"While I don’t envisage Celtic emerging victorious on Thursday evening, I think they are more than capable of contributing to the scoring. The Hoops have racked up a combined total of 7 goals across their two matches under Martin O’Neill’s watch, and they carry the necessary attacking threat to breach a Midtjylland backline that is not exactly watertight.

The hosts have failed to keep a clean sheet in a sizeable 10 of their 14 Danish Superliga matches this season, with both teams netting in 9 of those contests, including 7 of the Wolves’ eight games at home. On top of that, Midtjylland failed to silence Scottish Premiership opposition when hosting Hibernian in a Europa League qualifier earlier this season.

Throw in the fact that both teams have scored in two of Celtic’s three Europa League matches this season, then all the signs point towards a repeat at the MCH Arena on Thursday evening."

"Having impressively beaten both AZ Alkmaar and Crystal Palace across the opening two rounds of league phase fixtures, I would expect AEK Larnaca to prove too strong for Aberdeen on Thursday evening. Imanol Idiakez’s side have won four of their five continental contests at home this season, defeating the likes of AZ, Partizan Belgrade and Legia Warsaw, and I think Aberdeen will represent a downgrade on those challenges.

As mentioned, the struggling visitors were humbled 6-0 by AEK Athens in Greece two weeks ago, while they also suffered a heavy 3-0 defeat away at FCSB in a Europa League qualifier."

"Aston Villa faced a shock defeat at the hands of Go Ahead Eagles last time out in the Europa League but they should be able to get back on track here. Unai Emery have won both of their other games in the competition against Bologna and Feyenoord. They really should have come away with at least a point from their clash with Go Ahead Eagles with Villa registering an xG of 2.82 from 18 shots on that occasion.

Maccabi Tel Aviv are yet to win their first game in the Europa League, having lost to Dinamo Zagreb and Midtyjjland as well as contesting a 0-0 draw against PAOK in their opening game of the competition. Maccabi conceded three goals in both of those defeats and weren’t able to get any sort of foothold in the game. The same should prove true here with Villa having superior quality when compared to the Maccabi Tel Aviv side."

"Rangers have endured a nightmare start to their Europa league campaign. The Gers have already come away empty-handed from clashes with Genk, Sturm Graz and Brann, so it's difficult to envisage that changing against a Roma side that will undoubtedly represent their toughest test to date. As such, I'm more than happy to side with Roma on the double chance on Thursday night.

While the visitors have also made a ropey start to their Europa League campaign, they did earn a 2-1 win away from home against Nice on matchday one. What’s more, Gasperini’s side have won seven of their 10 matches in Serie A this season, triumphing in four of their five games away from home.

While Rangers have shown some signs of improvement under Danny Rohl in their last three matches, there are glaring issues in the squad that the German has inherited, and I think toppling Roma will be too big of an ask for the home team."