Wednesday Football Tips: Back Benzema and Borre in Super Cup Bet Builder

Real Madrid v Eintracht Frankfurt
Wednesday 10 August, 20:00 kick-off
Live on BT Sport 1

Helsinki is the perhaps surprising venue for the Uefa Super Cup as Champions League winners Real Madrid face Europa League champions Eintracht Frankfurt.

It's the first competitive meeting between the two since Real Madrid won a fifth straight European Cup with a 7-3 success over the Germans in the 1960 final.

Frankfurt have a slight edge here in terms of fitness as they've played a league and cup game already, although it's hard to take anything other than a fitness boost out of their 6-1 hammering by Bayern Munich at the weekend.

Real are unlikely to batter Oliver Glasner's side like Bayern did, and the Eintracht coach has spoken about how seriously they're taking this game which marks their debut season in the modern Champions League format.

That passion should make for a competitive game, and a bet to look out for is Real new signing Antonio Rudiger to commit two fouls or more at 2.89/5.

If he starts the game this is worth a look, as he gave away 41 fouls in 33 games for Chelsea in the league last season and a further 12 fouls in just over nine games in the Champions League.

Rudiger also gave away two fouls in last year's Super Cup so there's a nice symmetry there.

We can't combine that in a Bet Builder though, and he may well start this game on the bench, so we'll look elsewhere.

There's plenty of potential for goals, and while Frankfurt will put in a shift they're not exactly rock solid at the back, and with Real maybe not at full speed before their season has started, it may pay to back over 3.5 goals despite it being the outsider of the two.

It's hard to see any big game where Karim Benzema doesn't score - and he'll have plenty of backers for the 3/1 on him to score first as an OddsBoost on the Sportsbook.

We'll play it safe with the Frenchman just backed to score, and to finish off our selections we're playing Frankfurt striker Rafael Borre to hit the target.

The Colombian finished off last season with goals in his last three games - hitting the target at least once in five of his last six.