European club football makes a return this week, following the international break and there are some great fixtures to look forward to in the Europa League on Thursday night. The tournament is at the quarter-final stage with Spain, Germany, England, Ukraine, Portugal and Czech Republic all being represented.
The pick of the quarter-final games, has to be the meeting between Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp heads back to the Westfalenstadion with a Liverpool team, who defeated Manchester United in the previous round. However, Dortmund look a much tougher prospect and Thomas Tuchel’s team are unbeaten in their last 16 games in all competitions and have won their last 5. Liverpool on the other hand, have failed to win any of their last 3 matches and could only pick up a point at home to Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on the weekend, the team Dortmund brushed aside in the last round.
It’s very rare Dortmund do not score goals when playing at home and they are 5/4 to win, with over 2.5 goals scored in the match. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is in hot, goalscoring form and you can get 10/3 with SkyBet for the Gabon striker to grab the opening goal.
The other match, which appears to have a clear favourite, is the meeting between Villarreal and Sparta Prague. The Czech team secured a great result away at Lazio in the previous round but if truth be told, the home team did not put up much of a fight. With their tight defence and playing at home, expect the Spanish team to win this match without conceding, which is available at 11/8 with BetVictor.
The games, which are Athletic Club vs Sevilla and Sporting Braga vs Shakhtar Donetsk, are more difficult to predict. The all Spanish affair has the potential to go either way, with neither team particularly showing any good form ahead of the meeting. However, Athletic Club have proved difficult to beat at home, with only Barcelona, Real Madrid and Real Sociedad leaving the San Mames with victories this season. In conjunction with that, Sevilla have failed to win any of their last 8 away games in all competitions and Athletic Club are 3/1 with StanJames to win by a 1 goal margin.
Finally, we come to the meeting between Sporting Braga and Shakhtar Donetsk. Sitting fourth in the Primeira League table, Braga suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of league leaders Benfica at the weekend, not ideal preparation. However, they are undefeated at home in their last 13 games, including comprehensive wins over Fenerbahce and Porto. Meanwhile, Shakhtar took Metalist apart in their domestic league at the weekend, scoring 8 goals in the process and have generally faired well away from home this season. That being said, despite the 3-0 win at Schalke in the Europa League, it’s been the European games where away defeats have come.
Expect Braga to bounce back from their defeat against Benfica in-front of their own fans and they are 9/2 with Bet365 to win, with both teams to score. Taison has been in the goals recently for Shakhtar, including a hat-trick on the weekend and can be backed at 31/10 with BoyleSports to score at any time during the game.
There are some intriguing games ahead of us in the Europa League this week, with a number of teams considering themselves in with a chance of winning the competition. With Champions European club football makes a return this week, following the international break and there are some great fixtures to look forward to in the Europa League on Thursday night. The tournament is at the quarter-final stage with Spain, Germany, England, Ukraine, Portugal and Czech Republic all being represented.
The pick of the quarter-final games, has to be the meeting between Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp heads back to the Westfalenstadion with a Liverpool team, who defeated Manchester United in the previous round. However, Dortmund look a much tougher prospect and Thomas Tuchel’s team are unbeaten in their last 16 games in all competitions and have won their last 5. Liverpool on the other hand, have failed to win any of their last 3 matches and could only pick up a point at home to Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on the weekend, the team Dortmund brushed aside in the last round.
It’s very rare Dortmund do not score goals when playing at home and they are 5/4 to win, with over 2.5 goals scored in the match. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is in hot, goalscoring form and you can get 10/3 with SkyBet for the Gabon striker to grab the opening goal.
The other match, which appears to have a clear favourite, is the meeting between Villarreal and Sparta Prague. The Czech team secured a great result away at Lazio in the previous round but if truth be told, the home team did not put up much of a fight. With their tight defence and playing at home, expect the Spanish team to win this match without conceding, which is available at 11/8 with BetVictor.
