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The 2019 final will be played at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan on 29th May 2019.

 

 

 

Odds: (William Hill)

 

Chelsea 6-1f

Arsenal 7-1

Sevilla 14-1

Marseille 14-1

RB Leipzeig 16-1

AC Milan 16-1

Bayer Leverkusen 20-1

Lazio 20-1

Vilarreal 20-1

Real Betis 25-1

Eintracht Frankfurt 33-1

Zenit St Petersburg 33-1

Sporting Lisbon 33-1

Olympiakos 33-1

Feyenoord 33-1

Istanbul Buyuksehir 33-1

Atlantas 50-1

Anderlecht 50-1

Besiktas 50-1

Rennes 50-1

Chelsea and Arsenal being the favourites is interesting, that surely must be a matter of national bias towards those teams. Sevilla look like the better tip at the moment in my opinion.

Rangers managed to see it out comfortably enough after the equaliser there, Osijek never really got a hold of the ball a lot of fouls, throw-ins and scrappy last 3 or 4 minutes.

 

Very disappointing to see that there are 4 British teams in this round and only 1 is televised on BT.

Burnley resume their Europa League campaign tonight when they face Istanbul Basaksehir in their third qualifying round second leg at Turf Moor. 0-0 after the first leg.

 

 

Some comeback by Zenit. After losing 4-0 last week they beat Dinamo Minsk 8-1 this week!!

Burnley have moved one round away from the group stage of the Europa League by beating Istanbul Basaksehir after extra time.

 

 

Burnley have moved one round away from the group stage of the Europa League by beating Istanbul Basaksehir after extra time.

 

I think Olympiakos will have too much for them.

 

Not that I'd feel for them, I've always been left a bit cold with Burnley... :mellow:

End of the road for Burnley in Europe ?

 

They might not mind .. Following that defeat to Olympiakos.

Given how they've started this season I'm sure they'll be thankful for departing Europe else it'll be a relegation battle for them!

Both Celtic and Rangers through to the Group Stages.

The pots for today's Europa League Group Stage Draw

 

Pot one: Sevilla, Arsenal, Chelsea, Zenit, Bayer Leverkusen, Dynamo Kyiv, Besiktas, Salzburg, Olympiakos, Villarreal, Anderlecht, Lazio.

Pot two: Sporting CP, Ludogorets, FC Copenhagen, Marseille, Celtic, PAOK, AC Milan, Genk, Fenerbahce, Krasnodar, Astana, Rapid Vienna.

Pot three: Real Betis, BATE, Qarabag, Dinamo Zagreb, RB Leipzig, Eintracht Frankfurt, Malmo, Spartak Moscow, Standard Liege, Zurich, Bordeaux, Rennes.

 

Pot four: Apollon, Rosenborg, Vorskla Poltava, Slavia Prague, Akhisar Belediyespor, Lablonec, AEK Larnaca, Vidi, Rangers, Dudelange, Spartak Trnava, Sarpsborg.

 

 

 

Draw:

Group A: Bayer Leverkusen, Ludogorets, FC Zurich, AEK Larnaca

Group B; FC Salzburg, Celtic, RB Leipzig, Rosenborg

Group C: Zenit St Petersburg, FC Copenhagen, Bordeaux, Slavia Prague

Group D: Anderlecht, Fenerbahce, Dinamo Zagreb, Spartak Trnava

Group E: Arsenal, Sporting CP, Qarabag, FC Vorskla

Group F: Olympiakos, AC Milan, Real Betis, Dudelange

Group G: Villarreal, Rapid Vienna, Spartak Moscow, Rangers

Group H: Lazio, Marseille, Eintracht Frankfurt, Apollon

Group I: Besiktas, Genk, Malmo, Sarpsborg

Group J: Sevilla, Krasnodar, Standard Liege, Akhisarspor

Group K: Dynamo Kiev, Astana, Rennes, Jablonec

Group L: Chelsea, PAOK, BATE, Vidi FC

Some decent groups there, first Luxembourg team in the group stages??

Some decent groups there, first Luxembourg team in the group stages??

Yes that is correct, FC Dudelange are the first Luxembourg team to qualify for the group stages.

 

 

Another win for Arsenal tonight against Sporting?

Arsenal seemed to pick up their game in the second half there even if it was ultimately a mistake from Sporting that got them the win.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek has become the first Chelsea player to score a hat-trick in Europe since Didier Drogba in 2006.

Very happy for the lad

Celtic have kept their knockout hopes alive with win against RB Leipzig. Both Chelsea and Arsenal are through to the last 32.