With Manchester United and Manchester City both competing in the Champions League together for the first time in their history Victor Chandler have come up with some novelty ‘rivals’ bets on how the pair will fare in this week’s fixtures.

City travel to Munich to face a Bayern side who haven’t conceded a goal in their last nine games while United face a home tie against lowly Basel. Looking at these fixtures you would think it’s two home wins on the cards, but with City’s potent strikeforce you just never know. Here’s how VCbet sees things panning out and the prices available for the other ‘rivals’ bets on offer this midweek…

Man Utd To Win – Man City To Lose 11/8
Man City To Win – Man Utd To Lose 75/1
Cheslea To Win – Arsenal To Lose 25/1
Arsenal To Win – Chelsea To Lose  13/4
Barcelona To Win – Real Madrid To Lose 16/1
Real Madrid To Win – Barcelona To Lose 25/1
Villarreal To Win – Valencia To Lose 11/1
Valencia To Win – Villarreal To Lose 9/2
Inter To Win – Ac Milan To Lose 40/1
Ac Milan To Win – Inter To Lose 13/4
Lille To Win – Lyon To Lose 28/1
Lyon To Win – Lille To Lose 3/1

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Betfred are offering plenty of specials for this midweeks Champions League action. The Bonus King, Fred Done, continues to make placing your first goalscorer bets with his firm very appealing with his Double Delight and Hat-Trick Heaven offers where he will pay out DOUBLE odds should your chosen player score the first goal and then go on to to score two and TREBLE the price should he bag a hat-trick.

With so much fire-power on show in the much anticipated Bayern Munich v Manchester City tussle it could be tricky to find the player who will bag the first, but there is sure to be goals in this encounter. Bayern have been on fire so far this season and have won their last nine fixtures without conceding a goal, so Djeko, Aquero and Co could have their work cut out in finding the net first in this one. Mario Gomez has been scoring for fun so far this season and is a tasty 9-2 to bag the opener. Thomas Muller (6-1), Toni Kroos (8-1) and Daniel Van Buyten (12-1) have been in amongst the goals so far and  it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that Gomez will continue his formidable scoring run having returned from injury in the weekend victory over Bayer Leverkusen.

City’s threat up front has been clear for all to see so far this season. Sergio Aquero (13-2) has had a superb start to life in English football and along with Edin Djeko (13-2) they have struck up a decent partnership, one that is likely to start the game. If Roberto Mancini decides to mix it up a bit then Carlos Tevez (7-1) will most certainly get some game time after being left on the bench in their recent win over Everton as Mario Balotelli is suspended for this match.

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Paddy Power are offering a Money-Back Special for four big games this weekend if you like a bet on the 1st/Last Goalscorer, Correct Score and Scorecast markets. If either Wayne Rooney, Sergio Aquero, Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo score a double in their respective games all losing bets on that match will be refunded.

Man City are at home to Everton in the early Premier League kick off while Man United travel to Stoke with Rooney looking to continue his amazing goalscoring run at the start of this season and become the first United player to score in the opening six matches.

In Spain, both Real Madrid and Barcelona are at home, with Ronaldo’s Madrid facing lowly Rayo Vallecano and Barca up against stronger opposition in Atletico Madrid. Both Spanish giants haven’t been firing on all cylinders of late but you can never rule out a goal rush when these teams take to the field so Paddy Power may well end up paying out on one or both of these offers.

The most likely match to be refunded for us has to be the Man City v Everton one with the Citizens looking to get back on track after last week’s draw away to Fulham and with Aquero being in such great form.

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Betfred have just launched their new all singing, all dancing site and we’re really liking what we’re seeing with it. It’s clean, well laid out and the drop-down menus make things nice and simple. Big thumbs up to Fred for improving the superb service he offers.

This weekend sees the man himself offering his Double Delight and Hat-trick Heaven goalscorer specials on three of the live televised matches. If you place a first-goalscorer bet on the Stoke v Man United game on Saturday evening, the QPR v Aston Villa match on Sunday afternoon or Monday night’s battle between Norwich and Sunderland then you have a chance to double and treble your dough! If your chosen player scores the first goal and then goes on to bag a double, it’s DOUBLE the odds, if he scores a hat-trick then it’s TREBLE.

There’s nothing to suggest that the likes of Wayne Rooney, DJ Campbell or Nicklas Bendtner couldn’t bag more than one goal in these fixtures so if you like a first goalscorer punt on the live games then it pays to bet with Betfred to take advantage of this fantastic special offer.

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Wayne Rooney heads to the Potteries tomorrow looking to become the first ever Man United player to score in the first six matches of the start of a season. The on-fire front man faces a stiff task though as he also aims to break his duck of never having scored against Stoke in the Premier League, the only club he has not scored against. To acknowledge the importance of this fixture to Rooney BODOG have a great opening offer for new customers this weekend.

Open a new account with BODOG before the game kicks off at 5.30pm, place a bet of up to £50 on the match and if Wayne Rooney scores his historic sixth goal in a row for the Red Devils, BODOG will refund all losing stakes.

