and that move is working out well, with the Dutchman winning all three of his Champions League games and leading them to the Premier League summit.
Leverkusen have struggled to repeat last season's heroics, winning just eight of their 15 games, but remain unbeaten in the Champions League so this should be a close game.
The half-time draw looks good at 11/8 with Betano while McBookie price a one-goal winning margin for either side at 6/4.
Leverkusen midfielder Robert Andrich isn't shy at putting the boot in and he's 7/4 with Bet365 for a fifth card of the season.
Celtic vs RB Leipzig top betting tips
Celtic surprised everyone by keeping a clean sheet away to Atalanta in their last UEFA Champions League outing and now face another difficult test as RB Leipzig come to Glasgow.
The Hoops head into the game on a high after smashing six past Aberdeen in the League Cup semi-final on Saturday. But they did the same against St Johnstone before facing Borussia Dortmund and ending up copping a 7-1 battering.
Dortmund inflicted Leipzig's first Bundesliga defeat of the season at the weekend but Marco Rose's side still sit second, just three points behind Bayern Munich.
So RB Leipzig look good value at 11/10 with Betano for a win at Celtic Park, even though they have lost all three Champions League matches so far.
Those defeats came to Atletico Madrid, Juventus and Liverpool, teams who are a cut above the Hoops. The fans will create quite an atmosphere but RB Leipzig should be too strong for Brendan Rodgers' men.
Benjamin Sesko is being courted by some of the biggest clubs in Europe and should get some joy against Celtic's defence. The Slovenian looks overpriced at 8/5 with Bet365 for anytime scorer, having netted three times in the Champions League already this term.
Tuesday's Football Tips: Super singles
- RB Leipzig to win 11/10 Betano
- Sporting Lisbon double chance 26/25 Unibet
- Robert Andrich to be carded 7/4 Bet365
Deadly double
- Viktor Gyokeres and Erling Haaland to score 3/1 Betano
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- Tue 20:00 Celtic v RB Leipzig
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- Tue 20:00 Sporting Lisbon vs Manchester City
- Tue 20:00 Swansea vs Watford
- Tue 20:00 Plymouth vs Portsmouth
- Tue 20:00 Lille vs Juventus
- Tue 20:00 Liverpool vs Bayer Leverkusen
- Tue 20:00 Bologna vs Monaco
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- SlipsTips Tips: Side with Celtic pair in 10/11 Bet Builder
- Football Bet of the Day: Goals the way to go down the South Coast on Tuesday
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Racing Tips
After a nice Monday winner, Rizzel is back and hoping to strike gold with two picks at Warwick and Newcastle.
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