Originally Posted by
Vaughany
Plays for tonight:
Betting on Europa League can either be a goldmine or lead your to making sucka bets because it's is not taken seriously by some of the bigger clubs involved and teams tend to rest key players due to important league games coming up in following weekend. So consequently keeping stakes smallish for following plays:
Levante +1 A.H. away at Twente @ -140;
IMO Twente's home advantage is being slightly over-valued here even if they are very solid at home. Levante are a legit mid-level Spanish team sitting in top 7 of La Liga. More pertinently they beat Twente 3-0 at home and are taking the Europa League more seriously then some other teams in the big leagues. They are also in good form, aside from losing in the Copa Del Rey to a low level team which was not good (although they rested some key players) they have won 4 and drew 1 out of last 5 games in the league, including beating arch-rivals Valencia 2-0, beating Getafe away 1-0, and drawing 0-0 away at one of the strongest home sides in the league in Sevilla. So I'd not be surprised if they get at least a draw tonight.
Newcastle PK away at Club Brugge @ +103;
Newcastle are one of the aforementioned bigger clubs that aren't taking this cup as seriously as others. Nonetheless, Club Brugge are a club that are in quite a bad patch with 5 losses in a row and sacked their manager a couple days ago. Also, Newcastle will have Tiote and Collocini playing as they are suspended for league game coming up so don't need to be rested. If Newcastle were starting Ba or Cisse up front I'd go bigger on this but they are playing the Ameobi brothers up front so won't be as dangerous.
Neftchi Baku +1 A.H. at home to Rubin Kazan @ -134
Neftchi players such as Flavio have been saying that this is biggest game of season for them and that they have a "special feeling!" going in to this game. They have only lost 1 out of last 9 home games and that loss was to Inter so no embarrasment there and was expected. They lost 2-1 away Rubin, so I'm thinking worse case scenario at home is they lose by one goal and stake is returned. But I think they can scrape a 1-1 draw or something tonight.
Partizan/Inter Over 2.5 goals @ +110
Partizan score goals at home and need to win this. Inter have been better away from home this season than they have at San Siro and are scoring plenty of goals. Could see Inter winning 2-1.
Parlay (treble): Anzhi PK, Leverkusen, & Plzen.