CRISTIANO RONALDO rescued Manchester United at the weekend and fans will now be hoping he can fire them into the Champions League quarter-final.
But Ronaldo’s weekend hat-trick against Spurs disguised another poor team performance so Atletico Madrid will fancy their chances at Old Trafford tonight.
The last-16 tie is balanced at 1-1 but Atletico were by far the better team in the first leg, despite their own patchy domestic form.
McBookie price the Spanish champions at 11/8 to qualify and that looks worth a punt unless Ronaldo has another big Euro night.
The Portuguese is 19/10 with SportNation for anytime scorer and that’s pretty generous off the back of his weekend heroics.
Tonight’s other last-16 is also in the balance with Ajax and Benfica locked at 2-2 after the first leg in Lisbon.
Sebastian Haller kept up his record of netting in every Champions League game this term by netting at both ends at the Stadium of Light.
But he’s just 10/13 with Unibet for another goal tonight so I’m backing Ajax team-mate Dusan Tadic for anytime scorer instead at 10/7 (VBet).
Over 1.5 first-half goals also appeals at evens with Coral as it should be another open game.
The only Scottish action comes in League Two as Forfar head to Cowdenbeath.
Forfar have drawn blanks in their last three while Cowden have netted just once in five games. So under 2.5 goals looks the shout and it pays 20/21 at BoyleSports.
Super Singles
- Atletico to qualify (11/8, McBookie)
- Tadic to scorer (10/7, VBet)
McBookie Bet Builder
- Combining BTTS no with under 2.5 goals at Cowdenbeath pays 119/100
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