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New thread for this competition since the other one was locked.
Next fixtures are in two weeks.

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From the remaining Italian teams I see Sevilla knocking out Lazio, Napoli progressing against Zurich and I have a feeling that Inter could mess up against Rapid Vienna. They are more focused on ending 2nd in Serie A and Italian teams usually line up a mixed team selection for the Europa League matches.

Napoli, Arsenal & Chelsea must be amongst the favourites. This competition only gets interesting at this stage. The group stages have too many shit teams.

It is still early to be interesting. It is more competitive but still, there are teams that have a lot of difference in their dynamics and the players between them. I think that this year Chelsea is going to win Europa League. I am sad that Higuain will not be able to play but still, there are many top class players in the squad that can win the games.

That is why this is the second competition regarding importance and that is why Uefa has given the opportunity to many weak teams to take part in this competition to test these teams against strong ones and sometimes a weak team may go even to quarter finals but I agree to many shit teams reside in this league.

Today first game of Europa league playoffs was played, Fenerbahche won against Zenit 1:0. It's quite unexpected result considering that Fener is struggling this season - they are near to relegation zone in Turkish league. On the other hand it was first official game for Zenit after winter break.
Remaining games will be played on Thursday. For me Lazio - Sevilla pair looks most interesting. There few more pairs which looks difficult to predict like Celtic - Valencia, Krasnodar - Bayer, Rennes - Betis or Galatasaray - Benfica. Still didn't decided which matches to watch :D.

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A number of fixtures form the Round of 32 have kicked off already, The one I'm most interested in is Bate vs Arsenal.
Arsenal are playing with very strong line up and bench already, Which shows they're might be seeing this as another route to feature is the next season champions league.
I think this should be an easy away win for them with at least 2 goals scored.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on the bench I don't know what strategy the coach used
Even though Arsenal controls the match without a striker like Aubameyang it seems difficult to score

Lol, Arsenal lost to BATE 1:0. It's probably weakest team that they can get in this stage. Also, it was just first official match for BATE after winter break. Probably Arsenal will win at home by 3-4 goals, but still it's shameful to lose against such small teams.
Rennes - Betis 3:3. Wow, unfortunately didn't saw this match, but it had to be fun. I think it's big surprise that match between these teams was high scoring.
Lazio - Sevilla 0:1. I'm disappointed about Lazio performance, they played really bad tonight and they are lucky that conceded just 1 goal.
Shakhtar - Eintracht. We saw plenty of things in just 10 minutes - big mistake by Shakhtar goalkeeper and his own goal, in next attack questionable penalty and Shakhtar goal. Few moments latter Shakhtar player fouled and got second yellow card. Now score is 1:1 and there is not much action in the game.

Arsenal was a big disappointment tonight, I was very impressed with Real Betis, They were fantastic during the group stages, they went 2 goals behind inside the first 10 minutes, and had to come back from 2 goals behind again after the break to earn a 3 - 3 away draw, which I think is a great result for them, and they could make it the round of 16.

Arsenal very much lol
Don't say some team is weak.BATE has good history in cups but yes it is very much lol

Zurich-Napoli 0-3 ten minuets to go
Easy game for Napoli
Ancelloti told that Napoli wants to win EL that year
I am giving them biggest chance to do that
English clubs can be tired of PL competition
Shakhtar  will be much better in second leg but Eintracht has few good players
Jovic 21 striker is new rising star.So game is very much open

Don't forget Sevilla just yet.
Spanish teams have a way of bullying teams towards the final stages of European competitions. At least this has been happening so many times in the past decade.

I was watching early minutes for match Arsenal vs BATE and when the match was beginning Arsenal almost made first goal and i thought it will be an easy match for them so i didin't continue to watch but after seeing the final results it seems yesterday was not Arsenal day but i'm sure on the second leg Arsenal can win at least 2 goals

Surprised to see Arsenal lose to BATE Borisov, where are they even from :D
It’s only a 1-0 deficitt though, I’m sure the Gunners will advance unless Borisov score 1st then it could become difficult.

They conceded the goal the moment when the first half was ending. Then Lacazette got a red card and the team paralyzed.
It was better to try and keep the 1-0 and not concede another goal than chase for the equalizer.
Arsenal will get its chances in the second round on Emirates where I think they will score over 2 goals.

I'd still expect them to qualify for the next stage indeed, but I'll not be expecting too much from them considering their mediocre performance yesterday, they should take this tournament with uttermost importance, since that is their only shot of winning a silverware this season. But it seems they are not just ready yet.

Amazed after last night's matches that Chelsea and Arsenal are favourties and third favourites respectively to win the whole thing.

Would expect both to lose to the first decent team they face (in Arsenal's case, the first half-decent team as we saw last night...)

I have forgot indeed
Sevilla is EL twice winner
Anyway Ancelotti told that they will do everything to win and Napoli was playing really great football in CL group stage

Bate is from Belarus
It is always hard to play against teams from that part of Europe at his home
Whatever that Arsenal lost is even more strange because it was Bate first game after winter break

No, point of correction Sevilla have won Europa League five times, in 2006 and 2007 and then 3 Consecutive times in 2014, 2015 and 2016, They sure do no how to play in the competition and could go very far this year in the tournament once again.

In the several seasons earlier Spanish teams were very dominate this competitions even so with England and Sevilla as the most successful teams in this competition could be consider as strong candidate to be the champion this season but their current opponent Lazio also in the good shape after defeat Empoli in the local league

BATE Borisov might not be that popular but they are a team thats popular in Belarus and if you watch their match against Arsenal closely they are not after any hype but to make an impact and  to utilize every chances they have against Arsenal. Although Arsenal dominate the match by 77% football possession and 4 shot on target while BATE have 3 shot on target.

Bump this thread since europa league will begin again today but unfortunately i could not bets for different match because today only match Sevilla vs Lazio will available and as the most successful team in europa league i will consider Sevilla is slightly strong compared to their opponent especially today they will playing as host team which mean Sevilla have good chance to win and my pick for this match is Sevilla ML with the odds @1.88

Wow! I had no idea the Sevilla vs Lazio was scheduled for today, I supposed all Europa League's fixtures are meant to be for tomorrow, That means I'd have to miss out on it as well. I think Sevilla playing at home should be an advantage and I'd expect them to advance to the stage.

Sevilla are 1 - 0 up on the evening, and 2 - 0 on aggregate, This is becoming a one sided affair.

This match had to be played today, because it's not allowed to play 2 matches of UEFA competitions on the same day in the same city due to security reasons. As we know, 2 teams from Sevilla - Betis and Sevilla playing their second leg games at home.
Not much what to say about this game - Sevilla reached another comfortable win, same like in away match. I expected a bit more from Lazio.
15 more matches on Thursday. In most of it everything is still open and all scenarios is available. Arsenal lost first leg, but I expect that at home they will reach big win at home. Other games which I'm going to follow is Betis - Rennes, Eintracht - Shakhtar

Arsenal have to made 2 goals or more if they want to go for next round and i think this is possible because they were motivated to win and pushing to made first goal early and for Arsenal vs BATE match i won't pick for Arsenal ML because the odds are quite low but i was thinking about over 2.5 goals and i'm sure they can make score more than 2 goals

Arsenal is going to win this game easy. It is one of the favorites in as the winners of the competition this season and it will be awful to be disqualified so early from the UEFA Europa League. I think that a good bet would be an over 2,5 goals for Arsenal or a +2 handicap for the Unay Emeri's team today.

Europa league is not in the same league as Champions League for quality football mostly because here also reside teams of countries which have not a developed soccer industry so the differences between the teams makes it not that beautiful to watch.

In this round a lot of differences but we all know that in most games the favourites will win today.

In their ground Arsenal should score more than 2 goals. I would not surprise if the match ends with 4 - 0 for Arsenal. My bet will be over 3.5 for this match.

I will be looking forward to see Chelsea vs Malmo result too. I predict 2 - 0 win for Chelsea.

Bate is not such a bad team, it's a risky bet. Although... last year they lost 6-0 at Arsenal.
Funny to see Aleksandr Hleb on the bench for them.

Arsenal scored!
Unfortunate own goal by Zakhar but it helps Arsenal.


3 more to go LOL

1-0 Arsenal in early stage of the game but BATE is playing very well and was unlucky to score
Goal for Arsenal was sustain it was defender huge mistake

Favorites to win all competition to me is Sevilla.Napoli and third is Arsenal however it will be hard for Arsenal  to compete in both EL and EPL

Another goal for Arsenal which makes 2 - 0 for them. Shkodran header into the left corner and the keeper had no chance to react. 2 more to score for Arsenal 😋

Few minutes to whistle for the first half.

I think obviously Arsenal will advance to the next phase, I had no idea why they slumped at Belarus in the first leg, Valencia is also still leading on aggregate by 2 - 0, current score is still 0 - 0 after 60 minutes.

Arsenal making easy work of BATE Borisov after losing the 1st leg. The Europa League starts to get interesting in the next round (round of 16).

I am so happy to see Arsenal to score. Another one and it's 3 - 0 for Arsenal. Sokratis finds the corner kick and head it into the back of the net. Good goal. I have not much information about the other games. Celtic received a red card which may give advantage to Valencia.

I also believed Arsenal will advance to the next phase but the reason why the slumped in Belarus was because BATE lost their home group stage match to Arsenal last year with a 4-2 win so it will be bad for the team if they loose the home group match this year which is why they surprise Arsenal this year. However, the match is yet to finish and anything can still happen.

It's going to be an interesting recap for the Europa league let alone the next draws  ;D
Big dogs who are on the brink of making  it through so far

- Arsenal
- Napoli
- Valencia

Still few minutes to go to confirm Valencia though. Celtic may find a goal


I just hope Arsenal score another one LOL or my over 3.5 is gone 😋

That'd be of no apparent use, perhaps a consolation goal, because the failed to score at home in the first leg too.

With Villarreal's equalizing goal vs Sporting lisbon there's a big chance they might make it through, except Sporting could find another goal, that would have Villarreal eliminated with away goal rule.

Bad day for me LOL
I thought the Arsenal vs Bate will have over 3.5 but it ended to exactly 3 goals 🤥
Anyway it was a good match for them.

I am off to watch Chelsea vs Malmo. 0 - 2 for Chelsea 😋

Sorry mate, that was really close

Incoming
- Chelsea
- Inter Milan (3 goals up already)
- Benfica

Has anyone noticed that all the hosting teams except 2 away teams in this round's matches have either gone through or stand a chance of going through.

Just did. Except Genk and Leverkusen (so far), Real Betis (so far) and Dynamo (so far).

Chelsea scored again. 3 - 0 now

Edit:
Leverkusen just scored! 1 - 1

Not many surprising results in this round. Only few results looks unexpected - Bayer eliminated by Krasnodar and Slavia Prague reached big away win against Genk. As expected Arsenal won easily at home. I'm a bit sad for Betis who lost at home and got eliminated by Rennes 6:4 on aggregate. But Rennes were better in this pair and deserved to go further.
On Friday Round of 16 draw will be made.

I quite disappointed with Real Betis being eliminated, I was expecting a lot more from them, After a dramatic 3 - 3 come back last week at france, Other fixture were quite as expected other than Bayer Leverkusen..

what are your predictions for the draws ?

Not so easy to guess for sure since teams are still so many but am now picking up more interest in Europa as the league progresses. We are soon going to see lots of giants clashing against each other since most of them have gone through.

