Tuesday 13th September 2011

Borussia Dortmund v Arsenal

This looks like a tough start for the Gunners, especially on the back of their heavy defeat
at the hands of Manchester United in the Premier League. Current Bundesliga Champions
Borussia Dortmund are quietly fancied to do well in this season's Champions League
following some excellent performances in their domestic league last season.

Three matches in and there are already a few things we know about the Premiership.

1 That Manchester United will hit double figures against some poor unfortunates this season

2 Thanks to some serious spending QPR might just end up being the second most successful West London club this season

3 Gary Cahill will go in the January transfer window for £20 million plus

4 There are at least a dozen commentators hoping that Denis Stracqualursi isn't a success at Everton

5 Shane Long might just make the difference between West Brom staying up

So on to this week's games brought to you in conjunction with our betting sponsors www.

When the fixture computer plucked out Arsenal v Swansea for Saturday 10th September, most Arsenal fans could have been forgiven for thinking of not just of an easy three points from this early season fixture – but also about a goal fest!

But given the Gunners recent poor performances Arsenal fans are nervously looking over their shoulders – could Swansea do the impossible and win at the Emirates?

Mikel Arteta is poised to make his Arsenal debut against Swansea in the Premier League at the Emirates today and it could be worth a flutter on the Spaniard scoring the first goal. You can have FREE £20 bet on this thanks to our partnership with Unibet. And they go 9.0 for him to score first goal and 3.

Arsenal travel to Germany tomorrow to play the opening Group F Champions League match against Borussia Dortmund.

If you fancy Arsene Wenger's men, buoyed by the arrival of Mikel Arteta and Per Mertesacker amongts others, to win the group it may be worth taking Unibet's 11/10 on them before the two teasm clash – because if the Gunners were to get a win they would sure to trading odds on.

Arsenal travel Blackburn tomorrow and it promises to be a difficult game, as Rovers have caused problems for Arsene Wenger's team in the past; in the last six encounters away from North London Arsenal have failed to win on three occasions.

Robin Van Persie is in decent form and Gervinho will want to get amongst the goals at Ewood Park.

Weekend Bets: Back United to beat Chelsea and Liverpool to beat Tottenham - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

After a midweek that saw only one British side win in Europe, we're back to a fantastic weekend of Premier League action, with the headline matches on Sunday as Manchester United take on Chelsea at Old Trafford and Liverpool travel to White Hart Lane to meet Tottenham.

Arsenal take on Shrewsbury tonight at the Emirates in the Carling Cup with plenty of the youngsters given their chance to shine. And the inclusion of the starlets makes for an interesting book on the game. More experienced players such as Ju Young Park and Yossi Benayoun will be joined by the likes of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Ryo Miyaichi in the squad.

Arsenal take on Bolton at the Emirates, and despite a 3-1 win by a second XI over Shrewsbury in the Carling Cup on Tuesday, the Wenger Boys still have plenty of points to prove.

Arsenal are short priced favourites with all bookmakers for their game against Bolton, but once again Unibet offer you the very biggest odds on the planet!

Robin van Persie will be chasing yet more goals when Arsenal get back into action in the Champions League against Olympiakos tonight.

And for the third consecutive game Unibet are offering the biggest odds about Arsenal winning a match 2-0 at 7.25 (27/4)!

This time around Arsenal play the Greeks at the Emirates in what is their second Champions League this season and the Gunners are 1.