Football Betting: Another Manchester United bad European night at Old Trafford

Manchester United almost crashed out of Europe this week when throwing away a one goal lead against Ajax in a match they ended up losing 2-1. This could have caused an extremely embarrassing exit for a team that has been already axed from the Champions League this season.

It all started well with Javier Hernandez that was able to score early on: after the positive result at the Amsterdam Arena this goal put the Reds in complete control of the tie, trading at just 1.16 on the match odds market. But Ajax didn't want to go down without a fight and they managed to hit back before half-time with a good dive just from outside the box. Just three minutes of normal time United concede another goal and at this point just another Ajax goal would have put the Dutch team though.

Likely for Sir Alex Ferguson's men they run out of time and United limped through to the next round. The football market price so huge fluctuation with Ajax win that at one point was backed at a massive 150. United have delivered yet another poor European performance and are now just 4.50 to win this competition with rivals Manchester City that are the odds on favourites at 3.55. The third English team still in the competition was Stoke that had to make the tricky trip in Spain to face Valencia.

The hosts beat them 1-0 after being backed at 1.50 and this result was more than enough to see them through. Sporting Lisbon also managed to win over Legia Warsaw (the hosts matched at 5.10). One site worth keeping an eye on are Udinese. Even if they were held to a goalless draw in the first leg, they went away to PAOK Saloniki and won 3-0. They were matches at odds of 85.00 to win with this exact result and when they are in a good night they are capable of beating everyone.

They trade at 20.00 to win this year's Europa League and our suggestion is to use one of the many Free Bets that bookmakers give away to new customers, to ensure a huge profit if they will be the surprise package of this edition.