Napoli will not have the services of Lucarelli but other than that there are not other major problems for the South Italian team. Napoli’s manager, Walter Mazzarri most likely will start the game with the following team: De Sanctis; Campagnaro, Cannavaro, Aronica; Maggio, Gargano, Pazienza, Dossena; Hamsik, Lavezzi; Cavani.

On the other hand, Liverpool has much more problems than this UEFA Europa League fixture as the consecutive defeats pushed the team to the relegation zone of the Premiership as the manager Roy Hodgson seems unable to handle the given material. Most likely Gerrard and Torres will be rested while Johnson Kuyt and Agger are unavailable. A possible starting squad is: Reina; Kelly, Carragher, Skrtel, Konchesky; Maxi, Poulsen, Spearing, Cole; Ngog, Babel.

The fact is that Napoli demonstrates a crowded midfield as they will try to dominate the game. However, the opportunity for some players to play might boost their effort as they will try to prove something to the new manager.

The online sports betting rooms such as the www.bet770.com offer Napoli’s win at 1.90, the draw at 3.40 while Liverpool’s win is at 4.00. The fact is that a draw suits perfectly to Liverpool while it will produce problems for Napoli. However, this is an excellent opportunity for Napoli to win given the fact that Liverpool is not interested so much for this game. The home win betting odds are good and this will be our betting tip for tonight.

Moving down to the pitch now, MacDonald stated that Dunne, Downing, Young and Warncock will not be in the starting eleven but he will use Agbonlaror and Ireland. The fact is that Aston Villa has nothing to fear as long as they will not concede. On the other hand, Rapid Vienna knows that they will face a loud audience and determined players who will try to leave the recent defeat behind. However, they will try to strike quickly so they get the upper hand, as an early goal will offer nothing but stress to Aston Villa’s players.

Online Sportsbetting sites offer Villa’s win at 4/9(1.44), the draw at 10/3(4.33) while Rapid’s away win at 6/1(7.00). The Over / Under 2.5 Goals bet odds are set to 8/11(1.73)/ EVS(2.00) while from the correct score bets the 1-0 and 2-0 share the same odds 6/1(7.00) followed by the 2-1 15/2(8.50) and the 1-1 8/1(9.00).

Our choice for this game will be a little different than what we used so far as we propose two bets. The first one is Aston Villa to win by 2-0 and the second one is the Double Chance of X2 which is offered at 15/8(2.87).

The full scheduled of UEFA Europa League Games (all times in GMT):

17:00 Karabagh Vs Borussia Dortmund (0-4)
17:00 Lokomotiv Vs Lausanne (1-1)
17:00 Maritimo Vs BATE Borisov (0-3)
17:00 Aktobe Vs AZ Alkmaar (0-2)
17:00 Dynamo Minsk Vs Club Brugge (1-2)
17:00 Dnepr-T M Vs Villarreal (0-5)
17:45 HJK Helsinki Vs Besiktas (0-2)
18:00 Metallist Kh Vs Omonia Nicosia (1-0)
18:00 Brondby Vs Sporting Lisbon (2-0)
18:00 Austria Vienna Vs Aris Salonika (0-1)
18:00 APOEL Nicosia Vs Getafe (0-1)
18:30 Unirea Urziceni Vs Hajduk Split (1-4)
18:30 Grasshoppers Vs Steaua Bucharest (0-1)
18:30 Trabzonspor Vs Liverpool (0-1)
18:30 Levski Sofia Vs AIK Solna (0-0)
18:30 PSV Eindhoven Vs Sibir (0-1)
18:30 Litex Lovech Vs Debrecen (0-2)
19:00 Stuttgart Vs Slovan Bratislava (1-0)
19:00 Maccabi Tel Aviv Vs Paris Saint-Germain (0-2)
19:00 AEK Athens Vs Dundee Utd (1-0)
19:00 Tavriya Simferopol Vs Bayer Leverkusen (0-3)
19:00 Gent Vs Feyenoord (0-1)
19:15 Lech Poznan Vs Dnipro (1-0)
19:30 Utrecht Vs Celtic (0-2)
19:35 The New Saints Vs CSKA Sofia (0-3)
19:45 Man City Vs Poli Timisoara (1-0)
19:45 Motherwell Vs OB Odense (1-2)
19:45 NK Maribor Vs Palermo (0-3)
19:45 Elfsborg Vs Napoli (0-1)
19:45 Aston Villa Vs Rapid Vienna (1-1)
19:45 Fenerbahce Vs PAOK Salonika (0-1)
19:45 Karpaty Vs Galatasaray (2-2)
19:45 Juventus Vs Sturm Graz (2-1)
19:45 Lille Vs Vaslui (0-0)
20:15 Dinamo Zagreb Vs Gyor (2-0)
20:30 Porto Vs Genk (3-0)

