RFS are yet to win in this competition and things aren’t likely to get easier for them now that their domestic league is over. They have been playing friendlies to try and stay active but they don’t have the same level of intensity that Europa League games do.

Tel Aviv probably haven’t had the Europa League campaign that they would have wanted, with just 1 win in 5 matches, but a win here could elevate them into the qualification spots.

To be fair to Tel Aviv, they have had a rough schedule with trips to Ajax and Braga, as well as a home game against Real Sociedad. This doesn’t feel an assignment on that level which bodes well.

Maccabi will be in a competitive rhythm as their league is ongoing and against a weaker opponent they should be expected to pick up the win which could really enhance their qualifying hopes.

One of the more high-profile matches on Thursday night is the one which sees Ange Postecoglou returning to Glasgow when he takes his Tottenham Hotspur side to take on Glasgow Rangers, the arch-rivals of his former club Celtic.

That alone is going to ensure that the home side is up for this but with Rangers well off the pace in the Scottish Premiership, they could be forgiven for giving this competition everything they have got anyway.

There has to be goals in this. Tottenham have never been trustworthy defensively under the Australian and they have lost Cristian Romero to injury at the weekend which won’t help that cause.

They are much more vibrant going forward though and face a Rangers defence that Lyon have already notched 4 times against in this competition.

Rangers to their credit have scored in every game in the Europa League and twice they have found the net 4 times, so there are goals in them at this level.

Throw in the passion of a ‘Battle of Britain’, the pantomime villain being in town and the Scotland vs England rivalry and this has all the hallmarks of a both teams to score game.

Two of the better sides in the Europa League meet in France on Thursday evening when Lyon host Eintracht Frankfurt as two teams currently in the top 8 face off.

If both stay there then they are going to be into the round of 16 without having to play the extra match, which is what both will be playing for here.

The attacking numbers Lyon have put up in this competition have been very appealing. They are the third-highest scorers in the Europa League with 12 from five games, average 7.6 shots on target per game and have created 21 big chances.

That will generally lead to goals but Frankfurt are no strangers to goals either. They are averaging 2 goals per game in Europe this term and their matches in this competition are averaging 3 per game.

This match pits attacking stars such as Alexandre Lacazette, Malick Fofana, Wilfried Zaha, Omar Marmoush and Hugo Ekitike among others against each other and with both teams going well in their respective leagues and full of goals, over 2.5 goals looks like a solid addition to our bet.

There are one or two matches which look like they could be mismatches on the card on Thursday and one of those comes from Spain where a Real Sociedad side, who need to pick up wins if they are going to automatically qualify for the round of 16, host rock bottom Dynamo Kiev.

This always looked like a tough assignment for Kiev and so it has proved. They have lost all 5 matches, scoring just 1 goal and conceding 12, so their prospects look bleak.

This one feels all about the home side. Sociedad might not be smashing it in the Europa League but they have won 2 of their last 3 matches in the competition and are performing well in La Liga.

In all competitions they have won 6 of their last 7 matches, which included an eye-catching win over Barcelona, and have kept clean sheets in all 6 wins, conceding just once in a 1-0 defeat to Athletic Bilbao in that time.

There should be a huge gulf between these two sides and Sociedad to win and cover a 1-goal handicap feels a smart play.

We will end our Europa League accumulator in Norway where the champions Bodo Glimt and Besiktas should be taken to put together a game which has a few goals in it.

Both teams are currently on course to qualify for the last 32 courtesy of being in positions 17 and 22 in the table but goals look to be the standout feature here.

No team in the Europa League has conceded more in terms of xG this season than Besiktas and that is immediately a red flag. To the credit of the Turkish side though, they are averaging a goal per match and have scored in every game bar the first one.

Glimt have drawn one match 0-0 in this competition but the other 4 games are averaging 4 goals. They are an attack-minded side as we saw at Old Trafford in the previous round, where they were brave enough to take the game to Man United in a 3-2 defeat.

Both Glimt home matches have had over 2.5 goals in them and with a weak defence in town but a lively attack this one has a strong over 2.5 feel about it too.