The Champions League is back and one of the biggest fixtures in world football our way and with it another great betting highlight as Barcelona makes the trip to Paris to facePSG. Barca as is usually the case lead the betting, but will they have enough to take the 1st leg result? With the men from the Camp Nou picking up results everywhere they go in their quest for silverware come the final days of May. Will Leo Messi scoring again be the bet? Or will all the money fly in on bets for the usual goal bonanza that seems to follow the Catalan giants everywhere?

For the first time in many a year the UK doesn't have any representative in the last eight of the Champions League, but far from detracting away from the competition, the quarter final line up, promises to be one of the best for many a year. If the betting is to be believed, Bayern will be in the final come May. Since the draw was made the betting world was unanimous that these upcoming ties promise to be one of the highlights of this years competition.

Another big game at the business end of the Premier League heads our way, as Everton head south to take on the Gunners in one of the highlights of this weekends UK football calendar. Who will prove the predictors right, as the betting world waits in anticipation for what surely will be one of the closest games of 2013 so far. Arsenal as has been the case for the main part of the Premier League's brief history continue to challenge the best around when it comes to playing on home soil, and always run the best in the division close when it comes to fixtures as big as this.

Manchester United welcome Aston Villa to Old Trafford and if history is anything to go by, they will be very happy to welcome one of their favorite fixtures on the fixture list and the betting public amongst us will also be well aware of their terrific record against the men from Villa Park.