Arsenal and Chelsea success qualify and continue to the next round. Almost all home team qualify to the next round too on Europa league match today. On the other hand, Betis lose vs Rennes, i'm surprised though. By looking the odds Betis have a good chance to win and play betis home too, but nope, they lost.

The parlay that last week offered of aboit 30/1 for Sevilla, Villareal and Valencia to win must have made the bookies downgrade their opponents because none of above teams enjoyed the same underdog odds last night. Too bad for me Villareal and Betis were part of my parlay.

No shocks for most of the favourites, I'd love for Napoli to meet Arsenal! Time for outrights, anyone backing Napoli?

Oh man, you were so close. It was a good bet and i think it was worth it in gambling on it. However, Arsenal didn't disappoint us and show that they can win the title this year playing good football that it is fun to watch.
Chelsea played well too and they hadn't any problem to win Malmo. I look forward to the next fixture where more exciting games will come.

There you go :

Chelsea - Dynamo Kiev
Eintracht Francfort - Inter Milan
Dinamo Zagreb - Benfica
Naples - RB Salzbourg
Valence CF - FC Krasnodar
Séville FC - Slavia Prague
Arsenal - Rennes
Zenith SP - Villarreal

Hey last nights victory was an important one for Sarri as he had to save his job as Chelsea’s head coach, currently he’s on borrowed time and had he lost this one he would have been sacked. I’m sure no one will be surprised by the performance of Hudson-Odoi, he had a point to prove to Sarri and he did it with his performance. Arsenal played very well to claim victory too, they have been scrappy this season but last night they showed top form.

Yeah it was close but never mind. I could have use over 2.5 but I got a bit greedy. Both Arsenal and Chelsea played well last night. In fact there were no surprise win last night. Most of them were predicted.

Man it was a tough draw with GS-Benfica. I was hoping Galatasaray would get this one, I know it was difficult to reach 2-0 for them but I was betting on 1-0 at least or even a 2-1 would have been nice. They got that new striker Dgiane or something with a ton of goals in the league and was hoping that would change a lot of things, they were doing much better than the last time.

Anyone who watched the game knows they had a lot of good attacks and they were passing around really well keeping the ball at their feet and not turn it over too many times or at least make mistakes at their own part of the field (which Turkish teams known to do) however that one goal didn't come in time.

The offside given at late in the game was actually not even an offside, the only player that was ahead of the Benfica players was not in the possession and header and scorer were both were onside but they still didn't give the goal. That could have been a decent profit for me if they gave that.

Yesterday they be guaranteed in all matches of the tour is interesting is that the homeowner. Frankly, although more could be playing a team can say very little away.

Great draw, this will mean it will get a lot tougher after this round because no big teams are facing each other yet, Perhaps, we could see one or two upset where underdogs will advance to next phase at the expense of big teams. The match I'll look forward to mostly would be Napoli vs RB Salzburg.

My prediction on teams to qualify to the next round
Chelsea
Eintracht Francfort
Benfica
Naples
Valence CF
Séville FC
Arsenal
Zenith SP

Yeah, in this round we won't see big teams facing each other, but few pairs looks very interesting. Here is few my words about each pair. I boldedteam which will advance further in my opinion.
Chelsea v Dynamo Kyiv. Considering recent results of Chelsea, even Dynamo can be dangerous for them
Frankfurt v Inter. Inter is a bit better team, but their advantage isn't big
Dinamo Zagreb v Benfica. It shouldn't be difficult for Benfica.
Napoli v Salzburg. Very interesting pair, I expect that Napoli will advance further, but it will be tough.
Valencia v Krasnodar. Valencia are favorites, but Krasnordar already surprised us by eliminating Bayer.
Sevilla v Slavia Praha. Sevilla got probably easiest opponent, no questions there
Arsenal v Rennes. Arsenal are favorites, but they must learn from mistakes - this time they can't play so bad in first leg like they did against BATE. Rennes ius dangerous team which can score many goals as they did against Betis.
Zenit v Villarreal. For me this pair is most difficult to predict. Zenit looks solid so far, while Villarreal struggling in La Liga, but they are doing well in Europa league.

True, there are lots of mismatches, on paper at least.
I put in bold my favorites.

Chelsea - Dynamo Kiev
Eintracht Francfort - Inter Milan
Dinamo Zagreb - Benfica
Naples - RB Salzbourg
Valence CF - FC Krasnodar
Séville FC - Slavia Prague
Arsenal - Rennes
Zenith SP - Villarreal

If I had to pick one to win the Cup, I'd go with Napoli.

Below are the team I choose to be the winner of Round of 16 match.

Chelsea - Dynamo Kiev
Eintracht Francfort - Inter Milan
Dinamo Zagreb - Benfica
Naples - RB Salzbourg
Valence CF - FC Krasnodar
Séville FC - Slavia Prague
Arsenal - Rennes
Zenith SP - Villarreal

Football is game and the team we dont expect might be the winner of the cup but chooses Inter Milan to be the winner of the cup.

Chelsea - Dynamo Kiev
Eintracht Frankfurt - Inter Milan
Dinamo Zagreb - Benfica
Napoli - RB Salzbourg
Valencia CF - FC Krasnodar
Sévilla FC - Slavia Prague
Arsenal - Rennes
Zenith SP - Villarreal

I am backing Seville to take this one again.

I guess I would agree with you on the above, but Sevilla have shown how they are really wobbling now, even at their amazing home ground, so we all know for a long time they are putting every effort into the Europa League, as they themselves keep saying it, they want to make it their cup.

But remember now Chelsea lost the league cup, so they only have hopes in Europa, plus Arsenal as well will want the free ticket to Champions League, because 1 of them will not make top 4.

With the mentioned reason I believed Chelsea and Arsenal is put their best in the Europa competition because they wont want to disappoint their fans again. For this reason I disagree with the prediction make by other member that Napoli or Inter Milan will be the winner of the Europa cup.

I bet Napoli to win Europa League
Maybe because i like that City but Napoli was playing really good in CL
All games will be very interesting to follow
I bet  Eintracht Frankfurt will pass Inter
Jovic from Eintracht is player to watch
I think he will move to much better club in coming transfer window

Exactly, for those who've seen them play, they were very close to two big teams, PSG and Liverpool. They could have qualified, it wouldn't have been outrageous.

Head still swimming from Ajax and United shocks. Football's elite are all struggling. Good for the neutral and an advertisement against cash rich clubs (not that United isn't cash rich!). But there's so much entertainment in tonight's games. Napoli- Salzburg probably the pick of the evening, the Italians are a favourite to win this but I still think Sevilla and Chelsea will make the finals.

I put a ~$3.85 (BTC 0.0001) bet on all games tonight, hoping for no draws, and 1 upset (Inter):
Eintracht Frankfurt - Inter M.
GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Benfica
Sevilla - Slavia Prague
Rennes - Arsenal
Zenit St.Petersburg - Villarreal
Chelsea - Dynamo Kiev
Napoli - RB Salzburg
Valencia - FK Krasnodar

Odds: 141.71. Betslip (https://www.betcoin.ag/betslip/X224P5FTL).

P.S. Was a bit tough to find this new thread. A bit of a bother about the old one closing. Shouldn't we have just lumped Europa with Champs as UEFA club competition?

Now Arsenal play with 10 players after Sokratis gets a red card
Arsenal's chances of winning are very small even if the draw is the best achievement today

Benfica and Arsenal down by one goal and Sevilla and Inter draw we have just 14 minutes left in these games lets see what happen with this.

First matches have just ended

https://i.imgur.com/tU807Q0.png

Seville and Arsenal getting overwhelmed by their opponents.
Do you think Arsenal can over turn this result in the second leg?

Arsenal are just so impossible, blowing every opportunity at the slightest chance they get, now they could get eliminated in the tournament with such a dismal display of football. Even if eventually they get to advance to the next, I'm not sure they'd go too far if they keep up with this kind of mediocre performance.

I didn't see Arsenal as a mediocre team, Arsenal defeat this time because they only played with 10 players with great pressure from the home fans and it was a very exciting match that I saw and I was impressed with the good performance of Rennes. So, I personally still believe Arsenal are able to comeback in the second leg even though it looks difficult.

If I was an Arsenal fan (I’m obviously not) I’d be pissed off tonight but confident that they can still qualofy for the 1/4 final. They only need to win 2-0 at home to advance & I think they will.

Wonder what odds they are to qualify.

Lot of surprising results in Europa league tonight. First of all - Arsenal loss to Rennes. It will be difficult task for Rsenal to win by 2 goals at home - Rennes isn't BATE. And Rennes continue to surprise me this season, first they kicked out Betis, and now they are close to eliminate Arsenal.
Sevilla haven't managed to beat Slavia Prague. Their recent results are shitty in La Liga and now they can't even win against such small club at home.
I'm surprised that Napoli won against Salzburg so easily. It's safe to say that Napoli and Chelsea in the next round already after 3:0 home wins.
Villarreal sitting in relegation zone in La Liga, but they don't have problems in Europa league. Solid 3:1 away win against Zenit.
I think it's better to have two separate threads for different competition than have everything mixed in one thread.

I really won't be surprised If they fail qualify, they can't keep affording to that lose the 1st leg with the hope/notion of always bouncing back in the 2nd leg.


I referred to their performance as mediocre, not the team.

This mindset will get them knocked out earlier than anyone can Imagine, and this could be their last stage for this year's competition.

That Rennes team is very surprising.
They have one player in particular, Hatem Ben Arfa, who when he was younger was supposed to become a huge star. He's been a disappointment in most of the teams he's played for but there's no denying that when he puts his mind into it, he's something special.
He was the main reason for Rennes passing through Betis and from what I heard he had another great performance against Arsenal tonight.

Ben Arfa hasms in his renaissance state at the ligue 1 after plying an unsuccessful in England, he had a great season last year, I've not been really following up him this season!


Chelsea and Napoli are declaring themselves are as the heavy favorites to lift the trophy, both teams had a comfortable 3 - 0 win each against their opponents, and are in pole position to advance to the next round. I think if both teams don't face each along the way during the knockout phases, We could witness a final between both teams.

You are right, Rennes beat Arsenal 3-1 on the first leg. I thought Arsenal can win after that very early goal, but nope. I think that red card on Sokratis is a big one and that's why Rennes can make a comeback to 3-1, grats to them.

I'm not an Arsenal fan but it is frustrating to see a good side lose like that to a not so good side. The red card shouldn't really be an excuse they still have enough star quality to win, but I guess they are still finding their way around in Europe. They played and won almost every game until the last stage, so maybe it's just a case of tiredness but they don't have other games except the league now.

They can easily win 3-0 at home too, I agree. But all the way is tough.

And imagine that Arsenal had the best odds to win the Europa League. After this humiliating defeat from Rennes I don't think that they will be able to compete for the qualification to the next stage.
I am happy to see Napoli and Chelsea winning easily, and I hope that both team will reach the finals. It will be an interesting match to see as the quality of the teams is similar to Champions League teams.

Sevilla's performance has dipped a lot over the past few weeks, their struggle and inability to win matches in which they'd be considered the clear favorite is evident, I wouldn't say the 2 - 2 draw is such a bad result, but giving the lead away twice and two goal conceded at home could have its own implications.

I was also expecting RB Salzburg to cause Napoli lots of trouble, but Napoli were just too much to handle.

