So, what is happening in Europe's club competitions?

Fear not, the international break is nearly over and we can return to the safety of club football. Like in the Premier League, the tables across Europe's top leagues are starting to settle down into something we can recognise. We also have only two Champions League group games left, and some of the teams have already qualified for the knockout stages. 

That said, it now feels like a great time to take a look at the outright markets for the Champions League and Europe’s top leagues.

UEFA Champions League

Manchester City have been the favourites to win the Champions League ever since they lifted the trophy for the first time in June. It is easy to see why City are favourites to go back-to-back, they are a fantastic team who have won three Premier League titles in a row. They now have the experience of winning one to help guide them through the latter stages. They are currently at 3.2 and have already qualified for the knockout stages.

The lack of challenge to City’s crown shows the absence of top quality teams at the moment. Harry Kane’s Bayern Munich are second favourite at 5.1 and then Jude Bellingham’s Real Madrid follow close behind at 7.8. So the chance of at least one Englishmen going into the Euros on the back of a win in this competition is relatively high.

Bundesliga

Despite being two points off the top of the table, Bayern Munich are strong favourites to win the competition for the 12th consecutive year at 1.29. Leverkusen, who are currently top, are second favourite at 4.4. The story of last season was the remarkable rise of Union Berlin who finished fourth and qualified to the Champions League. They went into the season with title odds of 110.0, but currently sit bottom of the table and are now at 210.0.

LaLiga

Just like in Germany, the title favourites are not at the top of the table. Girona currently sit two points clear of Real Madrid after 13 matches, yet are priced at 15.5 to win the title. Madrid are the favourites at 1.66. Their El Clasico rivals Barcelona, were right behind them at 2.34 until the announcement that star midfielder Gavi will miss the rest of the season with an ACL injury. They have drifted to 3.5 as a result. 

Serie A 

Inter Milan’s strong start to the season sees them sitting two points clear at the top of Serie A. They are the favourites to win Serie A for a 20th time which would see them overtake archrivals AC Milan. They are currently priced at 1.56, but were 3.5 on the opening day of the season. Juventus are in hot pursuit and can be found at 3.84. They were 6.4 when the season started. Last season’s champions Napoli, were at 3.5 to go back-to-back, but their poor start to the season sees them now at 15.0. Last week they announced Walter Mazzarri as their new manager.

Ligue 1

It is tight at the top of Ligue 1, PSG lead by one point from Nice who also have AS Monaco just two points behind them. However, the markets see this as a two horse race between PSG and 2020/21 champions OSC Lille. Lille are currently seven points off the pace, but can be found at 4.1. Nice and Monaco are at 12.0 to 14.0 respectively. PSG lead the race at 1.16.