Champions League: Arsenal on brink of another group qualification
Published:Arsenal have hit a rich vein of domestic form and this can be continued in Europe to send them through to the knockout stages of the Champions League.
Arsene Wenger’s team have won their last five Premier League fixtures to get their top-four aspirations back on track and boost morale within the squad.
A victory over Borussia Dortmund would be another boost as it mean 13 straight seasons in the Champions League knockout rounds and this result can be backed at 19/20.
Arsenal have also won their last five home games with German opponents and are unbeaten in 25 in total in the competition on their own patch.
However, Dortmund had by far the better of it when they hosted Arsenal earlier in the competition and also head to the Emirates high on confidence having beaten Bayern Munich away in the Bundesliga over the weekend.
Meanwhile, the reigning Bundesliga champions have a habit of winning crunch matches with English opposition, most notable were their two victories over Manchester United in the 1996/97 Champions League semi finals.
Dortmund are 11/4 in the Champions League odds to beat Arsenal, with the draw available at 5/2.
Robin Van Persie has been scoring for fun this season for Arsenal and is 7/2 to be the first goalscorer. Punters backing Van Persie or any other player to score first will also have their stake refunded if their chosen player does not score first but does find the net at any point within the 90 minutes.
If Dortmund fail to win, Marseille can also qualify from the other Group F if they beat Olympiakos.
Marseille have won all three of their previous meetings with the Greek champions and are 8/15 to prevail again on home soil.
Olympiakos are not completely dead and buried though and are 6/1 In the Champions League odds to triumph and keep alive their slim hopes of qualification.