I think Arsenal will go through still. They will hopefully have 11 men for 90 minutes this time (lol) and they play with their home fans - Big difference.

As a Manchester United fan I have been wishing that both Arsenal and Chelsea crash out of Europa, as Manchester United is close to finishing fourth in the premier league. I’m sure all will know the rules only four teams qualify from the premier league, and if one of the two wins it then Manchester United will miss out on a champions league spot. I feel Arsenal inability to get the best out of Ozil has hurt them, but playing on home ground they surely will have an advantage.

From what I remember watching a bit of their game yesterday they starting losing when the own goal went in from the arsenal defender with his arms behind his back trying to avoid hand ball but it went off his side into the net instead. At this point they were already down to 10 men and down a goal as well.

Really disappointing for Arsenal fans what they did last night was a shame.Losing Against a third class team is really a shame.Arsenal will get it tough and pressure to go through next round.Though a home advantage, they will get in second leg but It's always tough to recover from 3-1.           

There was a lot of previously guessed results like it was bound to happen but there was a ton of results that shocked the world as well. Now, I know everyone is focused on the champions league results with how Ajax and Manchester United managed to beat their opponents and that is the talk lately.

Moreover, I feel like Inter somehow getting a draw with Frankfurt was a odd thing as well, I would have expected them to just destroy Frankfurt really. Also Sevilla getting a draw with Slavia Prag.. really who the hell is Slavia Prag, I don't even know which country they are from to be honest. All other results look like they happened just like people imagined it would but the Inter and Sevilla games looked like they were the odd ones that could have made you a lot of money.

still don't understand how arsenal can be slaughtered. Chelsea won and inter has drawn, I think a lot of surprises started from the start to the match. this season is very surprising.

Rennes is not such a bad team.
They're doing well in the French Championship and they eliminated Betis in the previous round.
I'm not that surprised that they beat Arsenal. I'll go as far as to say they are the favorites to qualify here.

That's the obvious fact here! I just don't know why people are somewhat blind to the reality simply because of Arsenal's "supposed" big team title. I'm not saying there is no possibility of Arsenal pulling a comeback, I'm rather not just convinced with performance so far in the competition, and I'd gladly take Rennes to qualify for any odd greater than 2.50.

Big difference but the score difference should not be neglected because it is huge as well.
I thought that they can make it to the final but with such performance it will be very difficult to even pass this stage. Their future in the European competition will be clearer after the game with Man Utd which is a crucial one.

looking at the odds this morning, I'm sure on the first bet before the coffee  ;)

Benfica Lisbon - GNK Dinamo Zagreb
Double Chance
Draw or GNK Dinamo Zagreb
@2.50

Benfica must catch up the result from the first match, so will play for sure an open offensive game from the first minute
Dinamo has 3 players out of order Ademi, Leovac & Sunjic, this is maybe one of the reasons for such a high odd, but I'm sure that Dinamo will be patient and checkmate Benfica on the first opportunity

*nota bene
I'm not a Dinamo supporter  ;)
 

Chelsea are more calm to face leg2 because they have bagged 3 goals.
the hard one is arsenal, indeed they only need 2 goals to win, but rennais is not an easy opponent. My prediction of the arsenal will be held at the stadium emirates.

The whole season is played for Arsenal in this match. They should do everything that it is possible in order to pass to the next round. Personally, I am going to gamble this match for an over 2.5 as I believe that Arsenal is going to put strong pressure since the beginning, giving enough space for Rennes to hit them in the counter attack.

Sevilla as a few times former Europa League winner in these last years it seems that they have a difficult game ahead and they risk big tonight to go home.

I support Slavia Prague with a small sum for a big odd of 4. I think they have never been further than this level in Europa League and will sacrifice a lot tonight in order to go further.

Hey the match between Chelsea and Kiev is already over before it starts as I feel Chelsea already secured their spot with those three goals. I don’t see any upset happening for Chelsea, but I’m sure Kiev will try till the end but I feel it’s too late. The main match is between Arsenal and Rennes wherein I feel Rennes has the goals advantage, but Arsenal have the home advantage so it’ll be an interesting match.

Are we going to see rain of goals like we saw for Champions League? This week in Champions league if someone would place an acca of over 2.5 goals for the four matches then they would win a huge amount of money. Seriously.

Check the results:
City vs Schalke : 7 - 0
Juventus vs Atletico Madrid : 3 - 0
Bayern vs Liverpool : 1 - 3
Barcelona v Lyon : 5 - 1

4 singles for me today  8)

Benfica Lisbon - GNK Dinamo Zagreb
1x2
GNK Dinamo Zagreb
@7.60

Benfica Lisbon - GNK Dinamo Zagreb
GNK Dinamo Zagreb Total
Over 0.5
@1.84

Benfica Lisbon - GNK Dinamo Zagreb
Anytime Goalscorer
Gavranovic, Mario
@4.40

Benfica Lisbon - GNK Dinamo Zagreb
Double Chance
Draw or GNK Dinamo Zagreb
@2.60

& one multi on total goals scored:

FC Dynamo Kiev - Chelsea FC        Over 0.5 @ 1.08
FC Salzburg - SSC Napoli               Over 1.5 @ 1.20
FC Krasnodar - Valencia CF             Over 0.5 @ 1.06
Inter Milan - Eintracht Frankfurt       Over 0.5 @ 1.06
Arsenal FC - Stade Rennes               Over 1.5 @ 1.14
SK Slavia Prague - Sevilla FC            Over 1.5 @ 1.22
Villarreal CF - FC Zenit St Petersburg Over 1.5 @ 1.26
Benfica Lisbon - GNK Dinamo Zagreb Over 0.5 @ 1.05

Tot @2.68

😁
I am quoting to check the result later.

Benfica Lisbon - GNK Dinamo Zagreb fact: In recent time, Dinamo either draw or lose when they play away.
https://i.imgur.com/YpBHvLV.png

Anyway, I would like to see you win and hope you do.

Probably not as much as we saw on Champions League but Europa League usually has produced more goals for a game compared to Champions League games.

Overall in the games today goals today are needed for many teams to try and pass through this turn so goals are highly likely.

Today will be an important match for Arsenal no other choice must win at least 2-0 or more
They must do the same when defeating BATE Borisov
Arsenal FC (-1.75)

I've done some research after seeing  big_daddy acca and here is my acca of 8

dynamo kiev v chelsea : 1.5
Krasnodar vs Valencia : 1.5
Salzburg vs Napoli : 1.5
Arsenal vs Rennes : 1.5
Benfica vs Din. Zagreb : 0.5
Inter vs Frankfurt : 0.5
Slavia Prague vs Sevilla : 1.5
Villarreal vs Zenit Petersburg : 0.5


I am expecting more goal in Arsenal vs Rennes match. Arsenal will go all in to fight back.

Slavia Praha  Praha is capitol of Czech Republic
Slavia is club with great tradition i don't know who is playing there now but Czech had very good players in the past
Rennes is able to cause surprise.It is enough to look how many talented players are in France
Inter-Frankfurt  i will never bet on Inter his recent form is poor
Chelsea ans Napoli are only one strong favorites to qualify

I have just a 3 games parlay, with Chelsea and Napoli to both win and Valencia to either win or draw at total odds of ~ 7.10

I'm expecting Arsenal to win, maybe not qualify, but I'm definitely not placing a bet on them.

No bets for me tonight, won't risk my CL profits, plus I lost my europa league parlay last week so i'm not feeling too confident  :D

Inter has been playing awful lately, especially in the Serie A, and Frankfurt played really well in the first game so I wouldn't be so confident about a win for the italians...game could go either way.

Half time in some games right now, Chelsea are winning 2-0, they won 3-0 last week so it's safe to say that they're already in the next round. Napoli and Salzburg 1-1, Red Bull needs to score 4 more goals to qualify, I think the Napoli will go through.

I wonder if we'll see any big upsets later tonight. Arsenal and Sevilla are the ones desperate for a good result, at least the Gunners have the home advantage, the spaniards aren't so lucky.

It is half time in Kiev and Chelsea wins 0-3 with two goals from Olivier Giroud and one from Marcos Alonso.

Dynamo doesn't seem that can compete Chelsea and it is obvious that Chelsea will have an easy night and they can rest some first team players fully as it is not going to be needed to play. Hazard and David Luiz can enjoy the match from the bench relaxed!

@tomahawk, I did well 2 nights in a row for CL, both nights my underdog bet won on parlays... so I went for a 3-way parlay today for over 12/1. Chelsea, Napoli, Sevilla. The English, Italian and Spanish favourites. All away wins so really really good odds on all even if you took them on singles.

Half time Chelsea already 3-0, the 2/1 odds on them were such good value, so I only need to worry about the Italians. Napoli are looking allright at HT, odds were almost 3/1, but 1-1 now might tempt them to sit back and soak up pressure on aggregate.

Sevilla also on 2/1 are last to play, let's see how the remainder of the night goes!

It's a good acca (parlay) I hope you win.

Napoli were ahead but Salzburg scored after 10 to 11 minutes. Win for Chelsea is a matter of time if there are no drama of-course.

In my acca 8 I still needs goals from Krasnodar vs Valencia match.

Good luck to you too mate! Chelsea's match is pretty much a done deal already, with 3 goals lead I don't think there is any chance for such drama within just the second, I'm quite more concerned about Napoli's match as Salzburg are playing well too.

Yes Salzburg may bring bad luck to you. In the other game it should be easy for you. Anytime anyone can score. I thought Valencia will play better than Krasnodar but they are not.

Good luck you too.

Just had a bet on Arsenal to qualify. I think it’s safe money, they’ll win this game by 2 clear gpals and advance to the next round. Winning the Europa League is qualification for the CL. I think they might need to really try & win it, top 4 in the PL is not guaranteed for them.

3 goals for Olivier Giroud... and in one game, not the whole season ?  :o
WTF is happening here ?  ;D

Seems like Salzburg is taking away the bet from you. They scored another goal and Napoli is behind. They will have to score two more goals to win. Although I do not see any reason for them to be worried about goals.

Chelsea is on fire.

They will need to work hard for this if they want to qualify for the next round. They are already two goals down.

Looks a lost bet already, Krasnodar just scored Valencia too, which means Valencia could get eliminated too!
Napoli are just trying to see the match out, now it's 3 - 1!

Giroud is having his best match of the season far, he's got a hattrick and Chelsea has got 5!

Bad luck mate. Valencia scored at 90+3 minutes. You lost it when Salzburg scored their 2nd goal. Salzburg tried their best.

Anyway, I was almost giving up with my acca LOL but luckily Valencia saved me. Let's see how far I go. These are the matches I left now:

Lucky you man! now let's see how to the remaining match plays out!

Arsenal have taken the lead already, Frankfurt has also scored against Inter Milan.

Arsenal scored again which means I am free from Arsenal match. Slavia Prague scored, I need one more from this match. Frankfurt also scored. So here is my status:

Benfica vs Din. Zagreb : 0.5
Slavia Prague vs Sevilla : 1.5 need one more goal
Villarreal vs Zenit Petersburg : 0.5

Congratulations mate, I'd definitely consider your bet won already..

Villarreal has scored, so you're left with a goal from both  Sevilla's and Benfica's match,...

