Aston Villa have been pushed out to 12/1, from 10/1, to win the UEFA Cup after being handed a tricky group at yesterday’s (Tues) draw in Nyon.

Portsmouth, who bagged a glamour game with Italian giants AC Milan, are 4/1 to top their group, whilst Manchester City and Aston Villa are 7/4 and 13/8 respectively.

Premiership basement boys Tottenham Hotspur are 7/4 to finish top of the pile in their section. Under fire boss Juande Ramos is 11/4 not to be at the helm for the Lilywhites' first game on 23 October.

Spurs are 100/1 to win the competition and get relegated.

Ladbrokes spokesman, Nick Weinberg, said: “Ramos will be hoping that the UEFA Cup provides him with some respite following a torrid start to the season. But there are question marks about whether he'll have the opportunity to turn things around.”

Villa are 2/1 favourites to go furthest, out of the present English contingent, whilst the Premiership is 9/4 to provide the winner.

LATEST BETTING:

Winner:

Milan 9/2
Valencia 10/1
Aston Villa 12/1
Sevilla 12/1
Manchester City 14/1
Tottenham 16/1
Hamburg 20/1
Schalke 20/1
Udinese 25/1
Ajax 33/1
Benfica 33/1
CSKA Moscow 33/1
Portsmouth 33/1
Sampdoria 33/1
Standard Liege 33/1
Stuttgart 33/1

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Group betting:

Group A

Man City 7/4
Schalke 7/4
Paris SG 9/2
Racing 7/1
Twente 10/1

Group B

Benfica 15/8
Olympiakos 3/1
Hertha Berlin 10/3
Galatasaray 10/3
Metalist 14/1

Group C

Sevilla 11/10
Stuttgart 7/2
Sampdoria 4/1
Standard Liege 5/1
Partizan Belgrade 18/1

Group D

Tottenham 7/4
Udinese 5/2
Spartak Moscow 7/2
Dinamo Zagreb 7/1
NEC 7/1

Group E

AC Milan 4/7
Portsmouth 4/1
Wolfsburg 7/1
Braga 10/1
Heerenveen 12/1

Group F

Aston Villa 13/8
Hamburg 15/8
Ajax 7/2
Slavia Prague 6/1
Zilna 25/1

Group G

Valencia 8/13
St Etienne 6/1
Rosenborg 7/1
FC Copenhagen 7/1
Brugge 8/1

Group H

CSKA Moscow 13/8
Deportivo 5/2
Nancy 4/1
Feyenoord 9/2
Lech Poznan 12/1

Nationality of the winner:

English 9/4
Spanish 4/1
Italian 6/1
German 5/1
Russian 10/1
French 12/1
Portuguese 16/1
Dutch 12/1

Which English team will go furthest in the UEFA Cup (only these four count):

Aston Villa 2/1
Tottenham 9/4
Man City 9/4
Portsmouth 5/1

Tottenham to win the UEFA Cup and be relegated? 100/1

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