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After the embarrassing loss at home against Hercules with 0:2, Barcelona now has to accept at home the Greek champions Panathinaikos in the group stage opener of Champions League.
Both teams have met 4 times in this tournament, twice in 2005 and twice in 2002. Both home games were won by Barcelona, with 5:0 and 3:1, while the away games ended 0:0 and 0:1 in favor of Panathinaikos.
Having been denied the chance to become the first UEFA Champions League winners to retain the trophy by Inter last year, on the semi-finals, Barcelona are on their way to chase another cup.
Barcelona has qualified for the knockout rounds in all of their last eight UEFA Champions League campaigns, which speaks about how well they do in the group stage.
Panathinaikos are back at Europe’s top table after an absence of one season. Their best achievement came in 2001/02 when they reached the quarter-finals only to lose to Barcelona.
Barcelona has won all 5 games at home against Greek opponents scoring at least 3 goals each game. The team was undefeated for over 16 months until this Saturday when they lost against the debutant in Primera Division Hercules.
Without doubt Barcelona is the favorite for this game, but the odds are miserably low already so we have to find something with better odds to be played.
The Betting Verdict?
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.50 (Register at Betfair.com – 25£ Sign up Bonus): Knowing how many goals Barcelona scores against Greek opponents on the average (4.75), it seems pretty safe to go for the Over 2.5 goals bet here. Hurry up if you want to take advantage of these odds since they have been drastically dropping in the past 2 hours.
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