Arsenal is up 2 to nil against rennes at the half. Rennes have had all clean sheets when playing them at home. I dont expect them to score in this game.
If you had chelsea and arsenal on your betslip it would of made for a better choice at over 2.25x odds then taking the underdog just for the 11.00x odds. :-\

You had better watch the game to the end before writing any team off,especially Arsenal vs  rennes. just one goal from rennes can blow the effort. Inter does not look like a competing team at all, they are losing at home already

https://i.imgur.com/TeESNr6.png

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scores arsenal's third goal to mark a remarkable come back after a disappointing first leg.
He's missed a couple of great chances that should have completely put this game to bed.

Interesting 1/8 final results in Europa league.
Valencia qualified after last minutes drama against Krasnodar. On 85th minute Krasnodar scored incredible goal. Then Valencia urgently needed to score and somehow Guedes managed to score on 93th minute. I'm not a fan of Krasnodar, but I'm a bit sad for this team - it's frustrating to lose in such way at home when next round is just few seconds away.
Chelsea reached another huge win against Dynamo, Giroud scored hattrick.
Slavia - Sevilla, what a game! Slavia is one of the weakest teams on paper on this round, but they are fighting against Sevilla like same level team. I think thatpenalty given against Sevilla wasn't correct, but there are no VAR in Europa league. Well, we're going to extra time!
Arsenal did what they had to do. I haven't watched their game, but I see stats, and it looks that wasn't easy game.
Eintracht surprised me a bit by kicking out Inter. Inter haven't managed to score in 180 minutes!

EDIT Sevilla just scored in extra time, now Slavia need to score 2 goals, 20 minutes remaining.
EDIT2 Slavia scored, 18 minutes remaining. Crazy match!

the singles are gone, but the game is fabulous
Benfica-Dinamo is taking the overtime
the total goals ticket has returned me the loss from the singles, so I'm betting now on Dinamo to pass to the next stage

 8)

very good fast aggressive soccer
if you can, find some stream, it's worth

Yeah I had and I have watched rennes efforts before in ligue play as well. With a record of not scoring against arsenal in all their contests you think the result would be any different? All rennes offensive were either offsides or going off the bar.

Congratulations to Arsenal, I'm one those who wished they'd get punished for their first leg performance. Today they showed a great statement, and arguably deserved to qualify,

Sevilla are in a 3 - 2 lead in the extra time after their game against Slavia Prague ended 2 -2 the same scoreline with that of the first leg.

That early goal pretty much sealed the deal. Btw, they ended up qualifying to the next round, but I'm not sure if Ancelotti will be too happy after conceding 3 goals.

Well, as I kinda expected, Inter couldn't do much against Frankfurt. The germans were the better team in both legs, but they wasted so many chances tonight, more than I can remember. MOTM was Handanovic, without him Inter could've conceded more than 5 goals easily.

Two games going to extra time. I hope Sevilla and Benfica can make it to the next round.

That's football for you buddy because anything can happen if the leading are just a goal ahead while the fulltime whistle is yet to be bow. I respect Goncalo Guedes of Valencia for the deadline goal to make Valencia advance 3-2 by aggregate.

 ;D  ;D  ;D

Ok, congrats to Benfica

Good night

I am happy for Arsenal, their game looked tough for me after they lost during the first leg. They were able to manage things well and have progressed to the next stage but the higher you go the tougher it becomes.

Slavia scored another goal in extra time and won against Sevilla on aggregate. Kjaer has able to kick ball from goal line, but failed. Crazy match, disaster for Sevilla! Underdogs Slavia made history tonight!. Pablo Machin - sacked in the morning? Wouldn't be surprised at all.

A goal in the 119'...crazy stuff! About Machin, there were rumours that he was going to ge sacked before this game...Now with this result, there's no doubt that he'll wake up unemployed tomorrow morning lol

Well, Slavia Praha will be the team that everybody will wish to play against in the quarter-finals, who will be the lucky one?  :P

A bit surprised Chelsea won with 5 goals on the away match 2nd leg against Dyn. Kyiv and hattrick for Giroud. I thought it would be a close match lol. Other premier league team Arsenal also won and qualify to the next round.

It was a great experience last night, giroud scoring a perfect hat trick (left foot, right foot and header) keeping Chelsea europa league record intact but that wasn't my highlight for last night because I knew we were going to win. Although I'm a chelsea fan , Arsenal's remarkable comeback victory and the blackpather celebration performed by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang stole the show for me.

Great comeback from Arsenal. I thought Rennes would hold on.
It's been a really bad round for French clubs in all European competitions, it's actually been a terrible season once again.

Spot on, brother. 3 goals with no reply and they're through. They'll want to win this, but so will Chelsea. Then that's a free CL's spot. If any of the clubs win CL, will that free up another spot in EPL? I don't recall the rules. There's no other way though, is there? Just a maximum of 4 teams plus 1 if a club outside top 4 wins Europa?

I went a bit stupid and backed Napoli to win even though I knew in my gut the 3-goal cushion plus away goal would mean they'd give it away in the 2nd half. Sevilla was a surprise to me too, tbh. 2-2 was perfectly balance and they just needed to get the ball in the net, but to go down in extra time, phew.

This season is so exciting!
None would ever predict both in Champions League but also in the Europa League that we are going to see less strong teams disqualifying the strong ones.
Slavia Praha probably made yesterday the game of the decade (at least) for them and disqualifying a huge club with many Europa League trophies. I hope to see the same pace in the next round!

Man Utd came 5th the other season (under Mourinho) & won the EL, they still got into the CL so I presume the rules will still be the same. They go into the CL as a pot 1 seed too.

I think England only gets the additional CL spot if for example Arsenal came 5th & won the EL. If the EL winner came 4th & won the EL too then there is no additional CL spot for England.

Incredible result for Arsenal last night after such a poor result in the 1st leg. Chelsea through very comfortably, let’s see if some big teams are drawn against each other today.

Quarter-finals:

A1 Benfica vs Frankfurt
B2 Slavia Praha vs Chelsea
C3 Arsenal vs Napoli
D4 Villareal vs Valencia

Semi-finals will be the winner of A1 against winner of B2, and winner of C3 against winner of D4.

My picks: Frankfurt, Chelsea, Napoli, Valencia. I think Chelsea have a good shot of making it to the final.

New to the quarterfinal draw, I am excited about it

I was offline yesterday to update. Yes, finally won that acca 8

You were giving everything for Dinamo. What was your motivation if you don't mind?

My thoughts about quarterfinals
Benfica vs Frankfurt - difficult to predict something, I choose Eintracht to qualify, but everything can happen in this pair.
Slavia Praha vs Chelsea - Chelsea are very lucky, they route to the semifinals is unbeleavable easy - they had to beat teams like Malmo, Dinamo Kyiv and now Slavia.
Arsenal vs Napoli - wow. I predict that Napoli will go to the semifinals, they are jost playing more solid and stable than Arsenal without so many ups and downs.
Villareal vs Valencia - I didn't wanted to see clash of Spanish teams at this stage. Villarreal struggling in La Liga, but their performance in UEL is almost perfect, meanwhile Valencia are playing in La Liga solid recently. I think Valencia have slighlty better chances, but it will be not easy.

I think Benfica will have more experience than Frankfurt, and at this stage I think being experienced at Europe knockout matches could be important, I'll choose to qualify.

Chelsea should definitely make it to the finals, I think.

Napoli vs Arsenal, I'm not sure who to pick here, but I think whichever team wins would face Chelsea at the finals.

For the quarter final this are my pick
Benfica vs Frankfurt : Benfica will win by one goal
Slavia Praha vs Chelsea : I will go for Chealsea here
C3 Arsenal vs Napoli I know majority of people chooses Napoli base on their and ball move but I will go for Arsenal
D4 Villareal vs Valencia I choose Valencia

I was watching the game, and it was only a bad luck for Dinamo, they had an equal first half, the second half was 60/40 on Benfica side
Dinamo had a chance to come back just moments later they received the goal for 2:0, Gojak missed in front of an open goal.... than Stojanović was given a double-yellow for insulting the referee and was ejected from the game. Just minutes later, Grimaldo scored for Benfica 3:0...

Usually I'm not looking at odds, I'm betting by feeling, the odd can even be @50, if I get the feeling, I bet on and that's it  8)

Arsenal -Napoli is like early final
Slavia-Chelsea  Slavia won against Sevilla it can be not so easy game for Chelsea like everybody think
It is enough if Slavia has enough money to keep best Czech players to create very strong team
Chelsea need to be serious in both games

Arsenal vs Napoli will be two high quality games, could almost be a CL game. I think this tie will be great, I make Napoli very slight favourites to advance.

Arsenal at all means should avoid what happened in their round of 32, round of 16 in which they lost their first match and were needing second leg comeback before they can qualify for the succeeding stage, If they want to make to the finals,

big match between arsenal vs napoli, I still favor napoli. the composition of players is balanced, but Napoli excels in the coach seat who now appoints Ancelotti as their coach with his experience in European competition. Emery is also experienced in Europe, but she is below the level of Ancelotti.

When Arsenal is playing at the best level they are almost invincible,since they are able to score even 4-5 goals a match if they want to. Napoli is also a very good team with good players that have chemistry so it will be a very interesting match to watch and I am expecting to see a lot of goals here.

The match between Arsenal and Napoli is indeed a big match, tough match for both side and there seems to be tension from both side.However, Ancelotti who's Napoli coach he's one of the greatest managers of all time. All the same may the best team win.

I added a poll where you can vote for your favorite to win the competition :

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5121367

Europa League returns to our monitors today with an impressive match between Arsenal and Napoli.
This game will probably show the one team that will challenge the Europa League Cup in the final.
I will bet an over 2.5/3.5 goals scored because both teams have quality and good attackers.

UEFA EL ticket for tonight

SK Slavia Prague - Chelsea FC
Both Teams To Score Yes @1.91

Arsenal FC - SSC Napoli
Both Teams To Score Yes @1.62

Benfica Lisbon - Eintracht Frankfurt
Both Teams To Score Yes @1.72

Villarreal CF - Valencia CF
Both Teams To Score Yes @1.90

Tot Odds: 10.11

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Hoping that Slavia Prague will win or draw tonight against Chelsea

Arsenal vs Napoli is the most interesting game to watch tonight. I’m not going to bet on it but if I was then BTTS would be my selection.

Seeing the last some records of both team, Arsenal have only lost once or twice in their home ground and Napoli have never won on outside of home ground so in both records Arsenal gets benefit. So Arsenal winning chances are high and my score line to bet is over 1.5 and under 2.5 both team to score goal is also a good bet.

BTTS in the Arsenal vs Napoli is probably the safest bet, but I'm thinking of going for a home win @2.15. The Gunners usually show their best performance in home games, both in the domestic league and the europa league, still, wouldn't be surprised if the italians manage to slip one goal.

Anyone interested in the other games? I think the Benfica vs Frankfurt will be really interesting.

I'll be surprised if Chelsea doesn't score three or more goals tonight. But if anyone wants to root for the underdogs, home win a @4.95 is hard to pass by.

Hey I feel Arsenal will win this match as Arsenal are hungry to win a silverware, and qualify for the champions league. I don’t have much confidence in Napoli there’s no doubt they’re a good team, but I feel Arsenal are the superior team. Also Arsenal have made their home ground a fortress, hence I’m putting my money on Arsenal as I feel it’s a risk free bet.

