Punters are favouring the underdogs ahead of the Europa League Final in Stockholm.
Only a few years ago, the majority of the betting public wouldn’t hesitate in backing Manchester United at even money to beat Dutch giants Ajax. However, the well documented demise of United since the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson has meant qualifying for the Champions League is no longer a luxury for the English club. Even though the popular opinion among pundits is that United will win tonight, bettors are thinking otherwise.
Not even the inviting even money price tag can attract the punters to the Red Devils with just over 45% of money staked on the match have been on Ajax, compared to 41% on Manchester United. In this week alone, Oddschecker have seen 63% of bets being placed on Ajax to win the trophy.
It’s expected that Ajax would be popular with punters, given the unpopularity of the Red Devils with English football fans but it's still surprising to see the volume of money for the Dutch club.
Kasper Dolberg is being backed the be thorn in the English club's side and he's the second most popular pick in the first goal scorer market behind United striker Marcus Rashford. Ajax’s main goal threat is 15/2 to bag the first.
Jose Mourinho’s tactics this season have been to shut up shop at the back, and it’s not surprising that Manchester United to win 1-0 has been backed three times more than any other outcome.
