champions league
 
barcelona   -   glasgow rangers       1.25  -   14.00
henry, messi and ronaldinho together again, but missing for barcelona are deco, etoo and edmilson, and probably zambrotta. puyol will most likely play in the zambrotta position, as left back. ronaldinho scored with two of his trade mark free kicks at the weekend, when barca defeated betis.
hemdani will come in for the suspended rangers player k. thomson. darcheville, the french striker, has regained fitness and he is included in the rangers squad.
a hopeless task for the scots - they will be chasing after the ball for the whole of 90 minutes, that is the way i see it. home win! (1.25).
barcelona 2 rangers 0

 
lyon   -   stuttgart            1.45   -   9.00
the lyon striker ben arfa has been a major doubt this week, but according to the latest reports, he will be ok for wednesday. if fit, ben arfa will join benzema and govou in the front line. lyon go on without baros and toulalan. they are on a winning run, lyon, and they are motivated big favourites in this match.
although stuttgart maybe lack the true motivation, the germans will not offer  this match on a plate. that is not the way that german teams function. delpierre will come in for the injured hilbert, and both hitzlsperger and basturk are playing again. strong enough stuttgart side! likely home win, but i will personally stay away from this 1.45!
lyon 4 stuttgart 2

 
manchester u    -   dynamo kiev        1.22  -   20.00
quoting the manchester united boss ferguson: " our bench was very strong against arsenal and the squad is almost 100% fit now". not what dynamo kiev want to hear. only gary neville is still missing.
one or two changes will be made in the united starting line up, but  we are not talking about a weakened squad, or something like that. united want to make sure that they are through to the knock-out phase, and then they will make wholesale changes.
new coach for dynamo kiev, luzhny, but as their squad is limited this season, what can luzhny possible achieve? not much, i believe. home win! (1.22).
man utd 4 dynamo kiev 2

 
sporting lissabon    -   roma       2.85   -   2.60
in my world the home side ought to be favourites. clever side, hard to beat,  and motivated home favourites against most european sides. last season they defeated inter in  lissabon, and one has to say that they were unlucky, losing their first group match, at home to united, 0-1. they lost to roma, 1-2 two weeks ago, and i expect sporting to get their revenge tomorrow (2.85). their keeper stojkovic should be ok, but their offensive midfielder romagnoli is a major injury doubt.
roma have travelled without totti, aquilani and panucci. taddei also risks missing this match. vucinic, who replaces totti, has to do better tomorrow than he did away to empoli at the week end. he had a disastrous game. sporting to win! (2.85).
sporting lisbon 2 roma 2

 
fenerbahce   -   psv eindhoven        2.10   -   3.95
both sides have their problems ahead of this fixture. kezman was already out injured in the first meeting between these sides, (0-0), with deivid and semih going forward for fener. now deivid will also be missing. add two missing defenders for the home side, lugano and önder, and you realise that their situation is not ideal. semih as the lone striker, or will tumer come in?
 
psv just lost their manager r. koeman and first game for new boss wouters ended in a defeat for psv a couple of days ago. first league defeat of the season.important defender addo is out, suspended. still no afellay, culina or da costa.  farfan and probably lazovic up front, i guess.
i have been impressed by fenerbahce this season and my intention was always to back the home win. their many absentess make me hesitate. 1x then, but ok, the home win (2.10).
fenerbachce 2 psv 0

 
inter    -   cska moscow       1.30   -   12.00
depleted inter midfield with aces like figo, stankovic and vieira all sidelined, and burdisso suspended. no doubt that inter will be missing really constructive players tomorrow. nothing very wrong with dacourt, solari and cambiasso, but who will come up with the final passes for ibrahimovic and crespo? maybe their defender maxwell will move up to the midfield.
akinfeev is back in the cska goal again, but their defensive boss, s. ignashevich is out, injured. wagner love could not play in moscow, but the brazilian ace is expected back for this match. cska look good, but they often do, and they never seem to get any results on this champions league level. still this 1.30 is not for me, not good enough! x2, or a no bet game.
inter 4 cska 2

 
slavia prague    -   arsenal              8.00  -   1.55
leading slavia striker vicek will not play tomorrow. how do they handle that? smicer is ready to play some part, but he makes no real difference on this level.
the arsenal coach wenger has decided to rest four of his regulars. fabregas, toure, hleb and rosicky will take no part in this encounter.
arsenal were 7-0 winners at the emirates stadium, and could be that wenger is confident of getting a positive result tomorrow. otherwise he would not be resting fabregas and the others. i guess that he is right, but i would not bet on it. (1.55) a draw is also a positive result, is it not?
slavia prague 0 arsenal 0

 
steaua bukarest   -   sevilla        5.50   -   1.75
only 7th in the romanian league at the moment, and with 2 league losses in their last 3 games - not the best of times for steaua. anew coach did not lead to any immediate improvement, it is plain to see.
last season sevilla won this fixture, 2-0. i am of course referring to the uefa cup semi final. surely steaua had a stronger squad at that moment than today, or they at least were in better form.
sevilla? on the right way definitely, but still vulnerable in their away fixtures.three defenders are missing tomorrow, crespo, boulahrouz and fazio, but definitely no big thing.
d. alves, dragutinovic, mosquera and adriano  -  they are ok with me. x2 should cover it!
steaua bukarest 0 sevilla 2