For europe league today here is my picks below

Arsenal vs Napoli, Arsenal won @1.75
Villareal vs Valencia, Valencia won @2.45
Benfica vs Frankurt, Benfica won @2.61
Slavia Prague vs Chelsea, Chelsea won @1.68

All of the odds has been taken from onehash.com

my predict parlay for tonight
Arsenal 0,25 vs Napoli @ 1.97
Praha vs Chelsea 0,75 @ 1.95
Vilareal vs Valencia over goals FT 2.5 @ 2.23

Almost all games today looks very difficult to predict.
Arsenal vs Napoli probably will be great match. And as most of you predict, I also expect BTTS.
Villarreal vs Valencia - Villarreal are in relegation zone in Spain, but playing great in Europa league. Valencia aren't playing very stable, for example they lost to bottom table team Vallecano weekend. Difficult to predict something.
Slavia vs Chelsea - I expect minimal win of Chelsea. But Slavia already surprised us by kickjing out Sevilla. They remind me story of Ajax in this season Champions league.

I'm going full body in on Slavia Prague vs Chelsea, I bet on Chelsea to win @ 1.97 Odds, I found the odd very a high and tempting (call it FOMO, I don't care) I mean not to underrate Slavia Prague but, I don't think they stand a chance even against the Chelsea 2nd line up.

If I should play money on all tonight's 4 UEFA Europa League games it would be something like this.

Arsenal vs Napoli, X
Villareal vs Valencia, X
Benfica vs Frankurt, 2
Slavia Prague vs Chelsea, 2

I always find difficult to place a bet for draw match LOL. Do anyone else feel the same? I would rather bet for over and under goals instead of picking a draw match.

What do you think about the rest of the matches?

When it comes to Italien teams away, a draw is often my preferred bet. And the two Spanish teams I can't figure that one out.

Will it work? I will keep an eye of this fact LOL
Thanks

Arsenal already put two goals past the Napoli keeper with ease. :)
They are having a field day playing against them and hope they will keep the pressure and not let up like they have in the past.

I overestimate Napoli. Still minutes left to play in first half and trailing 2 goals with only 1 shot on target. They were my pick for Europa after dropping out from CL, and I thought Arsenal looked frail after the last round. All the teams save Chelsea are just so inconsistent to pick anyone for certain.

Probably justified none of them are on the biggest stage.

Half time and the scores are:

Villarreal vs Valencia : 1 - 1
Slavia Prague vs Chelsea : 0 - 0
Benfica vs Frankfurt : 2 - 1
Arsenal vs Napoli : 2 - 0

I know there are a full half time left but we can expect Arsenal to win their match. Not sure about the others yet.  Frankfurt is giving good fight even though they are one man short.

The Gunners looking like fire at halftime and will probably put in another goal before final time.
Feel awful for the Franchman Koulibaly for scoring on own goal  :-\

Since the first half Arsenal controlled all lines so that in my opinion it was not difficult for them to score extra goals
My prediction is 3-0 / 4-0  ;)

Arsenal looks like a sure win today for them!  ;D

Chelsea look to be having trouble in their game with no real chances except for willan but it went off the crossbar. :-[
Now Hazard is entering the game so it might turn around for them to win now! ;D

I really do hope Hazard's introduction to the game will bring positive changes too.

Elsewhere Arsenal and Benfica are on a rampage, who could have expected it.

Alonso scored at the 86' minute so your bet was safe. I think hazard did make an impact to chelseas play. ;)

Come on arsenal close this match out and score another one to make it a solid win! :)
https://i.ibb.co/gdh278R/Clipboard23.jpg (https://ibb.co/BGFpPJC)

Arsenal 2:0 Napoli. Very solid game from Arsenal. Emery tonight showed why he is the best coach in Europa league history. Now Arsenal is one step in semifinal.
Villarreal 1:3 Valencia. Match of two equal teams, but Valencia managed to score two late goals. Football sometimes isn't fair. After final whistle eyes of Villarreal fans were full of tears, very difficult season for them.
Slavia 0:1 Chelsea. As I predicted, minimal win of Chelsea. But Slavia surprised me again, they played solid tonight and they still have chances to reach semifinal.
Benfica 4:2 Eintracht. Considering that Frankfurt played without one man big part of match, this result isn't worst what could happen. 2 away goals is a big factor. Now they only need to win 2:0 at home.

Today Chelsea really worries me a few parlays I chose Chelsea to win fortunately Marcos Alonso broke the deadlock  :D
It seems we will see the EPL team in the final  ::)

I did not watch Arsenal's game tonight but seems Emery doing a great job there. They have some important wins in the last month which we are not accustomed to them in this part of the season. Maybe they have the strength to go this time till the end.

Great win for Arsenal, amazing 1st half but no result on second half but still a good first win for Arsenal.

Arsenal is not really safe yet because there is a 2nd leg, i hope they prepare 100% on 2nd leg in Napoli home, because it would be hard, good luck for them. Also Chelsea win too, good job too all premier league teams.

I was very impressed that Napoli didn't show any resistance yesterday.
Napoli has facing a difficult period and it seems that they are out of form in the last matches. They are unable to reach the Europa League final if they continue like that. Well done to Arsenal because this win was very well deserved.

So everyone who was expected to win last night did in Europa. I do not really have a good instinct with the games I am not familiar with but I think Chelsea are the strongest in these remaining teams no matter how you look at it. Eden Hazard is already by far the best player in that whole gathering. They played second team and they still won it away at a tough team. Arsenal can do it too I guess but they are bad away.

congratulations to Slavia Prague, they played a good game, Chelsea scores at '86, they cauld last for a couple more minutes and draw the game, the away match will not be easy, but one goal can do a big difference  8)
there is still a chance for Slavia Prague to proceed to the SemiFinals

S Prague will need to win away at Chelsea, I don’t think they’ll do it to be honest. Chelsea will cruise into the semi final. Prague can be proud of their efforts in the 1st leg. I hope they make the semi but I think Chelsea will be too strong at home.

I can assure you Chelsea who else? (Arsenal?)

By the way, I had a double yesterday which was,

Benfica vs Frankfurt: Any team to win
Slavia Prague vs Chelsea : Chelsea to win

Good to see theat at 86th minute Chelsea were able to take lead. 10 minutes before Slavia were nearly scoring their first goal. It was the Chelsea keeper who saved them.

The 2nd leg will be interesting.

Chelsea could meet Arsenal in the semi final so no chance of an all English final then :)
Valencia looking good, they will be a tough semi final opponent for anybody.

Thanks to Alonso for that goal, it was a bet saving goal  :D
Arsenal with a great win at home, surely with such result in the first and avoiding to concede a goal at home could be very important too,
Valencia with a big win away from thanks to the injury time goals.. As far as I can tell, I think it's quite pretty obvious which teams will make it to next round, except of course there are some crazy come backs in the return leg.

Finally i could recover my loss because yesterday my bets are according to my predictions and for second leg match Chelsea had more chance to win because playing at their home ground and apparently we will see 2 english teams will went to semifinal match but i was wondering whether Arsenal and Chelsea will met on semifinal match or not

Looking at the draw I do not think Arsenal has any chance to meet Chelsea in the semi. If the both do well in the semi then they may meet in the final. Now I realise what the other user meant. There is a good chance that two English team may face each others in the final.

No, Chelsea and Arsenal cannot meet until the finals, the semi finals fixtures was draw along with the quarter finals fixture. So Chelsea(If they qualify) would play either Benfica or Frankfurt, while Arsenal would play against either Valencia or Villarreal.

I guessed the same after looking at the match fixer.
What do you think? Will we see an English final or their will be other parties?

I think it's possible to have a Chelsea vs Arsenal final.

Looking at the the level of teams remaining in the competition, I think there's a big chance of that happening, I would expect Chelsea and Arsenal to beat any of their potential opponents, And if happens to be an all English Finals, I'd expect Chelsea to lift the the trophy.

If it's a Chelsea vs Arsenal then I will go for a draw. Probably 1 - 1 in 90 munities.

In recant both teams are playing well so it really is hard to predict who will take the control and win. The first 15 minutes will be very crucial to see who controls the match. 

Europa league time!

In case someone forgot, here's how the first leg of the quarter-finals went down:

Arsenal 2 - 0 Napoli
Villareal 1 - 3 Valencia
Benfica 4 - 2 Frankfurt
Slavia Prague 0 - 1 Chelsea

Arsenal needs one goal to seal the deal, it would force the italians to score 4 goals which is too much. Valencia is almost in the semis. I expect a comfortable win for Chelsea. And I can't quite predict how the Frankfurt vs Benfica is gonna go, but I'm rooting for the germans. Arsenal vs Valencia and Frankfurt vs Chelsea is what i'm expecting in the semis, and then both london teams in the final  :o

I don't think there will be any twist of fate to what we witnessed in first leg, I expect and think each teams won in the first leg will be through to the semifinals.

My predictions will be
Napoli 1 - 2 Arsenal
Valencia 1 - 1 Villarreal
Frankfurt 0 - 1 Benfica
Chelsea 3 - 0 Prague.

I am expecting a tough night for Arsenal in Italy. Arsenal is really bad away from home and I said to myself that I will bet against them every single away game until end of the season so this is no brainier for me. I believe Napoli will win but maybe Arsenal will manage to score 1 goal which could be enough for them to lose the game and pass trough the next round.

I am also expecting a much better game from Frankfurt side. This could be the game of the evening and I will probably watch this one.

Napoli aren't so convincing too home or away, so I had to bet against them tonight, Frankfurt vs Benfica will be a tough one, I still Benfica going through though.

I have two parlay bets for tonight's matches I have Arsenal and Benfica to both win on one while I have Arsenal to win either halves and Chelsea to win on the other bet.

Half time
Chelsea 4 - 1 Slavia Prague

Eintracht Frankfurt 1 - 0 Benfica

Napoli 0 - 1 Arsenal

Valencia 1 - 0 Villarreal

2 team england next round i think  :D

Eintracht 2:0 Benfica. Like I said week ago, 2 away goals of Frankfurt may have big influence in second leg game. And thanks to these away goals and win tonight they reached semfinal. Actually, first their goal was scored from offside, but unfortunately there are no VAR in Europa league.
Valencia 2:0 Villarreal. Villarreal just give up already before the game because they played in second squad and decided to focus on trying to stay in La Liga.
Chealsea 4:3 Slavia. Respect to Slavia, they played great in both games and give a good fight for Chelsea. It's season to remember for Slavia. While Chelsea did what they supposed to do.
Napoli 0:1 Arsenal. I'm disappointed about Napoli performance, I expected more interesting fight in this pair.
Semifinals:
Arsenal - Napoli
Chelsea - Eintracht.

The first round of the semifinals  will be played on the 2nd of May 2019

Eintracht Frankfurt – Chelsea

Arsenal – Valencia


My best bet right now is two English teams in the final!

The possibility of two English teams to advance to the final stage is greater. Hopefully there will be no surprises from Eintracht Frankfurt or Valencia, therefore our predictions will come true.

Another good results for premier league team Chelsea and Arsenal, congrats to them. Both champions league and Europa league have premier league team, so nice. Chelsea vs slavia match, nice try for Slavia, i thought they will make a big comeback lol but nope. Also good job Arsenal win on away match.

Hey indeed this week was good for the premier league clubs first Tottenham makes it to the semi finals of the champions league, and then Arsenal and Chelsea win their respective games in Europa. I feel both won with a very small margin, and it’s risky in my opinion as it won’t afford them much protection in the next match. Also I feel Arsenal can progress ahead, but it feels Chelsea will crash out they don’t look sharp to me.

