Spurs remain unbeaten in the Europa League group stages, having drawn both their games to date, but expect Andre Villas-Boas’ side to pick up their first win at NK Maribor on Thursday.
Villas-Boas has made no secret of his desire to go all the way in the competition and has named strong sides for both games so far.
Spurs have also improved as the season has progressed, despite the loss against Chelsea on Saturday, and should be too strong for the Slovenian outfit on Thursday night.
The north Londoners are priced at 4/6 to get the win, the hosts are 4/1 to pick up maximum points and the draw is 11/4.
Unlike his Spurs counterpart, Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has fielded weakened sides in the Europa League so far and the Reds face a big test on Thursday as they host big-spending Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala.
Anzhi have some world class players, including Samuel Eto’o and Lassana Diarra, as well as an experienced manager in the shape of Guus Hiddink and are more than capable of causing Liverpool problems.
If Rodgers does indeed leave the likes of Steven Gerrard, Luis Suarez, Daniel Agger and Pepe Reina out of the starting line-up, as expected, Anzhi could cause an upset and seal an historic win at Anfield. This is a bet that should certainly be considered an outsider, but the 11/5 on offer for an away win could well be a risk worth taking.
Liverpool are 6/5 to secure the victory, and the draw can be backed at 12/5.
Udinese, who are in Group A with Liverpool, travel to Swiss side Young Boys on Thursday and the Italian side should be strong enough so come away with maximum points.
Young Boys have lost both of their Europa League games to date, while Udinese drew with Anzhi before grabbing a win at Anfield in their last fixture.
The Serie A outfit are an experienced side in the Europa League and will be keen to beat Young Boys and edge closer to the knock-out stages. A win for Udinese is priced at a very attractive 13/8, the draw is 11/5 and the hosts are 8/5 to pick up their first win of the competition.
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew has fielded his fringe players in Europe this season but his youngsters have impressed and secured a 3-0 win over Bordeaux in their last European fixture. The north East side host Belgian outfit Club Brugge on Thursday and should be able to get the win and maintain their unbeaten record in the Europa League.
The Belgian side have a reasonable record on the road domestically but slumped to a 4-0 defeat at Bordeaux in Europe. Newcastle look good value at 4/6 to take all three points, the draw is 11/4 and the visitors are 4/1 to grab a shock victory.
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Wednesday’s action in the Champions League will complete the halfway-stage of the group stages with England’s remaining contingent so far enduring contrasting fortunes in Europe’s elite competition.
оптимальном состоянии среди всех европейских команд. Да, иногда есть сбои в обороне, но в целом «Челси» сейчас показывает игру даже более слаженную чем «Барса» или «Реал». Безусловно данное сравнение связано с тем, что испанские гранды, по причине травм своих игроков сейчас находятся не в оптимальном состоянии.
After all the action on Tuesday there is just one game in the Championship on Wednesday night and it will see Sheffield Wednesday make the trip to Ewood Park to take on Blackburn Rovers (Blackburn 10/11, draw 5/2, Sheff Wed 3/1 Match Betting).
не матч, а серия матчей. Так уж устроена современная Лига Чемпионов, что именно в сдвоенных матчах и решается судьба выхода из группы. Все хорошо понимают бесперспективность шансов «Селтика» в матчах с «Барсой», так что от того сколько очков «Спартак» наберет в матче с «Бенфикой» и будет зависеть его судьба.
Tuesday night will see two of last year’s Premier League teams, Wolves and Bolton, go head-to-head in the Championship at Molineux (Wolves 6/5 draw 12/5 Bolton 12/5 – Match Betting).
It’s Champions League matchday three this week and teams know they can go a long way to securing their passage into the last 16 with a vital win. On Tuesday, Chelsea and Manchester United are the Premier League representatives hoping to maintain their recent good form while there’s a mouth-watering clash for Celtic when they go to Barcelona.
Another exciting weekend of La Liga action is rounded off on Monday with a mouthwatering clash between European hopefuls Sevilla and Real Mallorca (Sevilla 4/7, draw 3/1, Mallorca 9/2 – Match Betting).
This weekend, the Premier League serves up not one but two mouth-watering derbies, the second of which takes place on Wearside on Sunday as Sunderland host Newcastle. The Black Cats have a terrible record in north-east derbies but can they set that straight this time? Also in action are winless QPR, who play host to high-flying Everton.
терять очки практически во всех оставшихся матчах. Отставание от «Барсы» в восемь очков не дает возможности не то что расслабиться, но даже подумать об этом. Так что ни на какой результат кроме победы «сливочные» не настраиваются.