talkSPORT tips – Best football bets and expert advice for Wednesday 29 July

European club knockout action takes centre stage on Wednesday with Larne flying the flag for the UK.

The Northern Ireland side are off to Serbia to take on Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade in the second leg of their Champions League second qualifying round tie, but with a 4-0 deficit to overturn the damage to their chances is probably already done.

There are eight Champions League ties and three more from the Conference League and we have three bets from across the card.

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Bet of the Day – Draw or AGF Double Chance @ Evens

Danish champs AGF are back in the Champions League for the first time since 1987/88 – but it looks like their stay in the tournament is going to be short-lived.

Jakob Poulsen’s men shot themselves in the foot in the first leg against Lech Poznan with keeper Jensen Hansen sent off in the 37th minute.

The Danes, playing at neutral Randers, were 1-0 down at the time but with the man disadvantage would go on to lose 4-1.

That’s left the boys from Aarhus a mountain to climb in Poland against Dane Niels Frederiksen’s men – but back them to hold their own.

They were certainly the better team before Hansen’s dismissal and can surely take heart from the fact that Lech, despite being crowned Polish champions, conceded more goals at home last term than every side other than bottom club LCS.

Lech are odds-on shots but take the Draw or AGF Double Chance option at evens.

Bet Builder

Crvena Zvezda to Win Each Half, Over 3.5 Goals, Over 6.5 Crvena Zvezda Corners, Under 2.5 Larne Corners @ 4/1

Larne were schooled but not surprised when they ran into a rampant Red Star in the Champions League last week and surely it only gets worse in the return.

To be fair to the Northern Irishman the damage has been done with Crvena Zvezda – as the Serb powers are known – running out 4-0 winners at Inver Park.

That could mean boss Dejan Stankovic wheels out a few fringe players – like Ghana international Osman Bukari or Austria World Cup ace Marko Arnautovic. It doesn’t get any easier for Larne.

The Serbs had 26 chances to Larne’s one in the away leg, eight corners to Larne’s none and won both halves.

Take the host side to win both halves again, win more than 6.5 corners and for Larne to win under 2.5.

And complete the Bet Builder with the match producing over 3.5 goals. Red Star’s three games this season have produced five, four and four goals – all wins – and they just look merciless.

Acca

Over 3 Iberia 1999 Tbilisi Corners, FC Copenhagen vs Polissya Zhytomyr Over 2.5 Goals After 75:00, Rapid Vienna & Over 1.5 Goals vs FC Santa Coloma, Dukagjin or Draw Double Chance @ 13/1

Georgian aces Iberia 1999 Tbilisi may just have blown their qualification prospects courtesy of a 2-0 home loss to Slovan Bratislava in the Champions League.

But they gave it a real go, will have to do so again in Slovakia and, having chalked up eight corners at home, make the first leg of your Wednesday acca Iberia winning over three corners in the return tie.

Complete the Bet Builder from the trio of Conference League games with Copenhagen and Polissya Zhytomyr producing over 2.5 goals by the 75 minute mark of their tie.

The first game in neutral Slovakia saw a grand total of 31 shots. The game finished 3-3 and was 2-2 after 75 minutes.

Rapid Vienna were 3-1 winners over Andorra’s Santa Coloma and can complete the double in Austria in a game featuring at least another two goals.

Finally, FC Lugano made hard work of pipping Dukagjin 1-0 in Switzerland and will find it even harder in Kosovo where the Swiss are a lay.

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