With Premier League safety all but mathematically assured West Ham can afford to throw everything at European glory in tonight's Europa Conference League semi-final second leg.
But AZ Alkmaar served enough notice last week that they won't be pushovers in North Holland tonight. The Dutchmen silenced the Hammers when they took a first half lead in London before Davie Moyes' side rallied in the second half to earn a 2-1 first leg lead.
It sets things up for a cracker at the AFAS stadium where AZ came from a two goal first leg deficit in the previous round to knock-out Anderlecht, so Hammers be warned!
Moyes is expecting an open game and will be pleased to have top scorer Michail Antonio available. They've fared well away from home in Europe, notching 11 goals in five trips on the continent so should be good for a goal tonight, although a 0-0 draw will do just nicely.
That looks unlikely though and the 9/10 on Over 2.5 Goals appeals. As does the tempting price of 8/5 on the home win, especially bearing in mind that a one-goal defeat would still keep West Ham in the tie and force extra-time.
Fiorentina went down 2-1 at home to a late goal by FC Basel last Thursday and it's a surprise to see them as short as 7/10 to win in Switzerland tonight. Basel have really struggled domestically this season but could be a bit of value at 3/4 to qualify given home advantage and a one-goal start tonight.
Sevilla are another team who have saved their best performances of the season for Europe. Their love affair with the Europa is League is 7/10 to continue tonight if they knock out Juventus. A 97th minute equaliser by Federico Gatti denied them a 1-0 win in Turin last week but you can't back against them in this competition.
Likewise Jose Mourinho. The Special One is a master at setting his teams up to defend a one-goal lead and that's what his AS Roma side must do at Bayer Leverkusen this evening.
Mourinho led Roma to the Europa Conference trophy last season and will be desperate to add the Europa League. He's won his previous five European finals with Porto, Real Madrid, Manchester United and Roma. Expect him to try to close this game out without conceding. Under 2.5 Goals pays 8/11, Under 1.5 Goals pays 11/5 and No Goal Before 32:00 mins is 5/6.
Super Single
- AZ Alkmaar to win 8/5 Bet365
- AZ v West Ham – Over 2.5 Goals 9/10 Bet365
- Leverkusen v Roma – No Goal before 32:00 5/6 Bet365
To Qualify Acca
- AZ Alkmaar
- FC Basel
- Sevilla
- Roma
- Four-fold pays 13.6/1 at Bet365
Upcoming Match Previews & Tips
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- Thu 19:30 Newcastle United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
- Thu 20:00 Sevilla vs Juventus
- Thu 20:00 AZ Alkmaar vs West Ham United
- Thu 20:00 FC Basel vs Fiorentina
- Thu 20:00 Bayer Leverkusen vs Roma
- Fri 19:45 Partick Thistle vs Ayr United
- Sat 12:30 Tottenham Hotspur vs Brentford
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Racing Tips
Azure Blue was a 9/1 winner for Rizzel on Day 1 of the Dante meeting at York. He returns with three more selections from York for Day 2.
As always, let us know your best betting tips and predictions for today in the comments section below and good luck with all your bets!
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This is way too risky for me to gamble on…well I go with under 4.5 yellow for AZ Alkmaar vs west ham @1.58 odd and Bayern Leverkusen under 3.5 goals @1.30odd…..sevilla under 3.5 goals @1.30odd total odd, fiorentina gg @1.70 odd
Total odd = 3.5odd enjoy
AZ Alkmaar to qualify bet365 odds 5/2
Bet £50 Return £175
Good luck to everyone
Can anyone else confirm the Sheff Wed first half corner market has been taken down by bet365? From the account I’m looking at it’s not there, either is the first 10 minute corners option. It’s not been there for over 2 hours from when I last checked. Unless they are just adjusting the prices again?
Up for me. Over 5 first half corners 2.50. Over 4.5 asian corners 1.775.
That’s both teams combined Chris. Over 5 first half Sheff Wed corners was about 10/1 from what I remember
Paddy Power still doing over 5 Sheff Wed 1st halve corners @ 6/1
Cheers Williegee.
365 have definitely scrapped Sheff Wed first half team corners. I’m on over 3 Sheff Wed first half corners at 6/4 and a small % on both over 1 Sheff Wed team corner first 1 0 minutes at 6/1 and over 1 corner both teams combined in first 10 minutes at 3/1 . Had a feeling they would pull this market yesterday when they cut the prices. Even now they have shortened over 4 first half corners both teams combined to 8/13 ( was evens on Tuesday). They’ll look stupid if the corners flop when they could have taken more money.
i was looking at the corners again last night. odds have been slashed big time. ive got 3 corners both halves. just over 4/1 now its about 2/1? but did notice it was a bit iffy. think theyve woken up. or are on this site.