This may be very likely to be and possible. TO see both English final in Europe league and champion league they have 4 team in 4 semis in these two competitions. However two team in both competition prove that have everything that they need and have young team on this I mean Ajax and Eintracht. These two team are good think this year small team that come this far.

Poll edited for the semis, you can vote again :

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I already see the final between Chelsea and Arsenal, Valencia and Frankfurt are good teams and they have shown good football but Premier League teams I think are stronger, for quite some years this have been the case excluding Sevilla which has won Europa League sometimes lately.

This season went well for the English clubs.
Very solid win for Chelsea, Slavia tried their best but they couldn't reach to a winning result. Now another interesting match comes for Chelsea as they are going to face Eintracht Frankfur and they have to win if they want to reach the final.

According to semifinal schedule if Valencia and frankfurt lost then we will see all england teams playing for final game and the chance for Chelsea and Arsenal to went to final game are pretty good and i believe both of them will be the favourite besides their opponents

Chelsea were very sloppy in the second half against Slavia Prague they really need to work on that if not, they could be face a surprise eliminate from Eintract Franfurt, Arsenal vs Valencia too will be a tough game but Arsenal should no doubt make it the final.

Do you guys feel unlucky when you lose your bets only for one wrong pick (I would say that the team did not perform as you expected)? You are so close to win the bet but eventually you lose. I had this bet yesterday combining the four match:

All four team to score in each half, odd @6.50

Chelsea vs Slavia Prague: scored at-least one goal in both half
Frankfurt vs Benfica: scored one in each half
Napoli vs Arsenal : socred only in the first half. I was expecting Napoli will try to bite Arsenal. But it never happened.
Valencia vs Villarreal: scored one in each half

Notice only the Napoli vs Arsenal match costs me to lose the bet and guess what I was really sure about this match that there will be more goals.

I was seriously to close!

Agree with you Arsenal are more likely to get a final ticket they recorded good results so far
Between Chelsea and Valencia, I am more confident of Valencia

Sorry I disagree with you.Chelsea is going to final for sure.Valencia is a good team but Chelsea has hazard who is an outstanding player and He can be the difference.Chelsea plays really good now-a-days, though they have been beaten by Liverpool.But I still believe Chelsea have enough guts to beat Valencia and reach final.Sorry if you are disturbed, but I think Chelsea is going to lift the Europa League trophy.                     

Sorry for your loss there mate, That was indeed close!
I won only one of my parlay bets, and I'd say at least I got my initial bankroll back, I think the Arsenal and Napoli scoreline could have been predicted from onset if you put both teams recent matches into consideration, but since it was a quarter final match with a lot at stake one would have expected Napoli to go all out on attack, still they didn't score a single goal over both legs, that's a bit odd, I'd say.

I also lost 2 parlays in this match Napoli vs Arsenal ( BTTS and Napoli win ) while in other matches wins
The results of this match were truly unexpected

Something was wrong with this Napoli team in Europa. I also expected them to score few goals in their ground. But like Harkorede said they were not able to score a single goal in two match. Arsenals defence might be good. I did not watch any of the match by the way.

What a great year for premier league and all its teams. Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool and the ones that got eliminated. It is seriously a wonder how much English teams can improve over the span of few years and how the football is always changing.

Sometime ago Barcelona was the peak of football and they have won everything they possibly could, they were the example of what football should be, then German teams came up and they played amazingly, they were seen as the best well oiled machine anyone has ever seen, after that real Madrid came up and showed how much money and wisdom go together in football, now we can clearly see signs of English teams playing so well, football is ever changing and never the same, it is not just about finding the right people, its about the system that are focusing on optimizing football as well.

And Liverpool is taking the lead. I really hope and wish that Liverpool wins both CL and premier league. They are playing some good football. Two team is the main opponent now for Liverpool.

Barcelona
Man City.

Thanks for the poll. Voted for Arsenal, and I hope that the final will be between Arsenal and Chelsea. I am familiar with the other three teams, but the fact that Eintracht Frankfurt was able to advance so far really surprises me. I can see that they defeated strong teams such as Benfica and Inter Milan. Getting very tempted to bet for them against Chelsea... Bet365 is offering 2.75, while Betway have them at 2.8. Should I go for the bet? Or Chelsea (2.5 in Bet365)?

on both matches tonight I'm predicting OVER 2.5 GOALS SCORED

and another, but very risky one, both draw  8)

Difficult match for Chelsea tonight.
Eintracht is a difficult enemy for the English club as If I am not mistaken Chelsea's football find difficulties when they play against German clubs. I think that there will be many goals in this match so I will bet an over 3.5

Chelsea are going to be given a reality check tonight as their fragile defence won’t be able to stop Frankfurt attacking players. I feel that Sarri will be under tremendous pressure knowing that if Chelsea fail to win this cup, he’ll be sacked at the end of the season. When you say there’ll be many goals I’ll agree with you, but I feel those will be from Frankfurt attacking players only and not from Chelsea’s side.

My choice is both to score and over 2.5 for a bit better odds.

I will not even try to predict winners since these games could end with home or away wins or even draws as you predicted. This way I can watch games and just cheer for goals.

My UEFA League picks today:

Eintracht Frankfurt - Chelsea

Chelsea WIN, odds 2.34 @ BetOnBit

Arsenal - Valencia

Arsenal WIN, odds 2.04 @ BetOnBit

Thoughts?

Good picks but I think for Chelsea it will be very difficult to get a win in Frankfurt home pitch, I think the best they can do is a draw there.Arsenal I think it will win although it comes from three straight lost games in Premier League because they are doing well in Europa League and their focus is totally here.

There is now way I'm going to bet over 3.5 in this game, It's the first game of the semi final and both teams will be avoid to concede goals, so defensive measure will be the approach of both teams, I'd go for Chelsea X2 or Under 2.5 goals, I think Chelsea will win the game by a goal or two.

Chelsea to win
Arsenal is a little enigmatic to me same as Valencia

For Frankfurt vs Chelsea, I'm going with BTTS @1.74 and o2.5 goals @1.95. Can't really predict a winner in this match, the game could go either way but I think we'll see a lot of goals.

Arsenal vs Valencia: o2.5 goals @1.95. The Gunners are usually a strong team at home, but I wouldn't be surprised if Valencia gets a good result, (draw or even a win), Arsenal have been pretty poor over the past few games in the EPL.

Arsenal is not in a good condition in local league after got 3 lost in a row. If we look at the H2H statistic of both teams in their last 5 meetings, Valencia is leading with 3 wins against 1 win by Arsenal and 1 draw.
The odds for valencia is so worth to try imo, so I think I'll bet small amount on valencia to win the match.
On other match, I cant say anything about Chelsea as I do not like this club LOL. But I think I'll support the underdog teams in these two matches.

No analysis and no thought but today i would like to support english teams who playing on semifinal match and my pick today drop to Chelsea with the odds @2 and my last one for Arsenal win @1.63

Arsenal should be able to win at home against Valencia, the other game between  Eintracht Frankfurt - Chelsea I think it will end in a draw, but I  will not play any money on that game.
I think that both Chelsea and Arsenal will get to the final.

Arsenal while losing their matches in the league, were still able to defeat Napoli home and away in the quarter finals, Arsenal might have shifted all their focus and set the Europa league as their priority, That being said, Valencia are still a team to be wary of.

Arsenal will know that their season success solely depends this competition, I'll go with Arsenal to win here, I foresee a 2 - 1 win for Arsenal.

Personally, I don't want to see English final in Europa league, so I will support Valencia and Eintracht tonight. Odds for Arsenal win looks interesting. But considering awful recent Arsenal results in EPL, I'm not sure that they can beat Valencia today.
I choose BTTS in Eintracht - Chelsea match. This game looks difficult to predict.

Starting XI's confirmed. On one hand, Valencia is going to use 6 defenders against Arsenal: Roncaglia, Diakhaby, Garay, Paulista, Gayá, Gabriel...Do they fear Arsenal's firepower that much? LOL

On the other hand, Chelsea's front three will be Pedro, Willian, Giroud...No Hazard!! Maybe Sarri wants to rest Hazard for the next EPL game? Kinda odd, tbh.

Do you mind if I ask why?

Yet its Arsenal who would have to come from behind to win at their home stadium, Valencia with an early lead, and an away goal that could end up being very important.



It's definitely going to be boring, I can assured you.

Well, I'm not a big fan of English football and I don't feel sympathy to both these teams. I would like to see one of teams which are considered as underdogs winning this trophy.
Arsenal 1:1 Valencia after first 20 minutes of the game.
Eintracht 1:0 Chelsea. Both matches looks interesting!

Arsenal are now ahead, a double from Lacazette ensures that, Chelsea are still 35 minutes down clock, Only God knows why Sarri would start the game without Eden Hazard, It was understandable at early stages of the competition but now at the semi finals, I see no reason why he should be on the on the bench.

With that awful result that will make Arsenal fight higher in UEFA to be able to qualify for the finals, because after all if they are able to win UEFA then chances are they will get tickets to UCL later. So for the English team left in this I'm sure they will fill the UEFA Final.

Arsenal beat Napoli in the previous match so I am very confident Arsenal won today and advanced to the final , conceded one goal forcing Arsenal to win at least 2 goals.

Even though Arsenal can win but it is not easy because Valencia also attacks and plays fast, if it is not anticipated Valencia can score the second goal

Arsenal dominated the match but the drama wasn't over yet a little carelessness could hurt the team I saw that in the arsenal defense
Valencia players have speed and that is very dangerous

WOW Arsenal impressed me today. Good game by them.

Arsenal – Valencia 3-1  that last goal by arsenal just before full time should be enough to secure a spot in the final.
Eintracht Frankfurt – Chelsea  1-1 the return match is still open, but I still think Chelsea will make it to the final.

I have to agree with you. 3:1 result isn't 100% safe, but now I just don't see Valencis winning against Arsenal 2:0.
I didn't watched Chelsea game, but looking at stats it looks that they dominated tonight. Still, I don't think that 1:1 result in away patch can be called as bad result. This pair is still open, but it will be very difficult for Eintracht to win at Stamford Bridge.

And there you are. Very right with your predictions. Chelsea had a draw and Arsenal won. What do you think about the return leg? Is it going to be an English final?

Except something extraordinary happens ain't no way Arsenal are gonna blow this up, they are almost in final what seem like their most likeliest shot at playing in the champions league next season. it's still quite open due to the away Valencia managed to score, I still think Arsenal making it through to the final is already a done deal.

Chelsea might need to be very cautious and see too much positivity on their away draw, playing the second leg at home will be very tricky, Frankfurt will go all out since they have nothing to lose, and It's going to be a difficult game for Chelsea even at home.

Good result for both premier league team Arsenal and Chelsea. Arsenal success with 3 goals at their home but with 1 goal also from Valencia, they still not safe on 2nd leg at Valencia home. On the other match, Chelsea got 1-1 at their away match, still a fair result, with this 2nd leg on chelsea home, it's a good chance for chelsea to qualify.

True Arsenal as soon as they receive goal started to play. And they won the match at the end, on other match Chelsea have will to win but seem like they miss little luck. This match will be interesting but Arsenal seem to be in the finals.

