UEFA Cup Betting Tips and Favourites

UEFA Cup Betting Tips

With dozens of top-notch European clubs set to participate in the 2008/2008 UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup football betting markets are set to move into full swing. The UEFA Cup is the only European club competition that gives domestic knockout champions from smaller football nations the chance to test their mettle against the European super football clubs. These match-ups can offer excellent odds to adventurous punters willing to back teams with passion and flair.

Football betting offers a wide array of betting options that allow you to put your football expertise to the test in a variety of ways. UEFA Cup betting options include straight-up bets on match winners, final scores, half-time scores and aggregate scores. Several spread betting options are also available for UEFA Cup football betting, and you can learn more about these here.

This season’s UEFA Cup competition features some true European football heavyweights. Teams like Ajax Amsterdam, Everton and Bayern Munich have repeatedly proved themselves at the highest levels of European and can be expected to put in strong performances on their way to the last rounds of competition.

UEFA Cup Tips

• Bayern Munich: Formidable opponents at any level of competition. Bayern Munich have won no less than 6 major European trophies, including four Champions League titles. Not only do Bayern have experience and big-game temperament, they also boast one of the most potent striking combinations in world football in Luca Toni and Miroslav Klose. The Bavarians are a good UEFA Cup bet for making it to the finals.

• Ajax Amsterdam: The Dutch giants have been a major player in European football for the last several decades with nine European trophies including a UEFA Cup title. The current Ajax squad features a good blend of youth and experience, with a talented squad featuring the likes of veteran Jaap Stam and impressive Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez.

UEFA Cup Outside Favourite

• Tottenham Hotspur: If Spurs form at the close of the 2007/2007 English football season is anything to go by, this team may offer some pleasant surprises to those who back them in the UEFA Cup betting markets. The club is no stranger to European competition and has won the UEFA Cup twice – the last time being in 1984. With unpredictable vice-captain Robbie Keane leading their strike force, 2007/2008 may be the year the Spurs are one of our better UEFA Cup betting tips and make a welcome return to European greatness.