The games, which are Athletic Club vs Sevilla and Sporting Braga vs Shakhtar Donetsk, are more difficult to predict. The all Spanish affair has the potential to go either way, with neither team particularly showing any good form ahead of the meeting. However, Athletic Club have proved difficult to beat at home, with only Barcelona, Real Madrid and Real Sociedad leaving the San Mames with victories this season. In conjunction with that, Sevilla have failed to win any of their last 8 away games in all competitions and Athletic Club are 3/1 with StanJames to win by a 1 goal margin.
Finally, we come to the meeting between Sporting Braga and Shakhtar Donetsk. Sitting fourth in the Primeira League table, Braga suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of league leaders Benfica at the weekend, not ideal preparation. However, they are undefeated at home in their last 13 games, including comprehensive wins over Fenerbahce and Porto. Meanwhile, Shakhtar took Metalist apart in their domestic league at the weekend, scoring 8 goals in the process and have generally faired well away from home this season. That being said, despite the 3-0 win at Schalke in the Europa League, it’s been the European games where away defeats have come.
Expect Braga to bounce back from their defeat against Benfica in-front of their own fans and they are 9/2 with Bet365 to win, with both teams to score. Taison has been in the goals recently for Shakhtar, including a hat-trick on the weekend and can be backed at 31/10 with BoyleSports to score at any time during the game.
There are some intriguing games ahead of us in the Europa League this week, with a number of teams considering themselves in with a chance of winning the competition. With Champions European club football makes a return this week, following the international break and there are some great fixtures to look forward to in the Europa League on Thursday night. The tournament is at the quarter-final stage with Spain, Germany, England, Ukraine, Portugal and Czech Republic all being represented.
The pick of the quarter-final games, has to be the meeting between Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp heads back to the Westfalenstadion with a Liverpool team, who defeated Manchester United in the previous round. However, Dortmund look a much tougher prospect and Thomas Tuchel’s team are unbeaten in their last 16 games in all competitions and have won their last 5. Liverpool on the other hand, have failed to win any of their last 3 matches and could only pick up a point at home to Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on the weekend, the team Dortmund brushed aside in the last round.
It’s very rare Dortmund do not score goals when playing at home and they are 5/4 to win, with over 2.5 goals scored in the match. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is in hot, goalscoring form and you can get 10/3 with SkyBet for the Gabon striker to grab the opening goal.
The other match, which appears to have a clear favourite, is the meeting between Villarreal and Sparta Prague. The Czech team secured a great result away at Lazio in the previous round but if truth be told, the home team did not put up much of a fight. With their tight defence and playing at home, expect the Spanish team to win this match without conceding, which is available at 11/8 with BetVictor.
The games, which are Athletic Club vs Sevilla and Sporting Braga vs Shakhtar Donetsk, are more difficult to predict. The all Spanish affair has the potential to go either way, with neither team particularly showing any good form ahead of the meeting. However, Athletic Club have proved difficult to beat at home, with only Barcelona, Real Madrid and Real Sociedad leaving the San Mames with victories this season. In conjunction with that, Sevilla have failed to win any of their last 8 away games in all competitions and Athletic Club are 3/1 with StanJames to win by a 1 goal margin.
Finally, we come to the meeting between Sporting Braga and Shakhtar Donetsk. Sitting fourth in the Primeira League table, Braga suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of league leaders Benfica at the weekend, not ideal preparation. However, they are undefeated at home in their last 13 games, including comprehensive wins over Fenerbahce and Porto. Meanwhile, Shakhtar took Metalist apart in their domestic league at the weekend, scoring 8 goals in the process and have generally faired well away from home this season. That being said, despite the 3-0 win at Schalke in the Europa League, it’s been the European games where away defeats have come.
Expect Braga to bounce back from their defeat against Benfica in-front of their own fans and they are 9/2 with Bet365 to win, with both teams to score. Taison has been in the goals recently for Shakhtar, including a hat-trick on the weekend and can be backed at 31/10 with BoyleSports to score at any time during the game.
There are some intriguing games ahead of us in the Europa League this week, with a number of teams considering themselves in with a chance of winning the competition. With Champions League qualification up for grabs, there is added incentive to win the cup this year.
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