Champions League Group C: Real Madrid vs. Olympique de Marseille

Real Madrid opened their Champions League campaign with a convincing performance over Zurich FC, beating the Swiss 5:2 on the away. Real Madrid are now preparing for their first home UEFA Champions League group match on the new season when they will welcome Olympique de Marseille, losers in the first round after succumbing at home 2:1 to AC Milan. In spite of the disappointing start for the French side, they insist they have something to hope for against a Real Madrid outfit that has simply blown aside all before them so far.

Soccer Betting Line:

Real Madrid -1½ -130 -400 3½ O +105 U -125 2½ O -120 U -110 Draw +450
Marseille +1½ +110 +1000 3½ O +105 U -125 ½ O -140 U +110 Draw +450

Match Time: 12:30 P.M. Eastern Time Wednesday September 30 2009
Venue: Santiago Bernabéu – Madrid – Spain

Soccer Betting Trend: The expensively assembled Real Madrid outfit have been stunning on the new season, impressing on all fronts. In Primera, they are enjoying a five-match winning streak and they have extended the winning streak to six with the win over Zurich in Champions League.

Real Madrid will be looking to build on that formidable form with a victory over Marseille when they visit on Wednesday night for match day 2 of UEFA Champions League group action. That Real Madrid have been indomitable so far makes them deserved favourites to win outright. BetOnline is offering a hefty price of -400 on Real Madrid. Not the most enticing play but an almost certain banker.

Marseille have had mixed results in domestic action. They are fourth in the table after seven cycles and a haul of 4-2-1. Marseille has plenty of quality and huge attacking potential but mixed form makes them unpredictable.

Yet, despite all this, Marseille is seen to have very little to hope for according to the market as BetOnline bookies list them at a discouraging +1000 to win outright. Unless you are a diehard Marseille fan, better give these hallucinatory odds a skip.

Soccer Free Picks: Because the visitors are capable of scoring and we already know Real are a firing squad when it comes to scoring, betting on the goals in this match is the better play. Take the Over 3.5 goals on teams totals and the Over 2.5 goals at -120 for Madrid. Marseille should find the net at least once therefore even the Over ½ -140 is a good pick on Marseille.