Arsenal was great yesterday and showed great determination to win the game, their only focus is in the Europa League and if they win it , they automatically get a spot in the Champions League so I think they will be the one to qualify for the final with a bit of luck as the Mestaja stadium is a difficult one to play.

There is no doubt in my opinion that Arsenal is going to qualify for the final. I don't see that Valencia can challenge them in the second game and score the needed goals.

On the other hand, Chelsea will have a difficult game in London. They have the advantage of the away goal but Eintracht seems to be a strong team and a solid team.

Great win for Arsenal versus Valencia, even Valencia make a goal first in the first half but they still can managed make a comeback 3-1 until the end of the match.

A good extra goal on the very last minute by Aubameyang. Maybe we will see Arsenal versus Chelsea in the final Europa League lol.

Arsenal vs Chelsea in the Final match can be the best possibility and obviously it will be the most Ideal Final match of Europa League. I do not mean to underestimate the 2 other teams but looking at the 1st leg results, then both team (Arsenal and Chelsea) has higher chance to go to Final. To be honest, I do not really like both team and I expected to see Valencia could do something better than what they did at Emirates.

Arsenal and Chelsea now have one foot in the Final. No big surprise yesterday.
It shouldn't be too hard for Chelsea to qualify after yesterday's draw.
As for Arsenal, they're inconsistent so who knows. But they're definitely the favorites here.

Valencia's done so well this season, I'm really disappointed I didn't catch them on their uptrend, would have won me so much if I'd picked them as the form team in Europe. They are actually also fighting Barca for the King's Cup, don't forget, so they have a good chance of winning 1 trophy if they cause an upset. I don't think 2-0 is easy either, but Arsenal do tend to be frail on the away leg, save the last round of Europa where it was the opposite.

I'd definitely bet on Valencia to qualify, just because am sure the odds will be skewed badly towards Arsenal.

Arsenal vs Chelsea in a possible final would be awesome, one or both might finish outside the top 4 in the PL so this will be their hope of getting into the CL next season.

I would fancy Arsenal chances of making the final over Chelsea, Arsenal holds a two goal, while all Chelsea can boast of is an draw and an away goal, For all we Arsenal would qualify if they lose by a single goal difference or any draw, while Chelsea can't afford to lose or play a scoring draw above 1 - 1, I expect it to be all an English team final though.

Most likely this will happen. If Chelsea can win against Eintracht Frankfurt in the second leg later. A very interesting match to be able to win and can pass directly to CL. According to my prediction if the final between Arsenal and Chelsea of course I am more supportive to Arsenal. Given the Chelsea game this season is less than optimal.

My thoughts on today's UEFA League games:

Chelsea - Eintracht Frankfurt

Chelsea ML, odds 1.35 @BetOnBit

Valencia - Arsenal

Valencia ML, odds 1.85 @ BetOnBit

I don't think that Arsenal will lose their return game in Valencia, I'm betting x2 on that game for 1.98
Chelsea should win their home game but the odds are just 1.35 so that's is for me to low odds to play on a win

Referring to CL, some teams managed to make a comeback, so it's possible that Velencia will do the same
or is it possible to see a team from BPL in the finals, CL and EL  :-\

I share your sentiments on these matches to, I'm backing Arsenal win tonight and Chelsea.

It's going to be an all English club finals for the Europa League just like it happened in the champions league,

I went with a parlay bet for both fixtures

Chelsea handicap - 1.5 for 2.10 odds

Arsenal to win ML for 3.90 odds

total odds: 8.19

I went with almost opposite predictions. Arsenal is awful in away games and I am expecting them to lose tonight. Maybe they will qualify on aggregate and we will have all English finals, but tonight will be a difficult fixture for them.

In other game I went with both to score. If this game was played a month ago I would bet on Frankfurt to win it but in the meantime they have lost their form. Chelsea is a big favorite but I am hoping Frankfurt will score at least one goal.

Chelsea risks all the season in today's match.
If they win they are still into chasing the Europa League title which will be an important goal as they are going to be qualified to the Champions League next season.
This year the English football showed that is powerful and outperformed all the other leagues.

Arsenal can't fully be relied upon, that's true. However, It's been a different case when they are paying in Europa, in the last round they defeated Napoli both home and away, Even in rounds before that where they've lost the first leg of the tie, they still found ways to win and qualify, They've not come this far just to blow it all away tonight, IMHO.

Arsenal actually already one step a head advance to the final match but everything still possible to Valencia if we see semifinal match from champion league even so with Chelsea playing at their home ground i think to pushing draw 0 - 0 or at least win 1 - 0 is very possible for them

After incredible Champions league semifinals, I don't have big expectations from Europa league semifinals. I think we can say that Arsenal already one foot in the final, Valencia hardly able to destroy 3:1 deficit.
Chelsea Eintracht match looks more interesting. 1:1 result and everything can happen. Offcource Chelsea is obvious favorites.

Getting ready for kick-off in about 40 minutes and Ive got my money on Chelsea to advance laying the juice.
A 0-0 draw will be enough for the Blues to move on to next round.
Eintracht is forced to score or they will be out of the tourney.
Stamford Bridge is going to be rocking!

What do you think guys? I'm with Harkorede for an All English finals in both European Competitions? All-English Super Cup next season?

My money today's on Arsenal to win (yes, it's away but they have nothing to play for in EPL so they may just get this win at Valencia, who will need to attack), parlayed with a Chelsea win, should be clinical. An upset could happen for the Germans but not while Hazard is on form.

I'm not as ambitious as you though Harko. Just a 5.5/1 bet (https://www.betcoin.ag/betslip/X20PO8GP6) on Chelsea Arsenal outright wins.

And the UEFA EL matches has just started

I'm picking E. Frankfurt to win and to qualify for the final

This will be a great match to watch

Predictions are indeed strong, Chelsea for Final. And maybe you will meet Arsenal later. This is a moment where the English club controls everything. Very extraordinary match this season. But when viewed from the class of course Chelsea can qualify for the Champions League next season. But the title is turpentine.

Didn't watch that Napoli game but from what I heard/read about it they should have lost it but Napoli missed some great chances. Every time I watched them away from home they were awful. Of course the stakes are high today and anything can happen.

It is 1:1 at the moment so one more goal from Arsenal should be enough for them.

They are awful in your sight but football game is easy as you think especially when playing away from home but the one goal scored by the Arsenal this evening is enough to make win tonight game if they can contain the Valencia till the full time. However, the Valencia are really after scoring another goal and with the way they are doing I dont see them beating Arsenal tonight.

Chelsea – Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 just like last week 1-1 game, and it is now in extra time.
The other semi-final between Valencia – Arsenal ended 2-4 great match with a lot of goals. Good to see Arsenal in the final, with a total score of 7-3

Chelsea vs Eintracht - what a great game whit penalty shootout! So, we will have English final both in Champions and Europa league.
Chelsea vs Arsenal. Legend of Chelsea Petr Cech against his fomer team in last his game in glorious career. I would like to see him lifting this trophy - it's a best way to say goodbye.

The penalty shoot out between Chelsea and Eintracht was the perfect way to end the match, both teams gave it all they had on the pitch but in the end Chelsea prevailed. While in the other match Arsenal dominated the proceedings, and won the match easily. I’ll agree Petr Cech could not have wished for a better farewell, and I hope your words come true and he gets to lift the trophy.

So, Chelsea vs Arsenal will be the final match of Europa League.On this season English teams are dominating on UCL and UEL.4 teams are on the final of this 2 occasions and all 4 teams are from English premier League.Taking about Europa League, I think (hope) Chelsea will lift the Europa Trophy of this season.Chelsea has an incredible team combination which we saw on PL.A great final is coming on our way.             

Chelsea had a difficult game last night while Arsenal dominated Valencia easily.
We are going to see a good final, I don't think that both teams will dissapoint us.
And the most important hint is that the English football is on the top again as four teams dominated both UEFA competitions, Europa League and Champions League.

I think Arsenal deserve the trophy of Europa League this year as they have been a beautiful team showing great football during the whole Europa League season.They also deserve to win a title because they are fighting for it for so many years and now is the best chance to make this happen.

Big game for Eintracht Frankfurt, they were on on the edge to pass to the final  :'( I'm really sad thay didn't do it

Arsenal will win the final  8)

50-50 for me, well i'm not a fan for both team chelsea and arsenal but i guess Arsenal will be the winner too. It's good though to see 2 final team is from premier league team. Not only europa league, champions league also with 2 final team from premier league. I predict 2-2, pinalty shotout win for arsenal.

Guess what happens now? If Arsenal win Europa League, we will have 5 teams in the Champions League next season (Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs + Arsenal). Does that mean English only have 1 team in Europa League next season or how does this work? Does an extra spot open for #7? That would be really special so many English teams in Europe.

If Arsenal should win the Europa League then Arsenal's spot will be handed to the 7th placed team in the league indeed, 6th placed team will get an automatic qualification, while 7th placed will play the qualification round.

If we forget about everything they did or failed to do in Premier League, then yes, Arsenal deserve to win Europa. But the same can be said for Chelsea. Fine, Chelsea did finish in top 4 unlike Arsenal, but the difference is just a few points. They were both equally terrible, who can forget Chelsea losing 6-0 to City? So I think the best teams in Europe outside CL did end up in Europa and the final reflects that. But neither deserve the cup more than the other. I personally hope Arsenal win.

The final match will bring Arsenal VS Chelsea together. This match will be very interesting because Arsenal and Chelsea are still fighting over tickets to the champions league next season. If they become champions, of course, champions league tickets will be very safe and can be used as a reference for their existence in the champions league. So this match will be very important, let's wait for what will happen and we will see the English duo win the champions league and the europa league. I predict that Chelsea will be able to win the Europa League championship, Chelsea will win the match with a score of 2-1.

@Harkorede @leead-1334 Yup! There would be 5 teams playing IF Arsenal win. If Chelsea win, there won't be a fifth spot. Basically, since a few years ago, the limit of 4 per country was raised to 5, but that fifth would only be there if they won either Champions League itself or Europa League AND failed to qualify via the league.

This of course I remember very well because Liverpool won Champs League in Istanbul and couldn't finish top 4 in EPL. UEFA ruled ever since that the champions must defend the cup, so for the first time, we had 5 teams from England in Champions League 2005-06. I don't recall is anything like that has happened again but if Emery trumps Sarri, we'll see it again next year. It would be a bit dull for me to see that though haha.

Poll edited, vote for who you think will win the Final between Chelsea and Arsenal :

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5121367.0

Finally English teams has been rule europe with 4 teams advance to the final match this year with automatically europe league and champion league trophy will belongs to England but i think europe league final match is very similar such as London derby match

unexpectedly the final match was dominated by premier league teams because usually the premier league teams were eliminated in the semifinals
For the final this time I predict Arsenal as the champion

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Henrikh Mkhitaryan will miss final match against Chelsea. He isn't injured, he will not travel to Azerbaijan because he worried about his security.  There is political tension between Armenia and Azerbaijan, we know history of Armenian Genocide were over 1.5 million people were killed. It's shame that important player have to miss final because of such reasons. And question is open - is it Baku was right choice for the final?

Too bad for him, I think these are the kind of things football takes care of, I don't he'd should be subjected to ant threat but the chances can't be taken. I often believe that sports and football to be precise is a huge factor promoting world peace.