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This is a great day for the football lovers as today we have the opportunity to watch 68 teams on 34 different games to battle for a ticket for the First Round of UEFA Europa League. There are many interesting games such as the game between OFK Belgrade vs. Galatasaray (2-2), the game between Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Olympiakos Piraeus as well the games of the well know Liverpool and Juventus.

Additionally, there are many teams that already have their minds to the draw tomorrow as they have secured safe scores from the first leg games. On this group we have the teams of Elfsborg, Racing Genk and Maritimo.

For all those who would like to bet on relatively easy games our betting picks should be the home wins of Liverpool, Juventus, Genk, Austria Vienna, Stuttgart, Montpellier and Sporting Lisbon.

Moving a step closer to the risk bets we can choose the away wins of Galatasaray, Elfsborg, Maritimo, CSKA Sofia plus the home wins of Banik Ostrava, Aris Salonika and Motherwell.

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The Scheduled UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE GAMES:
17:00 OFK Belgrade – Galatasaray

17:00 Teteks – Elfsborg

18:00 Din. Minsk – Maccabi Haifa

18:00 FK Karabakh – Wisla Krakow

18:00 Ostrava – Dnepr Mogilev

18:00 Zestafoni – Karpaty Lviv

18:30 Din. Tbilisi – Sturm Graz

19:00 Anorthosis – Cercle Bruges

19:00 Apollon Limassol – Sibir Novosibirsk

19:00 Dnipro D’petrovsk – FK Spartak Zlatibor Voda

19:00 IFK Gothenburg – AZ Alkmaar

19:30 Brondby – Buducnost P

19:30 FC Timisoara – MyPa

19:30 Lausanne Sports – Randers FC

19:45 Aris Saloniki – Jagiellonia Bialystok

19:45 Levski Sofia – Kalmar

19:45 Lucerne – FC Utrecht

20:00 Besiktas – Plzen

20:00 Jablonec – APOEL Nicosia

20:00 Maccabi Tel Aviv – Olympiakos Piraeus

20:00 Racing Genk – Inter Turku

20:30 Austria Vienna – Ruch Chorzow

20:30 Bangor City – Maritimo

20:30 Hajduk Split – Dinamo Bucuresti

20:30 Slovan Bratislava – Red Star Belgrade

20:30 Stuttgart – Molde

20:45 Cliftonville – CSKA Sofia

20:45 Hibernian – NK Maribor

20:45 Juventus – Shamrock Rovers

20:45 Liverpool – Rabotnicki

20:45 Montpellier – Gyor

20:45 Motherwell – Aalesund

21:15 Zrinjski Mostar – OB Odense

21:30 Sporting Lisbon – FC Nordsjaelland

The teams had almost similar seasons this year but while the 12th spot in Premiership for Fulham can be described as “expected” we can not claim the same for Atletico where their 9th spot is certainly a below-par performance. However, the Spanish team has a chance to win a European trophy and a domestic title as they will play against Sevilla for the Spanish Cup final trophy.

Atletico’s strength is without any doubt their attack. Having in their roster quality players like Reyes, Forlan and Aguero can damage any team (Liverpool was their last victim). On the other hand, Fulham is delighted that reached the final and this fact alone will certainly boost the team a level up.

