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Roma v Manchester United Betting preview

Roma v Manchester United, Stadio Olimpico, 19:45 kick-off.

Manchester United go into this Quarter Final, first-leg match against Roma as favourites to win the Champions League (Priced at just 3/1 by Boylesports), whilst their Italian opponents are out at 14/1 (Paddy Power) to win the competition. Roma will be without top scorer Francesco Totti after picking up a thigh strain in Roma’s 1-1 draw at Cagliari in Serie A at the weekend. His place will be taken by Mirko Vucinic.

Edwin van der Sar should return in goal for Alex Ferguson’s men after overcoming a groin injury that has kept him out in recent weeks.Michael Carrick, Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs and Patrice Evra all received knocks in United’s demolition of Aston Villa on Saturday, but will travel to Rome. Carrick is the main doubt with a mild hamstring complaint. The game will be shown live on ITV1.

Roma will be looking to avenge last season’s exit from the Champions League - At the same stage, and also against Manchester United. Having took a hard-fought 2-1 home victory into the second leg, at Old Trafford they capitulate, finally losing the match 7-1, which remains the biggest ever margin of victory in the knock-out stages of the Champions League. The two team also met in the group stages of this years tournament, which was a much closer contest, with Manchester United winning 1-0 at Old Trafford, and the game at Stadio Olimpico finishing in a 1-1 draw.

The winners of this tie will face the winners of the Barcelona v Schalke FC tie in the Champions League semi-final.

Match Betting Odds:

Roma: 23/10 (William Hill)

Draw: 21/10 (totesport)

Manchester United: 6/4 (Ladbrokes)

Correct Score Odds:

Roma to win 1-0 - 8/1 (Blue Square)

Roma to win 2-0 - 14/1 (Boylesports)

0-0 Draw -13/2 (Blue Square)

1-1 Draw - 11/2 (Blue Square)

2-2 Draw - 16/1 (Blue Square)

Man United to win 1-0 - 13/2 (Bet 365)

Man United to win 2-0 - 11/1 (Blue Square)

Man United to win 2-1 - 9/1 (totesport)

Man United to win 3-0 - 33/1 (VC Bet)

Man United to win 3-1 - 28/1 (Sky Bet)

First Goalscorer Odds:

Cristiano Ronaldo - 6/1 (Blue Square)

Wayne Rooney - 7/1 (Ladbrokes)

Mirko Vucinic - 15/2 (Blue Square)

Carlos Tevez - 8/1 (Blue Square)

Mancini - 9/1 (Boylesports)

Ryan Giggs - 16/1 (Blue Square)

Chris Eagles - 25/1 (Stan James)

Match Betting special:

Paddy Power will refund all losing First/Last goalscorer, correct score and scorecast single bets on this match if the last goal of the match is scored with a header. Terms and conditions apply, so check out the Paddy Power website for full details.

All odds correct at time of writing. Please click here for the latest odds