Europa League Betting Tips & Predictions

The 2024 Europa League sees some world class teams go head to head and some high quality fixtures from the group stages through to the final and BetUK will be providing our betting tips and predictions for every single gameweek of action! Whether it's the twists and turns of the group stage or the tightly contested finals, we'll be here with everything you'll need to place a bet on the 2024 Europa League.

Bet on the Europa League

Looking to bet on a particular stage of the competition or want to look back on our previous betting tips? Check out the links below to see everything we've tipped for this years Europa League.

Europa League - Upcoming Matches

Tips for Europa League Markets

Wondering what betting markets you can use on the Europa League? Why not check out the following:

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Winner Bet: In this bet, you can place a bet on who will win the Europa League that season. This can be placed at any time in the season from the first qualifying round to the final. The earlier your bet, the longer the odds. However, you should remember that Champions League teams drop down to the Europa League after the group stage.

Europa League Tips: Pre Match Bets

Winner Bet: These bets are valued on who will win that match in 90 minutes. There are also bets based on the method of victory, so you can bet on whether a team will win in 90 minutes, extra time or penalties. There are also progression bets, if you think a team will lose or draw a match but still progress in the competition.

If you're feeling really confident, you can place a bet on the correct score where you'll predict exactly how many goals are scored by both teams.

Goals Bet: The main bet when it comes to goals is Both Teams to Score, for which you can find our weekly tips on our BTTS betting tips page. For these bets, you are predicting which teams will score in either a full game or a half. There are also under/over goals bets if you're confident a particular match will have a specific number of goals.

One of the most popular goals related bets come from the goalscorer bet, where bettors predict a specific goalscorer from a game.

Handicap Bet: This is the method of betting on a team to give them a specific handicap. For example, if you take the last all-English Europa League final between Chelsea and Arsenal, Chelsea won 4-1. If you placed a handicap of -2.5 on Chelsea, you would have received massive odds for Chelsea to still win. If you picked 3.5, you would have lost as Chelsea won by 3 goals.

You can select handicaps per half if you're confident a side will dominate the first or second half of a game.

Corners/Cards: If you're into the data side of the beautiful game, you'll know a number of teams base their game around set-pieces and breaking-up play to avoid counter-attacks, these teams are fantastic for corner and card bets, you can bet on the number of corners by each team or a total amount. Meanwhile, for cards, you're able to bet on which players will be booked alongside a total for either the game or for an individual team.

Player Related Bets: Sometimes you'll find betting odds relating to individual players and not just in the methods mentioned above. These include assists, fouls and offsides, you won't be able to find these bets for every game and every player but for specific, important games, you'll likely find these bets.

Europa League Dates:

Qualifying Rounds and Playoffs - August

Group Stage - September - December (November due to 2022 World Cup)

Knockout Play-Offs - February

Knockout Round of 16 - March

Europa League Quarter Finals - April

Europa League Semi-Finals - May

Europa League Final - May

You will find that the Europa League always corresponds with the Champions League, if you see Champions League football on a Tuesday and Wednesday, you'll always see Europa League football on a Thursday. For this, be sure to check out this page for UEFA Europa League tips for every gameweek.

Europa League FAQs

Q. What is the UEFA Europa Conference League?

The UEFA Europa Conference League is the third installment of European Football tournaments. In order to evenly spread the money of European Football around more teams, a new competition has been created to rival the Champions and Europa Leagues. It also acts as a second chance for teams in the Europa League if they bow out in the group stages. However, it also acts as a way to reward teams for outstanding seasons, for example, if the idea was created in 2000, Sunderland, Reading and Stoke City would have all had European campaigns as rewards for narrowly missing out on the UEFA Cup/Europa League.

Q. On what channel can I watch the Europa League?

In the UK, you'll be able to view the Europa League on BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2, BT Sport 3 and BT Sport Extra. ESPN and beIN Sports are also popular providers of the Europa League across the world.

Q. Where is this season's Europa League final?

The 2023/24 Europa League final will be played in the Arriva Stadium in Dublin.

Q. How many English Teams Qualify for the Europa League?

Typically, two teams from England can qualify for the UEFA Europa League. This may alter from season to season depending on country ranking but currently, 5th placed in the Premier League qualifies for the Europa League alongside the winner of the FA Cup. If the FA Cup winner is a team already placed in positions 1-5 of the Premier League then the team in 6th place is bolstered to a Europa League position instead of the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Q. Who is currently the favourite to win the Europa League?

Arsenal are the current favourite to win this seasons Europa League.

Q. Which teams have played in the Europa League the most in recent years?

In the last 13 years, Ajax and Red Bull Salzburg have appeared most commonly with ten appearances each. Ajax made the final in 2016/17 while Salzburg made the final the following year.

Q. Which nation has had the highest number of different teams in the Europa League?

England and Germany have had the highest number of different clubs reach the Europa League with 17 teams each. England have had eight one-appearance teams while Germany have had six.

Q. How many clubs have won the Europa League/UEFA Cup in their first participation season?

Since CSKA Moscow won the initial tournament, only Porto (2010/11) and Chelsea (2012/13) have won the competition on their first attempt. However, Chelsea are the only team to have entered the competition twice and win it on both occasions.

Europa League History

Europa League Winners

*Also includes UEFA Cup

We are guaranteed to have a new name on the trophy this year as none of the remaining teams in the Europa League have ever won the competition.

Last Five Winners

In the last four seasons, fine margins have been the difference between success and failure, Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea's missed penalty proved the difference in 2021 while an own-goal by Romelu Lukaku condemned Inter Milan to defeat the year prior. Meanwhile, in the last three years the final has gone to penalties on every occasion.

Europa League Top Scorers (All-Time + Qualifiers)