Fulham will try firstly to cover their back by deploying a 4-5-1 formation in order to make the passing towards Forlan and Aguero difficult. They will try to become a threat by free kicks or corners and they will deploy a balanced, slow attacking game. However, if they will concede, the formation will change from 4-5-1 to 4-3-3.
Fulham’s Possible Formation (4-5-1):
(GK): Schwarzer, (D): Pantsil, Hangeland, Hughes, Konchesky, (M): Davies, Murphy, Etuhu, Duff, Gera, (F): Zamora(F).

Atletico expects a lot of their key players such as Forlan and Aguero. Forlan is lethal into the box and Aguero posses great dribbling and pace. Reyes will play just behind them as a third attacker while the passing game will always begin from Garcia and Simao. However, the weakness of the team is their central defenders and this is what Fulham will try to take advantage of.
Atletico Madrid’s Possible Formation (4-3-2-1):
(GK): De Gea, (D): Valera, Dominguez, Perea, Antonio Lopez, (M): Paulo Assuncao, Raul Garcia, Simao, (AM):Reyes, Aguero, (F):Forlan.

The online sports betting rooms offer no clear favorites for this game, as Atletico’s win is at 1.95, the draw at 3.40 while Fulham’s win at 3.65. Those two teams are very similar but if we compare the players as units, then Atletico quality players on their squad can make the difference. However, a final is always a final, and Europa League trophy goes to the team that will play best a single game.

For all those who would like to place a bet, your first choice should always be Atletico Madrid’s win. The offered odds of 1.95 is an excellent price while all those who would like to bet on a correct score then the 1-0(5.50) followed by the 2-1(7.25) and 2-0(7.50) should be good betting picks.

Liverpool is hosting the game against Atletico Madrid and they need at least two goals in order to advance to the final. The 0-1 first leg game loss forces them no other option than to push for a goal, a scenario however, that was executed brilliantly at the last two home European encounters (against Lille and Benfica). The team needs to reach the final as this is the only way to ease a bit the fans who watched the team to be unable to produce high level of displays in most games.
The same stand for Atletico as well, which is suffering from luck of consistency performing good one week, and losing without any excuses the other. However, Atletico will appear to the Spanish final as well to a last chance to get a UEFA Europa league ticket for the next year.
The online sports books offer Liverpool as favorite to win the game, something that it is quite possible. However, the team needs two goals in order to advance in the final. If they manage to score then without any doubt Atletico will try to push further, leaving their defense uncovered. I do believe that Liverpool will win this one as well as that more than 2 goals will be scored, therefore the Over 2.5 Goals bet should also be a choice.

On the other game for tonight, Fulham is hosting the match against Hamburg. Despite the fact that Hamburg was clear favorites on the first leg game, they were not able to penetrate Fulham’s defense. Things will be much more difficult tonight as Fulham performs quite well at home and they do look in good shape despite their 2-1 away defeat from Everton. On the other hand, Hamburg it is quite close to watch the final from home despite the fact that the final will be played at their ground. The team suffered a humiliating away defeat against Hoffenheim by 5-1 and the morale is not very high to the German side.
The online sports books offer no clear favorites for this game but they offer Fulham’s home win high (2.10) and this will be our betting pick for this game.

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Benfica – Hertha Berlin: 4-0 (1-1).
Benfica produced an excellent display at Tuesday night in the Lights stadium and demolished the troubled Hertha with a clear score of 4-0. Pablo Aimar scored the first goal in the 25th minute while Oscar Cardozo hit twice on the 48th and 62nd minute. Between Cardozo’s two goals, Javi Garcia had managed to score one more at the 59th minute for the Lisbon Eagles.

Anderlecht – Athletic Bilbao: 4-0 (1-1).
Anderlecht had no trouble at all to progress to the next round after they secured an easy win over Athletic. The Belgians were lucky to score early in the 4th minute with Lucaku while the match nearly ended when San Jose scored an own goal in the 27th minute. The domination of Anderlecht continued to the second half as Athletic give much space in their effort to equalize the game. Anderlecht managed to score two more goals in the 49th and 69th minute and they progress to the next UEFA Europa League round.
Roma – Panathinaikos Athens: 2-3 (2-3).
Panathinaikos managed to score 3 goals within 5 minutes in the 40th, 45th(Cisse) and 41st (Ninis) minutes although Roma had the early lead from Risse’s goal in the 12th minute. The Italian team needed 4 goals to progress but they only managed to score once in the 67th minute with De Rossi.

