Manchester United vs Arsenal Betting Pick | Champions League

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2009-04-29 - Manchester United vs Arsenal

A Sports Betting Pick by Bodog

Manchester United v Arsenal
Football: Europe, UEFA Champions League
Wednesday 29th April 2009 - Kickoff 19:45

Arsenal at Manchester United
(Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2:45 p.m. ET)

Manchester United's focus this year had been on winning the quintuple, but they'll have to settle for four trophies after losing their FA Cup semifinal to Everton on penalties.

Their goalless draw was a disappointing result for Sir Alex Ferguson, although hardly beyond the pale with top players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney not even on the bench.

The betting public feels good about United's A-team beating Arsenal at Old Trafford on Wednesday; the Red Devils are -115 faves, with the Gunners at +310 and the draw at +230.

The Gunners find themselves in fourth place in the Premiership with 17 wins, 11 draws and five losses; their away record is 8-6-3, so there's added value in taking the draw.

Porto was able to lock down a 2-2 draw (+333) at Old Trafford in the quarterfinals as United played a sloppy game. And Arsenal have played the Devils close to the vest before; over their last 10 meetings, the Gunners have three draws and three victories with four losses.

This year's team is on a scoring spree with 17 goals in their last five Premiership matches, including four by Andrey Arshavin in Tuesday’s 4-4 draw with Liverpool.

One big problem for Arsenal will be goal scorers : both Robin van Persie (groin) and Emmanuel Adebayor (hamstring) were all on the injury list at press time while Andrei Arshavin is "cup-tied" and cannot play in this competition for Arsenal this season.

Van Persie and Adebayor each scored in last week's 3-0 Champions League quarterfinal victory over Villareal, but they both played poorly and were subbed out in their 2-1 loss to Chelsea during the FA Cup semis before their injuries were announced.

Prediction: Manchester United 2, Arsenal 1

The Statistics :

MANCHESTER_UTD LAST SIX HOME FORM
	DATE	RESULT		OPPOSITION
	2009-04-07	D	2-2	H v Porto
	2009-03-11	W	2-0	H v Inter_Milan
	2008-12-10	D	2-2	H v AAB_Aalborg
	2008-10-21	W	3-0	H v Celtic
	2008-09-17	D	0-0	H v Villarreal
	2008-04-29	W	1-0	H v Barcelona

ARSENAL LAST SIX AWAY FORM
	DATE	RESULT		OPPOSITION
	2009-04-07	D	1-1	A v Villarreal
	2009-03-11	L	1-0	A v Roma_AS
	2008-12-10	L	2-0	A v Porto
	2008-10-21	W	2-5	A v Fenerbahce
	2008-09-17	D	1-1	A v Dynamo_Kyiv
	2008-04-02	L	4-2	A v Liverpool

HEAD TO HEAD MANCHESTER_UTD v ARSENAL
DATE	HOME	SCORE	AWAY

The Pick :

Manchester United 2, Arsenal 1

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