Thursday’s football tips: Take a shot on Sarr at 13/10 as Crystal Palace bid to shake off Zrinjski

Crystal Palace are making heavy weather of their Conference League campaign but should have too much firepower for Zrinjski Mostar at Selhurst Park tonight.

Some fans called for boss Oliver Glasner to quit now rather than at the end of the season after last week's 1-1 draw in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

But an unconvincing 1-0 weekend win over Wolves has eased a bit of the pressure and the Eagles can book their slot in the last 16 with another victory tonight.

Crystal Palace vs Zrinjski Mostar top betting tips

Despite a poor performance in the first leg, Crystal Palace are just 2/15 with Ladbrokes for a win on home soil tonight.

It's hard finding value with the Premier League side such heavy favourites but adding on under 3.5 goals boosts the odds to 23/20 at Betway.

Zrinjski will probably set up to frustrate so it could be a night where Palace need to show patience and backing most goals to come after the break pays 13/12 at Unibet.

Ismaila Sarr scored Palace's goal in the first leg and he's 13/10 at Coral for over 1.5 shots on target tonight.

Nottingham Forest vs Fenerbahce

Nottingham Forest have one foot in the last 16 of the Europa League and should seal the deal when Fenerbahce come to City Ground tonight.

I thought the in-form Turks would edge the first leg but instead Forest romped to a 3-0 win in Vitor Pereira's first game at the helm.

Only a last-gasp Alexis Mac Allister goal then stopped Pereira's side from claiming a point against Liverpool on Sunday so it has been a promising start for the new manager.

Fenerbahce need to go for it tonight so it should make for an entertaining game, provided Forest don't score early to kill the tie stone dead.

Combining BTTS and over 2.5 goals pays 6/5 at Ladbrokes and that could be worth a punt, with the Turks unlikely to play as poorly as they did last week.

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Kerem Akturkoglu should be the biggest Fenerbahce threat and he's a decent 11/10 at BetMGM just to have an effort on target.

Stuttgart vs Celtic

Celtic find themselves in the same situation as Fenerbahce in the Europa League play-offs after losing by a three-goal margin at home to Stuttgart last week.

That 4-1 loss at Parkhead summed up how far the Hoops have fallen, as this time last year they came within a whisker of shocking Bayern Munich in the Champions League play-offs.

With this tie pretty much a lost cause, I'd imagine Martin O'Neill will rest a few big hitters ahead of Sunday's massive Premiership clash with rivals Rangers at Ibrox.

A lot will depend on how strong a side Stuttgart field but the Germans have plenty of quality in reserve so I fancy a home win to nil at 15/8 with SkyBet.

It could be a busy night for under-fire Hoops keeper Kasper Schmeichel and he's 11/8 at Bet365 to make over 4.5 saves.

Super singles

• Ismaila Sarr over 1.5 shots on target 13/10 Coral
• Kerem Akturkoglu over 0.5 shots on target 11/10 BetMGM
• Stuttgart win to nil 15/8 SkyBet

Upcoming match previews and betting tips

• Thu 17:45 Stuttgart vs Celtic
• Thu 20:00 Nottingham Forest vs Fenerbahce
• Thu 20:00 Crystal Palace vs Zrinjski Mostar
• Thursday’s Europa League betting tips: Expert predictions from UEFA’s second tier

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