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Marseille – Copenhagen: 3-1 (3-1).
No problems at all for the French team as the dominated this game as they did a week ago at Denmark. Marseille scored the first goal just before the end of first half in the 34th minute with Ben Arfa while Kone pilled up the score with two more goals at 62nd and 73rd minutes. Copenhagen scored the consolation goal 3 minutes before the end of the game with Almeida.

Galatasaray – Atletico Madrid: 1-2 (1-1).
The Turks had high expectations for this game due to the first leg result game. The 1-1 was giving them the advantage to progress in the next UEFA Europa League stage as Atletico needed to score at least a goal in Galatasaray’s home. This is what Atletico did as they managed to scored first in the 63rd minute with Simao. Galatasaray replied almost instantly 3 minutes after with a goal from Keita and the two teams were matching towards extra time. However, Diego Forlan scored a goal in the 90th minute offering the qualification ticket to the troubled Spanish team.

Shakhtar Donetsk – Fulham: 1-1 (1-2)
Shakhtar were last years winners of the UEFA Europa League and they had set as aim to reach at least the final. However, Fulham thought otherwise as they managed to secure an away draw where in combination of the first leg win they continue their European journey. Fulham scored first early in the 33rd minute but Shakhtar equalize with Jadson in the 69th minute. The Ukrainians had almost 25 minutes at their disposal to score a goal and lead the game to extra time but they weren’t able to.

Unirea – Liverpool: 1-3 (0-1).
Liverpool headed to Romania with the faint first leg advantage of 1-0 that offered hopes to Unirea. The Romanians managed to score early with Fernandez in the 19th minute but their joy lasted only 11 minutes. Liverpool scored three goals in a row at the 30th (Mascerano), 41st (Babel) and 57th (Gerard) minute and secured their participation to the next stage.

PSV Eindhoven – Hamburg: 3-2 (0-1)
One of the most exciting matches played at Holland where PSV faced Hamburg. The Holland team took the lead with 2 goals difference as they scored in the 2nd and 43rd minute but a goal in the beginning of the second half by Petric forced them to push harder for a third goal. Unfortunately for PSV, Hamburg scored another one in the 79th minute and the Germans equalize the game. That time PSV needed two goals in order to qualify but they managed to score only once a few minutes before the end of the game. 3-2 was the final score and Hamburg progress to the next stage.

Hapoel Tel Aviv – Rubin Kazan: 0-0 (0-3)
The Russians traveled to Israel to face Hapoel Tel Aviv with the 3-0 first leg game score as a shield. Without any fuss they were able to parry all the attacking efforts of Hapoel and easily advanced to the next round.

Juventus – Ajax: 0-0 (2-1)
Ajax needed to score at least two goals in order to advance to the next round but the clever play of Juventus didn’t give them the opportunity for a hope. Juventus took advantage of the two away goals they scored a week before and they hold that lead till the very end.

Wolfsburg – Villarreal: 4-1 (2-2).
Wolfsburg played an exceptional game against Villarreal and they easily managed to win this one. The Germans scored early in the 10th minute while an own goal from Lopez gave them two goals lead. Capdevilla scored for Villarreal in the 30th minute but the goals from Genter at 42nd and Grafite at the 64th minute sealed the progress for Wolfsburg.

Salzburg – Standard Liege: 0-0 (2-3)
Standard faced no troubles at all in Austria as they faced Salzburg for the second leg of UEFA Europa League. The last years champions managed a clean sheet and in combination with the 3-2 win of the first leg match advanced to the next round.

