It Could Get Messi - Free £20 bet

Last updated : 30 March 2010 By Paddy Power

It could be footballing nirvana or both teams could just cancel each other out and they could play out a 0-0, which wouldn’t be a bad result for The Gunenrs. It is important that they don’t let Barca get any form of advantage to take back to Camp Nou. Paddy Power make Arsenal 21/10 to win the first leg, which is a great price when you consider they have only been beaten once at home in the Champions League. The draw is available at 9/4.
 
21/10    Arsenal Win
9/4        Draw
13/10    Barcelona Win
 
If Barcelona repeat the feat of the 2006 final and come from behind to beat Arsenal in the first leg Paddy Power will refund all losing first/last goalscorers, correct score and scorecast bets on the match.

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It’s not the most exciting of bets but a 0-0 scoreline would be great result for Arsenal. No away goals conceded and the advantage to take into the second leg. It looks a massive price at 9/1, but it was the score when both AC Milan and Real Madrid came to North London and we all know what happened when Arsenal went out to the San Siro and the Bernabeu. Barca have also drawn 0-0 twice on the road in the Champions League already this season so it could be a third time lucky for The Gunners.
 
There’s some big prices to be had on an Arsenal win but keeping a clean sheet or going with a couple of goals in the bank could be the deciding factor in this tie.
 
Correct Score
9/1        Arsenal 1-0
14/1      Arsenal 2-0
9/1        Arsenal 2-1
35/1      Arsenal 3-0
20/1      Arsenal 3-1
 
9/1        0-0
11/2      1-1
10/1      2-2
 
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Thierry Henry returns to Arsenal this time with Barcelona for what will be an emotional night for the Gooner Legend. Spare a thought for Cesc Fabregas, Catalan born and bred and playing against his boyhood team. Paddy Power are betting on who from the current Arsenal team gets Thierry Henry’s shirt after the match and it’s the current and former captains that lead the market. It’s a 5/2 chance that Fabregas gets Henry’s shirt after the final whistle. If Cesc doesn’t play maybe Henry will throw into the crowd - that’s 18/1.
 
Who’ll get Henry’s Shirt?
5/2        Fabregas
9/2        Campbell
13/2      Walcott
15/2      Nasri
18/1      The Arsenal Crowd
 
Strangely for an Arsenal home game it’s a player from the away team who leads the scorer betting, but in Lionel Messi Barcelona have someone special. He’s 16/5 to score the first goal, which is obviously not good for anyone in the red and white at The Emirates, but he’s the one everyone in the world wants to see. Fabregas is fighting to be fit for the match and as Arsenal’s top scorer this season he will attract plenty of patriotic support at 15/2 for the opening goal. In the final of 2006 Arsenal took the lead thanks to a Sol Campbell header. He’s back at Arsenal now and can be backed at 14/1 to score a header in this match, four years later.
 
First Scorers
7/1        Bendtner
15/2      Arshavin
15/2      Eduardo
15/2      Fabregas
12/1      Nasri
18/1      Eboue
22/1      Vermaelen
 
16/5      Messi
11/2      Ibrahimovic
7/1        Henry
 
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