Manchester United v Chelsea preview: Bet365 free bets offer
It’s the first heavyweight clash of the Premier League season – and right on cue, Bet365 have decided to run an exclusive free bet offer.
Place a pre-match bet on the Manchester United v Chelsea game and Bet365 will give you a free In-Play bet to the same stake during the big match.
To qualify for your free In-Play bet, simply place a bet before kick-off, then once the game starts place another bet on any In-Play market.
It’s the latest offer for new customers from the online gaming giants and one which has proved very popular with punters in the past. The chance to lock in some profit through in-play betting has never been so enhanced.
The rapid rise of in-play betting has revolutionised the opportunities available to punters. When logging onto Bet365’s in-play betting engine, you’ll have over 70 In-Play markets to play with, including Next Goal, Match Goals, Total Corners, Half-Time Result and Full-Time Result.
Where has all the money been going in the build-up to this clash, then?
Simple: it’s been piling on Chelsea’s chances.
Jose Mourinho’s men have been all the rage in the betting markets all week with Bet365’s price of 9/4 still proving popular with Chelsea backers.
The Special One and Chelsea, back together after a messy divorce, look a potentially destructive combination at Old Trafford.
United have suffered 14 Premier League defeats against Chelsea – more than against any other side – while Mourinho has lost just two of his seven competitive games as a manager at Old Trafford (W3 D2 L2).
Stopping the threat of Robin van Persie will be high on Mourinho’s agenda and past trends suggest that the Dutchman struggles when the pressure is on him to deliver against Chelsea in front of his own fans.
Despite being in sensational form and scoring nine goals in his last eight Premier League appearances, van Persie has never scored a goal in a home game against Chelsea.
That’s nine games in the colours of Arsenal and United where the deadly Dutchman has struggled to find his shooting boots.
Van Persie is 4/1 to score first with Bet365 and 21/20 to bag at any time but the focus from punting circles regarding goalscoring betting has been firmly on one of the three Chelsea midfield musketeers that Mourinho will deploy behind the striker.
In the opening half against Hull City last weekend, Eden Hazard, Oscar and Kevin de Bruyne were unplayable at times. The Red Devils may decide to stick an extra defensive body in that area of the field in order to try and quell the threat; however, the prices on Hazard and Oscar to score look very appealing.
The Belgian international is 4/1 to score at any time, while Oscar has been very well backed with Bet365 around the 7/2 mark.
