There are three top-flight European games taking place on Thursday, with the focus on Italy and Spain and the teams chasing Europe. Those punters who suffered loses on Tuesday and Wednesday may look to salvage some success with a Thursday treble.
Palermo v Lecce (7:45pm)
The home side are currently ninth in Serie A after a solid start to the season, but they are looking to bounce back from two consecutive defeats. Those losses though came away at Roma and AC Milan and a return to home comforts should see the Rosanero get back to winning ways.
Devis Mangia’s men have won both of their league matches at the Stadio Renzo Barbera, scoring five and conceeding just two in the process. Thursday’s opponents will head to Palermo with just one point from their opening five games and low in confidence.
The Giallorossi were leading 3-0 at half-time in their previous game at home to Milan, but crashed to a 4-3 defeat. Prior to that game, Lecce had scored just one goal in their opening four matches.
Suggested Bet – Palermo to win @ 8/15
Espanyol v Real Betis (7pm)
The teams currently seventh and eighth in La Liga meet at Estadi Cornella-El Prat, with nothing to seperate the two sides.
Espanyol are one place below their opponents but only by one goal and are going into Thursday’s game off the back of two impressive wins.
The Barcelona-based outfit picked up 1-0 away wins at Rayo Vallecano and Racing Santander and look to be on the up.
Betis, in contrast, have lost their last four games and have scored just one goal and conceeded eight in that spell.
Suggested Bet – Espanyol to win 2-0 @ 9/1
Athletic Bilbao v Atletico Madrid (9pm)
These two teams look pretty evenly matched, with Bilbao struggling at home and Atletico poor away from Madrid. One point seperates 11th-placed Bilbao and ninth-placed Atletico and it could remain that way after Thursday’s meeting.
Bilbao have won just one of their four home matches, a 3-1 success over Osasuna, but are unbeaten in their last four games.
Meanwhile, Atletico, expected to challenge for a place in Europe, have yet to lose at home this term but have collected just one point from three away matches.
Suggest Bet – Draw @ 23/10
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