EUROPA LEAGUE: We preview Thursday’s Europa League games between FC KOLN v ARSENAL and EVERTON v ATALANTA, both with a recommended BETDAQ bet.
FC KOLN V ARSENAL
6pm Remember the first time these sides met in Group H? We had strange scenes in London as Koln fans took over! They took the lead against the Arsenal second XI, however Arsenal battled back to win and now that they have secured their place in the knockouts you might see an even more inexperienced Arsenal side make the trip to Germany. However, an inexperienced Arsenal side hasn’t stopped them winning their away Europa League games and with Koln seeing bottom of the Bundesliga it would be unwise to take on Arsenal blindly.
We have a very open market, with the match odds at the time of writing; Koln 2.82, Arsenal 2.66 and the draw is 3.55. Koln look too short for us at 2.82, especially given how Arsenal have played thus far in the Europa League, however with them already through they might lose a little “edge” towards the game, so we prefer to lay Koln at 2.82 over backing Arsenal at 2.66.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Lay Koln at 2.82.
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EVERTON V ATALANTA
8.05pm Everton battled hard to get a 2-2 draw at the weekend against Crystal Palace, however they continue to struggle. Drawing with the side who are bottom of the Premier League table at the moment is hardly improvement, although granted they did battle well and battled well to come back from 2-0 against Watford the previous week too. The spirit is obviously improving, however they still have huge problems with their squad and their system. Atalanta bossed the game when the side met previously in this Europa League group and with them trading as big as 2.3 it’s hard to ignore those odds. However, their away record isn’t fantastic and with both these sides have seen plenty of goals this season, the value looks to be with over 2.5 goals at 1.9.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Over 2.5 goals at 1.9.
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