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🏆 Athletic Bilbao to Win
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The Europa League draw is complete and the first games will soon be underway, the first batch of games kick off at 17:45 on Wednesday 25 September.
Ahead of the first edition of the new-look Europa League, our European football expert has been analysing the teams involved to find the best outright betting tips for the 2024/25 season.
Europa League Outright Tips
🏆 Tottenham to Win the Europa League
Tottenham are desperate to end a trophy drought that stretches back to the League Cup of 2008, and in the form of the Europa League, they have what appears to be the perfect opportunity to do it.
Ange Postecoglou’s side can afford to give significant resources to this competition knowing that there is the potential prize of a place in the Champions League if they can go all the way, while they have the strength in depth to allow them to get to the latter stages of the competition.
Postecoglou has quality options across his squad who will be hungry to impress in this competition.
The likes of Wilson Odobert, Lucas Bergvall and Archie Gray are all promising young players who will be eager to shine in this competition having been recruited in the summer, with Tottenham able to swap in more experienced options for the latter stages of the competition should circumstances allow.
🏆 Tottenham to Win the Europa League
🏆 Man United to Win the Europa League
Manchester United need a trophy this season, and with their prospects of matching Arsenal, Liverpool or Manchester City in the Premier League already looking rather faint, it may be that Erik ten Hag needs to focus on Europe to give the fans and the board the type of success they crave.
United may have made a sluggish start to the season, but this is still a team slowly coming together after a summer renovation.
The initial group phase should also be extremely manageable for ten Hag’s side, who have been given about as straightforward a run of fixtures as they might have wished, with the exception of October trips to Porto and Fenerbahce.
By the time the knockout stages of the competition have rolled around, expect United to be a more significant threat, particularly if the squad can be strengthened with the addition of one or two new faces in January.
🏆 Man United to Win the Europa League
🏆 Athletic Bilbao to Win the Europa League
The Europa League has historically been dominated by Spanish clubs, with nine winners hailing from La Liga since the rebranding of the UEFA Cup following the 2008-09 season.
Athletic Bilbao have particular motivation to go all the way this season, with the final of the tournament taking place at their San Mames home in May. Indeed, this is providing the Basque outfit with such fuel to succeed in Europe, it is reportedly one of the reasons that Nico Williams – arguably the outstanding player in Spain’s Euro 2024 squad – decided to spurn numerous transfer offers this summer.
By fielding a squad comprised entirely of Basque players they have a unique local passion, which this scenario of potentially playing a European final at their home taps perfectly into.
Last season they proved their worth as a cup team by winning the Copa del Rey, while finishing fifth in La Liga.
Athletic face some tricky competition on the road in the group phase – Roma, Fenerbahce and Besiktas – yet their home fixtures are more kind and should ensure they pass into the knockout stage with no problems.
Expect a deep run from Ernesto Valverde’s side, who look a very big price.
🏆 Athletic Bilbao to Win the Europa League
8️⃣ Nice to finish in the top 8 of the league phase
This is a club looking to make a big impression in France and Europe, and while they open with difficult matches at home to Real Sociedad and away to Lazio, their fixture list becomes a good deal kinder after that. For example, they play both Elfsborg and Bodo/Glimt in January – with both of these clubs having to play these fixtures in the middle of their league’s off-seasons.
The Ligue 1 outfit, meanwhile, appear to have recruited well this summer, with Youssoufa Moukoko arriving from Dortmund and Tanguy Ndombele seeking to revive his career as he joins up from Tottenham.
They have a deep squad, a smart manager and, if they can negotiate their opening couple of fixtures without too much damage, the type of schedule that invites them to enjoy a strong campaign.
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