Europa League outright winner odds & prediction: An early look at the main favourites to go all the way

After Spurs won the Europa League last season, the outright odds for the 2025/26 season have now been released.

Neither Spurs nor the runners-up Man Utd are in the competition this season, which means we will get two fresh finalists next May.

Who are the favourites to go all the way? Let's take a look.

Europa League winner odds – current leaders

Aston Villa 6/1

Aston Villa's surge in form in the Premier League last season came just a bit too late for them to finish in the top five and get Champions League football again, but a place in the Europa League is nothing to be sniffed at.

The Villains could end up looking at their Europa League qualification as a blessing in disguise, as they have a great chance of winning the competition, hence why they are the favourites with the bookies.

Not only do they have the squad to compete with everyone in the competition, but they also have the best manager in the competition's history. Unai Emery has won this tournament on four separate occasions, three times with Sevilla and once with Villarreal.

Roma 9/1

While Roma's Cinderella story in 2024/25 didn't end as they hoped for, with the team from Italy's capital securing a place in the Champions League, they still have a lot of reasons to be happy with how last season went after Claudio Ranieri took the reins.

The former Premier League champion took over in November when Roma were 13th and with little hope of getting into Europe, but the experienced manager, who took a break from his retirement to help his hometown club, steered them to fifth place, one point behind Juventus in fourth.

Ranieri has since returned to retirement, but his replacement, Gian Piero Gasperini, is a man who has form in this competition after his Atalanta team won the competition two years ago.

Nottingham Forest 9/1

Depending on who you speak to, there is an argument that Nottingham Forest shouldn't even be in the Europa League this season after they didn't qualify high enough in the Premier League to make it into the tournament.

After replacing Crystal Palace in the competition, they will now feel they have a good chance of winning it. The bookies certainly think that, and have priced them as the joint-second favourites.

One thing that scuppers their chances is the ongoing speculation around the future of their manager, Nuno Espirito Santo. If Santo does end up leaving, then Forest could quite easily nosedive.

Our prediction

If we had to pick one team at this point, we would back Aston Villa to win their first major European trophy since 1982 (we're not counting their Intertoto Cup win in 2001 in this category), doing something similar to what Tottenham managed last season.

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