Manchester United v Schalke 04 Betting Specials

Manchester United face Schalke 04 tonight live on ITV at 7:45pm in the second-leg of their Champions League semi-final. United put in a superb display last week in Germany and came away with a fully deserved 2-0 win, courtesy of goals from Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney. The Red Devils dominated from start to finish and are odds on favourites at 1/2 to win again tonight and seal their passage through to the final against Barcelona. If you place a bet on any goalscorer market in the match and the match finishes 0-0 then Stan James will refund your money as a free-bet.

With one eye on their potentially title deciding Premier League match against Chelsea on Sunday, Sir Alex Ferguson may rest a couple of his key players, and the Scot is rumoured to be starting with Dimitar Berbatov. The Bulgarian international will be eager to impress after being out of favour recently and can be backed at 7/2 to open the scoring and 20/1 to bag himself a hat-trick. Michael Owen is also set to take some part in the match and is available at 4/1 to score the last goal of the game. United legend Ryan Giggs opened the scoring last Tuesday and Stan James have him priced at 15/2 to do the same tonight.

Schalke face a near-impossible task of progressing through to the final at Wembley as no team has ever qualifed after losing their first match at home 2-0. However, this is the same team who destroyed Inter Milan 5-2 at the San Siro a few weeks ago, and you never know, football is a very unpredictable game. If they have even a slight possibility of progressing they will need their strikers to play the game of their lives. Raul has tormented United on several occasions in the past and the all-time Champions League goalscorer is available at 8/1 to notch the first goal of the night. Jefferson Farfan at 3/1 and Edu at 10/3 can be backed with Stan James to score any anytime during the match.

It will be a close game but you feel United have the experience, talent and professionalism to clinch it, with a 2-1 home win a likely outcome at 6/1 with Stan James.

Match Betting Odds

• 1/2 – Manchester United
• 6/1 – Schalke 04
• 10/3 – Draw

To Qualify to the Champions League final

• 1/80 – Manchester United
• 16/1 – Schalke 04

Match Specials

• 17/1 – Dimitar Berbatov opens the scoring and Manchester United win 2-0
• 15/4 – Manchester United to win by three or more goals
• 80/1 – Schalke 04 win 3-1

All odds courtesy of Stan James