Liverpool Besiktas Champions League Odds

The Liverpool Besiktas Champions League Odds for Tuesday night’s is a must win game for the Reds. The bookmakers have installed Liverpool as long odds-on favourites to get the win against their Turkish opponents, Besiktas, who beat Rafa Benitez’s side just two weeks ago. Anything less than three points will as good as put an end to Liverpool’s Champions League campaign. Irish bookmaker Paddypower goes 2/7 that Liverpool can win the game and keep their dreams of a third Champions League final appearance in as many years alive. Reds boss Rafa Benitez still believes that his side can overcome the odds and qualify for the knock out stages of the competition, stating “we need to do the right things against Besiktas and win. We know the game is really important but if we approach the game under pressure we will make mistakes and we must play with confidence in order to win.”

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Liverpool will be looking towards captain Steven Gerrard to lead by example in Tuesday’s crunch clash against Besikatas having scored several crucial goals in the Champions League in recent seasons. Gerrard’s odds on scoring the first goal are 13/2. Peter Crouch has also scored some important goals in this competition and the England striker is a 9/2 bet to score first.

Elsewhere in Europe on Tuesday night there are big games for Chelsea and Celtic as the other British clubs look to move closer towards progressing to the last sixteen of the competition. Chelsea are odds of 5/4 to win away at Schalke, a result that depending on other scores in Group B, would see Avram Grant’s side secure qualification. Meanwhile Celtic will be looking to bounce back from yet another dismal European away result with a win at home against Benfica. The Glasgow side must rely on their home form if they are to qualify from the group stages and they are Even money odds to beat their Portuguese opponents at Park Head.

A £20 accumulator on the following Tuesday Champions League matches would return £369.60

Celtic to beat Benfica at even money
Real Madrid to beat Olympiacos at 10/11
Chelsea to beat Schalke at 6/5
AC Milan to beat Shakhtar Donetsk at 6/5

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