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With the 2011 Rugby World Cup almost upon us Victor Chandler are offering a Money-Back Special on the outright betting for the tournament.

If England can emulate the great side of2003 and bring the trophy home then Victor Chandler will refund all losing outright bets on this market as a free bet. The offer is up to a maximum stake of £100 and your bet needs to be placed before the tournament kicks off on Friday. With the All Blacks the huge favourites to win, England are currently priced 14-1 with Victor Chandler to achieve this feat.

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With Wimbledon 2011 almost upon us, the annual hype is building for Andy Murray to become the first Brit to win the Mens Singles title since Fred Perry in 1936. Murray’s Mound will be bursting at the seams tomorrow as the Scot sets out on his quest to follow up his recent win in the Aegon Championships at Queen’s Club.

Bookies can’t decide a favourite this year, with the usual suspects Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal both trading around the 2/1 mark. Murray is a best-priced 6/1 shot with Betfred and William Hill, which is pretty short odds considering the dominance of the top two in this tournament. Murray has been drawn in the same section as Nadal, so if the big Scotsman is to make the Final he’s going to have to really be at the peak of his game before the deciding match of the tournament.

If you are wary of Murray but fancy one of the other players then Victor Chandler may be the place to bet. They have come up with a great money-back special where if either Andy Murray or Womens’ World No 1 Caroline Wozniacki win their respective Wimbledon singles titles, VCbet will refund all losing tournament outright bets as a free bet up to £100.

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Betfred will refund your losing stakes as free bets up to £250 if your selection finishes as runner-up to either Roger Federer or Andy Murray in the Mens Singles at Wimbledon.

The same rule applies in the Women’s tournament where if your selection loses to either Serena or Venus Williams in the Final you will get your stake back in free bets up to the value of £250.

Betfred also offer a £50 Free Bet to new customers

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Victor Chandler are offering a free bet offer on all the matches in the European Under 21 Championship currently being played in Denmark.

Place a first goalscorer bet on any of the games and if your player fails to score the opener, but nets the second goal of the game VCbet will refund your stake as a free bet up to a maximum of £100. Tonight’s games see Switzerland taking on Iceland and Denmark playing Belarus. Tomorrow, England attempt to get a victory against Ukraine after their opening draw with Spain, who take on the Czech Republic.

If you’re feeling the withdrawl effects of the season being over and fancy a punt on any of the first goalscorer markets then Victor Chandler is your place to bet to give yourself that added  chance of getting your stake back should your bet go down.

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Victor Chandler have come up with a great offer if you like a bet on the golf, especially with the US Open coming up this week. If you place a pre-tournament bet on any player during either PGA or European golf tournaments and they fail to win but manage a hole-in-one during the tournament VCbet will pay out as a WINNER!!

You may think this is highly unlikely but so far this season there has been TWENTY hole-in-ones recorded and paid out on by Victor Chandler at odds of up to 500-1!! Here is a list of the players who have struck lucky so far and the prices Victor paid out on…

05/02/11: Jared Lyle, Phoenix Open – Odds: 200/1
10/02/11: David Howell, Dubai Desert Classic – Odds: 80/1
11/02/11: Keith Horne, Dubai Desert Classic – Odds: 200/1
11/02/11: Nick O’Hern, Pebble Beach – Odds: 200/1
12/02/11: Raphael Jacquelin, Dubai Desert Classic – Odds: 150/1
12/02/11: Sung-Hoon Kang, Pebble Beach – Odds: 300/1
13/02/11: Alvaro Quiros, Dubai Desert Classic – Odds: 16/1
17/02/11: Maarten Lafeber, Avantha Masters – Odds: 100/1
17/03/11: Cameron Tringale, Transitions Ch’ship – Odds: 250/1
19/03/11: Scott Stallings, Transitions Ch’ship – Odds: 500/1
26/03/11: Julio Zapata, Andalucia Open – Odds: 250/1
03/04/11: David Horsey, Hassan Trophy – Odds: 50/1
22/04/11: Daniel Summerhays, The Heritage – Odds: 500/1
12/05/11: Mark Brown, Iberdrola Open – Odds: 150/1
12/05/11: Erik Tage Johansson, Iberdrola Open – Odds: 250/1
22/05/11: Jim Furyk, Crowne Plaza Invitational – Odds: 28/1
03/06/11: Elliot Saltman, Saab Wales Open – Odds: 200/1
03/06/11: Steve Stricker, The Memorial Tournament – Odds: 28/1
09/06/11: Rafa Echenique, Italian Open – Odds: 125/1
10/06/11: Marcus Fraser, Italian Open – Odds: 50/1

If you like a bet on golf, especially by backing outsiders at a long price then it’s well worth your while to place these bets with Victor Chandler in the knowledge that should your man flounder but strike lucky in getting a hole-in-one you’ll have a chance of being paid out as though he won the tournament.

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