Europa League Betting Tips – Matchday 1
The Europa League dominates this midweek as the 36 teams competing in the league phase of UEFA’s secondary competition begin their odyssey in this new-look tournament.
There is lots of action, with nine games on Wednesday and nine more on Thursday as the Europa League commences.
Our Europa League Betting Tips four-fold pays out at 12.36 if successful and is led out by what should be an entertaining contest in Norway.
Europa League Betting Tips
Bodo Glimt vs Porto – Both Teams To Score @ 1.56
Porto make the long journey north to face Bodo Glimt and any travelling fans of the Portuguese side will deserve enormous credit given that the two clubs are separated by more than 4000km.
Porto are favourites to win in northern Norway, but don’t expect them to have it easy. The home side have lost only two of seven home Europa League games and they are top of their domestic league, scoring 53 goals in 23 games.
Porto, winners of this competition in 2011, haven’t kept a clean sheet on their Europa League travels in 13 attempts previously, conceding multiple times in five of their last seven. Both teams to score appeals here.
Europa League Betting Tips
Midtjylland vs Hoffenheim – Over 3.5 Goals @ 2.15
Bundesliga side Hoffenheim head for Denmark and an opening night date with Midtjylland and there should be plenty of goals in this one.
Danish champions Midtjylland were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League qualifiers by Slovan Bratislava after losing the second leg 3-2.
They are sitting top of the Danish Superliga after nine games, but were held 2-2 by Randers at the weekend, ensuring that five of their last six games in all competitions have featured at least four goals.
There have been at least three goals in six of Hoffenheim’s last seven competitive matches, with three of the last four producing four or more. Goals is the approach for this showdown.
Europa League Betting Tips
Malmo vs Rangers – Draw @ 2.95
Things haven’t gone completely to plan for Philippe Clement and Rangers this season, with the 3-0 Glasgow derby loss to Celtic a low point.
They have, though, won four games around that Parkhead loss and picked up a commendable Champions League qualifier draw against Dynamo Kyiv in August, before losing the second leg when they were reduced to 10 men.
The Light Blues have excelled in Europe across recent seasons, often punching well above their weight.
They head to Sweden to face a Malmo side with four straight domestic clean sheets. They were dismissed home and away by Sparta Prague in their own Champions League qualifier, however.
Rangers are tough to beat on the road in this competition and can take a point home to Glasgow.
Europa League Betting Tips
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Viktoria Plzen – Frankfurt to win @ 1.35
Eintracht Frankfurt are back in the Europa League for the first time since 2021/22 when the Germans lifted the trophy after remaining unbeaten in 13 games.
They should be looking forward to facing a Viktoria Plzen team who have lost nine of their last 13 away games in this competition, with their last win on the road back in 2017.
Plzen have also lost seven of eight games against German opposition, shipping goals at an average of 3.3 per game.
They were swept aside 3-0 by Slavia Prague at the weekend, while Frankfurt completed a third successive Bundesliga win by defeating Borussia Monchengladbach 2-0 at Deutsche Bank Park. They can lodge another win here.
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