About Baku being a place worthy of the Europa league final, I don't think it's bad thing to do if indeed we mind about the world leaving together as one, If Russia could successfully welcome the world and host the world cup despite so many political issues last year, we get to find out that there is more to every country other than their political perspectives and their leaders doesn't define the true culture of what the country might represent.

i think is not a big problem for arsenal. arsenal have another option for winger like Xhaka. i hear about this final is the last match for Sarri managing chelsea. after that match sarri will be sacked. and another option for sarri is lampard i think

Many understand and understand the decision of Henrikh Mkhitaryan. And with the absence of Henrikh Mkhitaryan certainly not the end of everything. Arsenl can still fight and have the chance to win the match. I'm sure, with the absence of Henrikh Mkhitaryan arsenal, he can still play as usual.

Armenian genocide is not the reason. If that was the case, then no ethnic Armenian would have been able to visit Turkey, where the genocide occurred. The real reason is the ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno Karabakh region. The Armenian minority in Azerbaijan was banished after the war (in 1993) and as far as I know, no one with an Armenian passport have been able to enter that country ever since.

I don't know who chose Baku for the final. FIFA and UEFA should step in and shift the match to some other location, such as Sochi or Tbilisi.

It is the first time I hear about such fact and probably UEFA does not know these details as well.It is not the first time though that UEFA does some bad choices like putting together in a group in eliminatory stages two teams of countries in conflict.

I just found out that in inter state conflicts can affect sporting events, IMO is unfair that soccer matches must be protected by relevant institutions at FIFA or UEFA levels and have an important role among countries. Is there no solution for that? Regulations between countries such as players are protected? IMO it's unfair that the player role greatly influences the team performance.

To be fair, the Azerbaijani authorities were saying that they were ready to guarantee the safety of the Armenian player. But Mkhitaryan was afraid that there will be an attack from the spectators while the match is going on. Can't blame him in this situation. Anyway, his forced withdrawal will be a significant blow for Arsenal, and now they will have to change the starting lineup.

The only solution would be if UEFA decides to change the location of this final but that's probably not going to happen unless both teams will start protesting about that which is not the case here. The problem came from UEFA in the first place because they should have thought about everything before choosing the location but it is what it is and we have live with that.

He is afraid of spectators? Lol.
The vast majority of spectators are going to come from London and they are going to be Chelsea and Arsenal fans. If he is afraid to play then he doesn't need to play, he will be safer on the bench.

Yeah, thanks for correcting me. As said above, there are danger for him to play in Azerbaijan, his security will be guaranteed. But I perfectly understand him why he made such decision.
Now it's too late to change location of final, but in future UEFA should consider such things when choosing place for their events. Offcourse, money is a big factor in such situation. As I know, one company from Azerbaijan is inportant sponsor of UEFA.

You are actually wrong. UEFA has only allocated about 12.000 tickets for spectators from the two clubs even though the stadium has a capacity of 64.000 spectators. Now, I don't know why they took this decision but as Klopp said it is irresponsible from them. Also, from what I know he is not going to travel to that country at all meaning he will have to watch the match on TV.

Today is the final of Europa League and is between two teams from the Premier League.I fancy Arsenal to win it ss they have been fighting for a title from a long time now.I know it won't be easy at all against a Chelsea side that are also hungry for a trophy.I think there will not be many goals in tonight final.

I also hope Arsenal can indeed fight Chelsea in the final later. Both of these clubs are indeed equally strong and very difficult, in fact, it is predicted who can win. Because from head to head on this team alone Chelsea won and Arsenal also won. So this is actually a difficult match to predict and I hope Arsenal can become champions.

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This match will be keenly contested with so much pressure on both sides at least winning a trophy this season however I am also tipping Arsenal to win this match with Emery as their coach who had already won two of the cup in his kitty I believed he will deploys his wealth of experience in that competition to put smiles on the faces of Arsenal fans globally having been trophy less for a very long time in addition to qualifying for next season Uefa  champion league.

Basing on what I am seeing according to the odds, I would rather risk it and go with Arsenal.
Quite a sweet profit if things worked in rsenal's way

By seeing the composition of the odds given by the bookies, Chelsea seems to be more favored to win this game. But really, this is the match that will be very difficult to predict. I have a feeling that this match won't be finished in the normal time. So, draw result in 90 minutes would be my prediction.

I don't have any favorites for the final UEFA EL match
I will simply watch the football and maybe take some live bets, based on playing against the one who has scored the first goals, so I'm looking tonight on some surprise

both teams have the same opportunity to win this final. and I'm really looking forward to this match, who ever wins is not a matter as long as they gives an entertaining match. hope this match is resolved without extra time or penalty shootout.

I am more supportive of Arsenal to win the UEL for no reason, except that I like the arsenal team compared to chealsea. but I still hope the two teams will play with epic so that the audience can enjoy the final match.

Before match begin there was bad situations between David Luiz and Higuain that both of player involved in a commotion i don't know this will have an effect for the team or not but their problem should be solved however regarding my bets for this match i was to thinking to pick both teams to score in this match with the odds @1.33

18+ minutes and still now goal. Arsenal were looking for a Penalty but it was not. Although Chelsea is maintaining most of the ball possession but Arsenal is attacking.

My bet is for Chelsea and I hope they scores.

I don't think so far we have seen any epic moment.

Well bloody hell none of my channels (paid ones too!) are showing the match, and my internet decides to take a day off on the same time too, patchy at best, streaming just won't work.

One of the games to kill my week of boredom and I can't even watch. I better prepare a backup plan for Saturday's Champs League, I was so sure it's be free for view at least on a national sports channel. Bloody commercialism.

I lost an earlier leg of a parlay anyway so doesn't matter the outcome. Arsenal to win though so 5 english teams in CL next year!

Let's congratulate our Europa Champion.
Chelsea! 4 - 1

The first half was boring like hell but the 2nd half was epic.

Sorry to hear this brother however lesson learnt. Get ready for the Champions League Final.

I was surprised to see chelsea win with a score like this but I guess they were hyped up to score and the other team just laid back and didnt attack.
Cant wait for the uefa championship final as it will be much more of challenge for both teams are scorers. ;D

The way Chelsea was controlling the second half of the game, that win seems fair enough.  Congratulations to Chelsea with the UEFA Europa League title.

I'm a bit disappointed about final match. Not because that Chelsea won, but mainly because Arsenal didn't gave good fight. Chelsea dominated today, especially in second half and fully deserved to win. It means that we will have 4 EPL teams in Champions league next season.
This match was last to Petr Cech in his professional career. Well, it's not best to way to end career, but I can't blame him or any of goals that he conceded today. He had an amazing career.

You shouldn't be surprised for i have already knew acouple of days back that Chelaea are the winners of this season Europa cup because Arsenal players were not mich interested in playing the Europa final after they were unable to be on top four clubs and their previous match turn out.

So, no CL for Arsenal...If you had told me in the early 2000's that sometime in the future both Man Utd and Arsenal would not be playing in Champions League but rather in the Europa League at the same time...I would've called you mad (in case some people didn't know, both clubs were dominating the EPL back then).

About the game, 1st half was kinda meh, 50/50 until the last 10min where Chelsea created a few chances...2nd half Chelsea were the better team, that 2nd goal completely destroyed Arsenal...If it wasn't for Cech, Chelsea could've scored at least 2 or 3 more goals...shocking performance from Arsenal.

Anyways, won my my bet and got what i wanted, to see Hazard lifting the trophy in his last game with the club...Welcome to Real Madrid, Eden (:

Arsenal players surrendered the game as soon as it began and for some peculiar reason they didn’t challenge Chelsea players, ultimately they paid the price of missing out on a champions league spot. When you look at the first half it felt both teams were doing warmups, it was pathetic and boring. However in the second half Chelsea players woke up, and destroyed Arsenal by scoring those four goals which ended Arsenals slim hope of finding a way back.

I was really rooting in for Arsenal to win but seriously yesterday's show was such a flop show for arsenal. Really didn't expected that they would be playing such a loose game in second half. Except for the substitute Alex Iwobi and some few who did worked out a little, I didn't saw anyone playing put up like a final game fight. For Arsenal it was all mistakes...mistakes and mistakes.. Disappointing  :-\ :'(

Final game but didn't give a good entertainment. I thought Arsenal will show their best performance but it seemed that they had no passion to play the game. I saw the signal from the odds given by the bookies that Chelsea will overcome Arsenal but I didn't follow it.

Very sad actually Arsenal can't be champions. And suffered a very sad defeat, this is the match that I have said before that is very difficult to predict. Previously I hoped that arsenal could win and become a champion but in the end the hope faded with a huge defeat.

I also really expect an entertaining match in the final last night. Arsenal played below the standard for a final match, Chelsea very confident and punish them hard. bookies really enjoy the results of this match, because in my opinion the results are very unexpected for fans.

Stupid game. Arsenal controlled the first half well didn't they? And then as usual they do what they're famous for and crumble. All those things people were saying about Sarri losing control of his team and the players fighting? I'm beginning to think that's all just mind games ala Mourinho style. Poor Emery though, and poor Arsenal fans.

Well done Chelsea, Hazard's swansong I guess? Wonder if he'll be playing the Super Cup in August, doubt it though. I probably feel good that we're not going to see 5 English teams in CL. That would have been so boring really, as much as I love the EPL;)

Saw updates on livescores and yeah, I think it was all over from the penalty. I'm definitely learning my lesson. Going to cough up cash to get a premium channel for this weekend. It'll be worth it, my first match in English for years haha.


So I didn't miss a classic then. Probably the style of Chelsea, sit back and take their chances. Sarri should be happy.

I also supported arsenal and expected that the final match would be very epic but what happened was a bad game from arsenal and I was disappointed about that. i miss arsene wenger.

Why stupid game?
Arsenal showed completely inefficient with this 3-5-2 formation.
They defenders were so bad yesterday and in every counter attack that Chelsea was doing they couldn't tackle them

Congratulations to Chelsea for this title!

I was only capable of watching the second half (which had enough action for 2 matches anyway) but I really wanted to watch the first half too and I can't find it anywhere. It seems like arsenal has a really troubling defense to say the least, both teams were about equal on anything else but Chelsea had a better defense (they always have a good defense) whereas arsenal really sucked on defense, they never really glued to their guy, they run around and whenever their guy gets the ball they are a bit ahead of them just waiting instead of really going for the ball and even on shoulder to shoulder they weren't really putting their feet in there.

I understand getting a yellow card or a red card could potentially change the game as a whole but the result of playing weak defense is 4-1 so it would have been better.

Probably they want to say "Stupid Arsenal game". As always Arsenal can't get the final touch. He can beat any team in the world, usually when is not so important. After clear wins against Napoli and Valencia, I thought he could do something more. I'm wrong.

however, both of these teams deserve to be appreciated for being able to reach the final of the UEL, the two English teams are able to display the best games in Europe. you think the arsenal is a weak club but not with me.

Just go to forum.rojadirecta it's easy to find.

I agree with that.
They have a strong team but in the final game they didn't try a lot to win the title.
The games wasn't stupid as a fellow member said. Chelsea played solid and deserved to get the title.

It is true. Arsenal is not a weak team, it has a chance to win the game. But in my view, Emery chose the wrong strategy to face Chelsea attackers. 4 goals are enough to show that Arsenal has a problem in the defense line. At that time, Chelsea can exploit the weakness very well. Yeah, Arsenal should take some learning from this case, no place for weakness to win the game.