All the best with it?
Danish Cup Final and Turkish League action for me today.
?? Fc Copenhagen v AaB ??
-Copenhagen to Win
?? Fenerbahce v Trabzonspor ??
-Both Teams to Score
▪️Double (1.69/1, bet365)
2/1 winner in SA last night. On this treble today at 7/1+ wi PP. Referee at Basle v Fiorentina has dished out 9, 9, 9 & 12 cards his last 4 games.
Newcastle v Brighton – 3+ corners & 1+ cards each team
Shef Wed to score & take 5+ corners
Basle v Fiorentina – red card
Alkmaar n Basle btts n overs
Sevilla to score
5.8/1 on WH with the boost
Good luck everyone ?
ECL games – how about these two bets?
1. over 0.5 goals in second half (both games) odd 1.58 or 7/4
2. over 1.5 goals – odd 1.47 or 8/17
In the first legs of both games, 3 goals were scored and 2 of them in the second half.
Long shot: West Ham and Fiorentina to score in the 2nd half. 8/5 on betway
I don’t care what anyone says DEBRUYNE had an awful game last night, worst I’ve seen in ages and no I didn’t have any bets on him.
He looked tired.
Grealish was a luxury as well last night.Foden would start for me .
” Thierry Henry has revealed Kevin De Bruyne is playing through a ‘private’ personal issue after the pair shared an emotional embrace following Manchester City’s Champions League semi-final win over Real Madrid. “
Kopavogur v Akureyri 6.00pm Iceland Cup
Btts + over 2.5 goals 20/21 bet365
Punt on this for tonight ,
Newcastle to win , Brighton most cards , Newcastle most corners 8/1 ,
Goodluck………
No btts in there ?
Cheers Deano. Bang on. ?
Newcastle United v Brighton
Brighton double chance at 5/6
Sheff Weds v Peterborough
Over 2.5 goals at 8/11
Over 3.5 goals at 7/4
Best of luck
Alkmaar v West Ham – 14/1 WH
Aguerd & Clasie to be carded
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Sevilla v Juventus – 10/1 FB Betfair
Aruna & Sandro to be carded
4 European semi final games
Over 1.5 mgs 2.3/1 bet 365
Good luck
Longshot yankee…
Newcastle v Brighton
2 goals each & 4 corners each 13/2
BAsel v Fiorentina
2 goals each & 3 corners each 7/1
Sheff Wed v Peterboro
BTTS & o3.5gls
both to be carded & 4 match cards
Sheff Wed 5 corners 6/1
Sevilla v Juventus
BTTS & a red card 11/1
doubles,trebles and an acca
Best of luck all
?? Fc Copenhagen v AaB ??
-Copenhagen to Win
?? Fenerbahce v Trabzonspor ??
-Both Teams to Score
▪️Double (1.69/1, bet365)
✅️✅️
1-0 to Copenhagen and 3-1 to the hosts in Turkey ?
West Ham v AZ Alkmaar
Kehrer
Clasie
Both to be Booked
(12/1, william hill)
Sevilla v Juventus
Acuna
Cuadrado
Both to be Booked
(7/1, william hill)
And that’s why 365 took the market down. Over 6 first half Wednesdays corners was 12/1. Next bet Saturday. Good luck everyone with bets still running
Did anyone see Raith Rovers tweet the other day ???
https://twitter.com/RaithRovers/status/1658517679987097606
Did anyone see Raith Rovers tweet the other day ???
Tweet from may 16th about a contract extension
Punt on this for tonight ,
Newcastle to win , Brighton most cards , Newcastle most corners 8/1 ✅️
Goodluck………
First class
Cracking bet, even though it wasn’t the outcome I was hoping for ?
Acuna down as a single winner, I must’ve seen wrong line up earlier on £8 back fi free bet
West Ham v AZ Alkmaar
Kehrer
Clasie
Both to be Booked
(12/1, william hill)
Sevilla v Juventus
Acuna
Cuadrado
Both to be Booked
(7/1, william hill)
❌️❌️
Clasie and Cuadrado bookings short.
Happy with today’s effort earlier though, well done all with a winner ?
4 European semi final games
Over 1.5 mgs 2.3/1 bet 365
Good luck ❌ crap
Well done all winners
Sheffield Wed to win shootout 4/5
Pens at their kop end.
✅️
5-3 to Wednesday, what a comeback!