Aston Villa remain on track for Europa League glory but have a tricky quarter-final first leg away to Bologna tonight.
Unai Emery's men were favourites for the tournament before a ball was kicked and have lived up to that status so far, winning nine of their 10 games.
But their form has dipped domestically of late so Bologna will be looking to take advantage tonight with home advantage.
Bologna vs Aston Villa top betting tips
Bologna sit eighth in Serie A so they only way they can seal a return to Europe next season is by going all the way in the Europa League.
I wasn't impressed with the Italians when they drew 2-2 at home to Celtic in the league phase but they did claim a thrilling 4-3 win away to Roma in the last 16 to line up this clash with Villa.
That makes tonight's first leg a tough one to call but Villa are favourites at 13/10 with most firms while Bologna are as big as 21/10 at Bet365.
Emery's side ground out a 1-0 win away to Lille in the last 16 and have kept clean sheets in three of their last four matches. So there could be some value in betting against BTTS tonight at 42/41 with Unibet.
That clash in France only produced five corners and I also like under 9.5 flag kicks tonight at 10/11 with BetMGM.
Porto vs Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest are in a fight for Premier League survival but they're also progressing nicely in the Europa League and travel to Porto tonight in the quarter-finals.
Boss Vitoria Pereira is going up against the club he used to manage so he will know exactly what to expect from the Portuguese giants.
Porto have won 18 of their last 24 games and sit top of the pile domestically so this first leg is a daunting assignment.
Nottingham Forest can take heart from the fact they beat Porto 2-0 at the City Ground earlier in the tournament so it's another hard game to call.
But I've got a feeling home advantage may just give Porto the edge tonight and they're 11/10 at William Hill for a first-leg win.
The midfield battle could be spicy and I like the 11/4 on offer at SkyBet for Forest's Ibrahim Sangare to go into the book.
Crystal Palace vs Fiorentina
Crystal Palace will have to get past Conference League specialists Fiorentina if they're to keep their dreams of European glory alive.
The Eagles were favourites to go all the way before a ball was kicked in the Conference League but their progress to the last eight hasn't been smooth.
They're now taking on a team who finished runners-up twice in this tournament and also reached the semi-finals last season.
But Fiorentina's domestic form has been poor this season and it's Crystal Palace who are odds-on favourites for a home win tonight at 7/10 with most firms.
With Jorgen Strand Larsen suspended, Jean-Philippe Mateta should return to spearhead Oliver Glasner's attack.
The towering striker puts himself about so I like the 11/5 on offer at Paddy Power for Mateta to commit over 1.5 fouls.
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Super singles
- BTTS no in Bologna vs Aston Villa 42/41 Unibet
- Ibrahim Sangare to be carded 11/4 SkyBet
- Jean-Philippe Mateta over 1.5 fouls 11/5 Paddy Power
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Over 2.5 Match Goals Double, 1.16/1 (bet365)
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2-1 and 4-2.
Well in mate nice to see an old regular there few and far between these days on here 👍
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Xander Schauffele top 20 finish round 1
10/11 @paddy
Xander Schauffele top 10 finish outright
11/10 @paddy
Xander Schauffele to win
14/1 @paddy
Red card in each of the 3 Euro cup games
4/1
4/1
5/1
3 x doubles and 1 x treble
Bet365 👍
Not even close LOSER
Rizespor 🇹🇷 6.00pm
FC Porto 🇪🇺 8.00pm
Over 2.5 goals double 3.32/1 , 👍
That’ would have been a lovely cash out👍
8 00pm Conference League
Shakhtar v AZ
Over 2.5match goals 17/20
Over 3.5match goals 2/1
Sods law plenty of corners🙈
Got away with that one 😆 ,never in doubt 🙋♂️ 😂
For the interest tonight
BTTS & 2+ cards each
Mainz v Strasbourg 9/4
Freiburg v Vigo 17/4
Porto v Forest 18/5
Palace v Fiorentina 18/5
Any 3 and all 4(5 bets)
Best of luck 👍🏻
This is as good a guess as any – the two Scots to be booked in the Bologna game. Ferguson and Mcginn 15/1. BetMGM 👍
Own goal in Porto game has to be the best I have had yet, certainly no disputing that one.
Whys he blindly passing back to the keeper from the half way line 😂
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