Europa League Predictions Today (Europe): Free Football Tips

Europa League fixtures on the list

Europe’s second club competition, taken from our free daily list into the table above. It is played mainly on Thursdays, so on most other days the table is empty.

Who plays and how it works

The Europa League brings together clubs that finished just below the Champions League places in their domestic leagues, along with some cup winners. It uses the same format as the Champions League: 36 clubs in a single league phase, with each club facing eight different opponents. The top eight go through to the round of 16, those ranked 9th to 24th play two-legged play-offs, and the rest are eliminated.

Matches are played on Thursdays, which is the main way to tell the competition apart from the Champions League’s Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Domestic leagues carry on at the weekend, so clubs in this competition often have a short turnaround between a Thursday match and their league game. That is a detail worth knowing before you read a line-up.

Mismatches and handicaps

The league phase often puts a club with a big budget against one from a much smaller league, and the 1X2 price for the favourite can be very short. In such cases, a handicap can give a better price than the plain result. Our beginner’s guide to the Asian handicap explains how it works, and the odds converter helps you compare prices when bookmakers show them in different formats.