Werder Bremen – Twente: 4-1 (0-1)
Werder produced an excellent display yesterday scoring 4 goals and securing their ticket for the next stage of Champions League. Pizarro scored a hat trick on 15th, 20th and 58th minute while a Naldo scored one goal at 27th minute. Twente reduced the score to 3-1 after De Yong scored at 33rd minute.

Fenerbahce – Lille: 1-1 (1-2)
Fenerbahce was holding the qualification ticket for the next round for 85 minutes after they managed to score at 33rd minute with Emre. However, a goal for the French team by Rami in the 85th minute offered the ticket to Lille.

Sporting Lisbon – Everton: 3-0 (1-2)
Although Sporting were the underdogs for this match they managed to score three goals in a row and they advanced easily to the next UEFA Europa League round. Everton were unable to produce any opposition as they conceded three goals by Veloso, Mendez and Fernandez.

Valencia – Club Bruges: 3-0 (0-1)
Once more Valencia faced difficulties to prevail over Club Bruges. Although the Spanish team scored almost after the kick-off, they spent the rest 90 minutes moving around the pitch without being able to find the net. The game leaded to extra time where Valencia managed to score two more goals and advanced to the next round.

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]]> http://www.jackpotlook.com/uefa-europa-league-%e2%80%93-stage-of-32-results-1474/feed 0 http://www.jackpotlook.com/uefa-europa-league-%e2%80%93-roma-v-panathinaikos-%e2%80%93-bet-predictions-1462 http://www.jackpotlook.com/uefa-europa-league-%e2%80%93-roma-v-panathinaikos-%e2%80%93-bet-predictions-1462#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:15:49 +0000 Harry http://www.jackpotlook.com/?p=1462 Roma is facing Panathinaikos tonight at 18:00 GMT for the second leg of Europa League. Just a week ago we watched an exciting match between those two great teams where Panathinaikos managed to prevail by a 3-2 score as the Greek team scored 2 goals in the last five minutes.

Although Roma is a better team than Panathinaikos this is a difficult match to predict as both teams will do whatever possible for the qualification to the next stage. Roma’s stadium Olympico, is expected to be half packed where 40,000 people will watch the match. Among them, there will be around 7,000 Greek supporters.

Roma is currently at the third spot in the Italian first division league with a 9 points margin above 4th Juventus and it is clear that will participate to next year’s champion league. Roma’s manager Ranieri will not have the services of Totti, Toni and Pizarro. They are holding an excellent home record both in domestic and European tournaments with 14 wins and just 2 defeats (11-0-2 in Italian championship and 3-0-0 in Europa league matches). The team scores quite easily and their favorite score is the 2-0.

On the other hand, Panathinaikos will play in full squad against Roma with the 3-2 score of the first match as a shield. The team currently leads the Greek Superleague standings but the latest results have cast doubts regarding the chances of the team to win the title. However, everyone in Panathinaikos realize that this is an excellent opportunity to move a step further to UEFA Europa League tournament.

Roma will try to dominate the match from early stages but without leaving their defense uncovered. Most probably we will see an even, low score game, where the ball will be played mainly in the midfield. Both teams have great European experience and they will try to lead the game there they want to.

The online sports books have Roma as clear favorites to win this one as they offer the home win down to 1.40 but our analysis does not match their statistics. The draw is the most likely result for this one but knowing the two teams the most secure bet prediction we can offer is the Less than 2.5 goals. This bet is offered around 2.00.

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Roma V Panathinaikos
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]]> http://www.jackpotlook.com/uefa-europa-league-%e2%80%93-roma-v-panathinaikos-%e2%80%93-bet-predictions-1462/feed 0 http://www.jackpotlook.com/uefa-europa-league-%e2%80%93-benfica-v-hertha-betting-picks-1449 http://www.jackpotlook.com/uefa-europa-league-%e2%80%93-benfica-v-hertha-betting-picks-1449#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:24:58 +0000 Margaret http://www.jackpotlook.com/?p=1449 Today at 17:00 GMT Benfica will face Hertha Berlin for the second leg of the first knock out stage of UEFA Europa League. The first game a week ago ended with a draw of 1-1 offering a surprising result as Benfica were the clear favorites for an away win. This is another reason that Benfica will fight for a clear home win today.

