UEFA Cup betting: Werder 25/1 to eliminate Hamburg on penalties
UEFA Cup betting takes on a distinctly domestic flavour on Thursday, when two German and two Ukrainian clubs face off in the first leg of the semi-finals.
Bitter north German rivals, Werder Bremen, take on Hamburg, just days after Werder eliminated Martin Jol's side from the DFB Pokal on penalty kicks. Werder Bremen are favourites in the Uefa Cup Betting at 2/1. Sky Bet quote 25/1 that Werder also eliminate Hamburg from the UEFA Cup on penalties.
Having lost four out of their last eight league matches, Hamburg are 100/30 outsiders with Sky Bet to beat Werder at the Weserstadion (Bremen 5/6, draw 5/2).
Bet on football with Sky Bet and discover a wide range of additional UEFA Cup betting markets. Sky Bet is offering odds on which of the four teams will score most goals on Thursday and make Werder Bremen 5/4 favourites. Werder have scored three or more goals on six occasions since the beginning of March, while Hamburg (4/1) have the worst goal difference in the Bundesliga. Ukrainian outfit, Dynamo Kyiv, are 2/1 second favourites to be the highest scoring team on Thursday, having scored 61 goals in the Ukrainian Premier League, which is nearly twice as many as rivals Shaktar (11/2).
By the time Hamburg and Werder Bremen meet in the Bundesliga on May 10th, they will have played each other four times in just under three weeks. Sky Bet offer 33/1 for Hamburg to win both the UEFA Cup semi-finals and the upcoming league clash. It's 7/1 for Werder to win all three matches.
Betting on the UEFA Cup finalists is also on offer, with a Werder v Dynamo showdown a 9/4 chance. A Ukrainian winner is quoted at 6/5, with a German victor available at 8/13.