UEFA Champions League betting kicks off at PaddyPower, BetUS online sportsbooks

Tonight sees the start of the 2010 UEFA Champions League season with eight matches pitting some of the world’s favorite teams against one another.

By Thursday, a total of 20 matches will have been played to get things rolling in the big league – and online sportsbooks including PaddyPower and BetUS are ready to take your bets!

Though many of the games on tap in the early going are serious mismatches, a few faceoffs could give punters trouble in this first week of play. One close match figures to be played when Tottenham Spur travels to Germany to take on Werder Bremen: Bremen is a favorite here – getting 5/4 odds at PaddyPower and a +115 line at BetUS – but not by much. Tottenham is getting 9/4 and +235, respectively.

The tightest match on the board may be seen when UC Sampdoria of Genoa, Italy, meets PSV Eindhoven: PaddyPower is giving the Italian home team even odds against probably a better Dutch side receiving a 13/5 line.

For thousands of sports betting odds daily and live in-game betting during the UEFA Champions League season, we recommend BetUS for our American readers and PaddyPower for those outside the U.S. Both are great sportsbooks, so get in on the action for kickoff time!