The Lisbon Eagles have an excellent home record where they managed to secure all three wins after they scored 9 goals while they conceded just 1. Benfica posses an incredibly offensive force where Cardozo and Saviola can demolish any defensive line. The team is marching towards their first domestic title after 5 years having a 6 points difference from Porto which gives them the opportunity to aim further for the UEFA Europa League tournament.

On the other hand, Hertha is suffering the worst year in their modern history so far. They are last in the Budesliga standings without any indication that they can avoid relegation. However, as there are many games left in the German championship, the team is mainly focused on that task. Hertha will present an defensive line as the score of the first match gives them the right to hope for something good. If Benfica will not score early, then both teams will give the weight to their defense where Hertha will hope to score from a static opportunity.

We shouldn’t neglect the fact that Benfica is performing extremely well in Lisbon but the first match result force us to cast doubts on how easily Benfica can win this match. A safe bet is certainly the home win (1.30) but the odds are way too low for a single bet. If we would like to increase the risk a little further then the over 2.5 goals is at a good offer (1.75) while we should check also the correct score bet. The 2-0 is rated to 5.75, the 2-1 to 7.35 while the 3-0 is rated to 8.25.

Benfica V Hertha
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]]> http://www.jackpotlook.com/uefa-europa-league-%e2%80%93-benfica-v-hertha-betting-picks-1449/feed 0 http://www.jackpotlook.com/uefa-europa-league-%e2%80%93-panathinaikos-athens-%e2%80%93-as-roma-betting-odds-1413 http://www.jackpotlook.com/uefa-europa-league-%e2%80%93-panathinaikos-athens-%e2%80%93-as-roma-betting-odds-1413#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:28:58 +0000 Margaret http://www.jackpotlook.com/?p=1413 Tonight at 20:05 Panathinaikos will host the match against AS Roma for the first leg of the first knock-out stage of UEFA Europa League in a packed full OAKA stadium in Athens. AS Roma are clear favorites to progress to the next stage but this doesn’t mean that Panathinaikos will not fight. The Greek team is currently leading the Greek championship despite their home defeat to their last game. The morale of the team is not at the highest level but most probably this will boost the efforts of the players on the pitch.

On the other hand, AS Roma is at exceptional form being 14 straight league games undefeated (which was back in the 28th of October for the away game against Udinese) and this list the team to the second spot of the Italian championship 7 points behind Inter and 2 point above AC Milan. The main target of the team which was a qualification ticket for next year’s Champions League is being achieved – so far – and therefore the team can focus on the current tournament of Europa League in order to go as further as possible.

Panathinaikos is not facing any major absents and a likely starting eleven squad should be Tzorvas, Sariegki, Kant, Spyropoulos, Vyntra, Simao, Katsouranis, Karagounis, Leto, Ninis and Cisse. On the other hand, Ranieri will not have the services of Francesco Totti who stayed in Italy with flu but other than that the Roma’s manager is not facing any injury problems. He is expected to use a 4-4-1-1 formation with Sergio, Bourntiso, Mexes, Cassetti, Riise, De Rossi, Pizarro, Peru, Tantei, Julio Baptista and Vucinic.

The online sports books favorite the away win of Roma – the sports betting odds for Roma is around to 2.35 – while the draw is up to 3.20 and the home win of Panathinaikos is also very high up to 2.90. However, once again we will go against the odds and we will choose to bet on the Draw. Yes, Roma is a better team than Panathinaikos but the Greek team will have around 55.000 fans on their side. So, a draw is the prediction for this match with less than 2.5 goals.

