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
Upcoming match previews & tips
- Tue 18:45 PSV Eindhoven vs Girona
- Tue 18:45 Slovan Bratislava vs Dinamo Zagreb
- Tue 20:00 Celtic v RB Leipzig
- Tue 20:00 Real Madrid vs AC Milan
- 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
- Tue 20:00 Borussia Dortmund vs Sturm Graz
- 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
- Viktor Gyokeres next club betting odds: Can Amorim bring ‘Swede success’ to Old Trafford?
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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As always, post your betting tips for today in the comments section below.
Celtic v Leipzig
Celtic most corners 13/10 Hills
Leipzig are 6/4 to beat Celtic….seems quite big. Maybe it’s because they’re away from home
Hard one to call spursman . I would not be surprised if Celtic won tonight .
Celtic should be beating Leipzig at home.
Liepzig have a few injuries including simons which is a big loss.
If only it was that easy macca 😊
I don’t think they’ll be far away cocker, got to win your home games in this comp, surely they will take confidence from drawing away at Atalanta.
Liepzig are favourite to win this one macca . I think it will be a cagey affair though .
Plymouth btts
Sheffield united over 0.5tgs
Double 11/10
Good luck
Yesterday’s bet lost
Today’s bet
England Championship
Plymouth v Portsmouth
Sheff Wed v Norwich
Both teams to score double
Ladbrokes 2/1
NAP
2 doubles i’m on today.
Liverpool
Real madrid
@1.16/1
RB Leipzig
Man City
@4.12/1
All 4 should win.
Seen above some feel celtic will win, poor league the Scottish one. They got a draw at Atalanta but they did everything but score. RB Leipzig had some tough champions league games so far, unlucky against Liverpool to a degree. But they should be winning this.
Man city price i’m shocked at. Should simply be beating Sporting.
Real madrid and Liverpool are better sides than AC Milan and Leverkusen
Good luck all
Didn’t Arsenal go to Atalanta and fail to score?? Pretty sure Celtic will score tonight.
Not sure leipzig were unlucky against Liverpool. Thought it was more comfortable than the 1 nil suggested. But yeah they’ve played tough opposition ( juve and atletico aswell) and only lost by 1 each time. Think I’ll either swerve that one or go btts
I’m a Liverpool fan.
Felt was harder work than should been, they had their chances too.
Yeah lots of stat pages put up they lost 3 times but then see who they played. Juventus maybe they shouldn’t be loosing to
We shall see 😁
Hopefully the celtic game will be a good one, think that’s the one I’ll watch so probably a nil nil lol. Agree about the price for city. I know they’re not in great form but not often you get almost evens for them against teams from a lesser league.
I was debating the single on them.
If they can’t beat sporting. Something is drastically wrong haha, sure they will though
lol
Celtic win and BTTS. Liverpool win and BTTS. Man city win and BTTS 45/1 Treble Boylesports 🍀
Al-Nassr O1.5tgs and win
Dortmund O2.5tgs
Vincius ATGS
4.5/1
Good luck 👍🏾
Celtic 🇪🇺 (8.00pm)
Sporting 🇪🇺 (8.00pm)
Over 2.5 goals double 1.53/1 ,
Hopefully all sides contributing here ,
Goodluck with the bets all.
Double
Sporting v Man City – BTTS
Celtic v Leipzig – BTTS
13/10
add Real Madrid to win (Milan poor away scoring record so not confident they will bag)
2.14/1
GL
Early KO double BB plus booking single…
PSV v Girona – Arnau Martinez to be carded 3/1 Bet365
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BB double pays just under 25/1 wi PP super sub.
Slovan Bratislavia v Dinamo Zagreb –
Stefan Ristovski to be carded, Bratislavia 2+ cards & Zagreb DC.
PSV v Girona –
Yangel Herrera to be carded, PSV 3+ corners & each keeper 2+ saves.
Champions league 17:45 KO
PSV draw no bet 1/3
Zagreb to score 2+ 4/5
Double pays 1.4
Zagreb scored 2 in each of last 3 CL games to way better opponents including 2 away to Bayern
A punt on some Premier u21’s in the NL League Cup….. Result & BTTS – Fulham u21 11/4 Brighton u21 16/5 Newcastle u21 27/10 & West Ham u21 3/1……any 3 & all 4(5 bets)
PSV v Girona – Arnau Martinez to be carded 3/1 Bet365
👍👍👍
Double needing 1 card 1 corner at PSV plus 3 cards at Bratislavia
Bet365 BB offer – free bet if BB loses
Celtic v Leipzig – 6/1
Geertruida to be carded
6+ corners
Each team 1+ cards
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WH impact sub BB – 12.5/1 with boost
Alastair Johnston & Henrichs to carded
2+ cards
Bangor
V
Cliftonville
19:45
Northern Irish League Cup 🏴
BTTS 10-11 UNIBET.. NAP ⚽.
Bangor top of division 1 and regular scorers at home against a team 2nd I’m the premier who tend to do just enough to win
Wingate & Finchley v Carshalton
Btts 4/6 NAP
Btts first half 3/1 NB
Btts 2nd half 9/4
Can’t find btts both halves anywhere 🤷♂️
Wingate & Finchley v Carshalton
Btts 4/6 NAP✅
Btts first half 3/1 NB✅
2-1 ht 👍
Plymouth btts
Sheffield united over 0.5tgs
Double 11/10**LOST** no Portsmouth goal
We’ll done all winners tonight