How do you get to those predictions regarding TV picks for the Round of 16 man utd 09?
Five's first pick could quite easily be Juventus-Fulham in the first leg. It depends on which of the two matches that involve English teams kick off in the evening. Uefa haven't announced that yet and I'm sure the English teams will be divided into the two time slots. And the first choice for Five in the second leg will be the other tie with English involvement, which will also kick off in the evening a week later.
And if we continue to have double headers on ITV and ESPN in the Round of 16 (for each legs), why have you got 4 matches on ESPN?
I would guess Five would take the two 8.05pm ties involving the English teams over the two legs.
The two 6pm matches involving the English teams over the two legs would be shared between ESPN and ITV (depending on who has second and third choice), which leaves three other matches that could be shown. (Will ITV do a double-header when in one of those weeks they won't have any English team?)
For the other three games, it depends on the kick-off times. I would personally pick in the following order:
(1) Benfica-Marseille, (2) Valencia-Bremen, (3) Atletico-Sporting, (4) Humburg-Anderlecht, (5) Rubin-Wolfsburg*, (6) Panathinaikos-Standard.
* The first leg in Russia may have an early afternoon kick off and may therefore be an additional live game on ESPN?