Panathinaikos Athens – AS Roma
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]]> http://www.jackpotlook.com/uefa-europa-league-%e2%80%93-panathinaikos-athens-%e2%80%93-as-roma-betting-odds-1413/feed 0 http://www.jackpotlook.com/uefa-europa-league-day-5-thursday-matches-488 http://www.jackpotlook.com/uefa-europa-league-day-5-thursday-matches-488#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:06:55 +0000 Margaret http://www.jackpotlook.com/?p=488 UEFA Europa League Day 5 continues today December 3rd 2009 with 12 more matches. Yesterday we had the following results:

Group A:
FC Timişoara 1-2 AFC Ajax
RSC Anderlecht 0-1 NK Dinamo Zagreb
Ajax qualified for the next stage. The other ticket will go either to Anderlecht or to Dinamo Zagreb.

Group B:
Valencia CF 3-1 LOSC Lille Métropole
SK Slavia Praha 0-0 Genoa CFC
Valencia, Lille and Genoa will battle for the two tickets of qualification.

Group C:
Celtic FC 2-0 Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC
Hamburger SV 2-0 SK Rapid Wien
Hamburger and Hapoel Tel-Aviv have qualified.

Group G:
FC Salzburg 2-1 S.S. Lazio
PFC Levski Sofia 0-2 Villarreal CF
Salzburg and Villarreal have already qualified.

Group H:
FC Sheriff 1-1 FC Steaua Bucureşti
FC Twente 0-1 Fenerbahçe SK
Fenerbahçe qualified. The other ticket will go either to FC Twente or to FC Sheriff.

Group I:
FC BATE Borisov 1-2 SL Benfica
I AEK Athens FC 0-1 Everton
Benfica and Everton have already qualified for the next stage of UEFA Europa League.

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Group D:
FK Ventspils – Hertha BSC Berlin
Sporting Clube de Portugal – SC Heerenveen
Sporting is the boss of the group with 10 points. They need only 1 point to secure qualification. Hertha and Heerenveen each have 4 points. At the last position there is Ventspils with 3 points.
Last chance for Heerenveen and Hertha to make a step forward. Both teams will do whatever is possible to secure a victory with the task of Heernveen to be a more difficult one.

Group E:
Fulham FC – PFC CSKA Sofia
AS Roma – FC Basel
Basel leads with 9 points. Roma follows with 7, Fulham has 5 and at the last spot there is CSKA Sofia with just 1 point.
Roma has an excellent chance to win and climb on top spot. Certainly they do have the quality to achieve it so. On the other hand, Basel will travel to Rome mainly for the draw so this will be a close game. For the other match, Fulham will most probably secure the victory with one way or another.

Group F:
Galatasaray AŞ – Panathinaikos FC
FC Dinamo Bucureşti – SK Sturm Graz
Galatasaray is currently on top spot with 10 points. At the second place there is Panathinaikos with 9 points. On the third place there is Dinamo Bucureşti with 3 and on last position there is Sturm Graz with only 1 point.
Dinamo Bucureşti needs only win if they want to keep alive their hopes for qualification. On the other match there will be a close game with the draw to be the most natural result.

Group J:
FC Shakhtar Donetsk – Club Brugge KV
Toulouse FC – FK Partizan
Shakhtar is first with 12 points and they have already qualified. On second place there is Brugge with 7 points, third is Toulouse with 4 points and at last spot is Partizan with no points yet.
Brugge is traveling to Donetsk mainly to get at least 1 point. On the other match Toulouse will do whatever necessary to secure the win.

Group K:
PSV Eindhoven – AC Sparta Praha
FC København – CFR 1907 Cluj
PSV leads with 8 points, Sparta Praha has 7, København 4 and on last spot there is Cluj with 3 points.
A close game will be played between PSV and Sparta Praha. PSV surely has the advantage but Sparta Praha is more than capable to secure a draw. On the other match FC København needs the 3 points of the win and they will play for that result. Cluj is a tough team but I do not think that they are able to get more than a draw.

Group L:
FK Austria Wien – Athletic Club
Werder Bremen – CD Nacional
Werder Bremen has already qualified with the 10 points currently posses. On second place there is Athletic with 7, Nacional with 2 follows and on last place there is Austria Wien also with 2 points.
A straight forward match in Germany for Werder Bremen. As they have already qualified we might see many new faces on the starting eleven. On the other group match, Austria Wien is capable to get at least a draw.

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