Eight teams will attempt to take another step closer to Gdańsk this evening as the quarter-finals of the Europa League commence.
Man Utd are 6/4 favourites to lift the trophy, in part thanks to their draw against mid-table La Liga side Granada, but the winners of Ajax's tie with Roma would lie in wait for United should they progress.
But first they must dispose of the Spaniards and are short enough at 4/7 to win on Thursday. Granada boast a decent home record in La Liga, only the top four in the table have collected more points at home so it might not be a walk in the park for the Red Devils but they should have too much about them and SlipsTips certainly seems to think so in his match preview where he's found a 5/6 angle which relies on them winning.
Arsenal's visitors Slavia Prague will be aiming to knock out British opposition for the third round in a row after putting paid to Leicester and Rangers' European aspirations. Both victories relied on the Czech's winning their second legs away from home but this time they travel to the Emirates for a first leg showdown.
The Gunners will be without the increasingly influential Kieran Tierney as well as David Luiz and Martin Odegaard but there's no doubt they need to go for it here. The Europa League represents Arsenal's best chance to quaify for next season's Champions League and will be desperate to to take a lead in to the second leg next week.
Slavia have already demonstrated how dangerous they can be away from home and can get themselves on the scoresheet. Both teams to score appeals at 21/20 and KevMac agrees in his match preview.
Thursday's other two Europa League matches have been previewed by Mark Walker so don't miss those below;
Thursday's Match Previews & Tips
- KevMac's Thursday Bets: No Pain in Spain for United
- Today's Acca Tips: Thursday's 5/1 Footy Accumulator
- Thu 8.00pm: Dinamo Zagreb v Villarreal Preview & Tips
- Thu 8.00pm: Granada v Man Utd Preview & Tips
- Thu 8.00pm: Ajax v Roma Preview & Tips
- Thu 8.00pm: Arsenal v Slavia Prague Preview & Tips
- Fri 7.45pm: Watford v Reading Preview & Tips
- Fri 8.00pm: FC Metz v Lille Preview & Tips
Thursday's Racing Tips
Alan Thomson fancies the Irish to make a quick start at Aintree on Thursday in his daily thread while we've a fantastic Podcast for the Grand National Festival courtesy of Gambla with our own Voice of Value and Jim Delahunt which is not to be missed.
- Racing tips: Militant on the march at Aintree
- The Voice of Value: Thursday Aintree Tips
- Grand National Festival Podcast with Voice of Value & Jim Delahunt
2021 Masters Betting Tips
It's here! The Caddy has studied and field, poured over the form and analysed the trends and presents his top picks for this year's Masters Tournament at Augusta. Will Dustin Johnson repeat his feat of less than six month's ago and retain the green jacket? Or has Jordan Spieth timed his run of form to perfection for another tilt at Augusta? Or will an outsider emerge to claim a first major victory and buck the trends? All the drama will unfold before our eyes from Thursday to Sunday do don't miss the Caddy's advice on where your money should be this weekend;
Our ever-popular Masters Fantasy Competition is now live too, with £100 in free bets to be won if your threesome scores the lowest aggregate total.
Grand National Charity Sweepstake
Saturday will see the 173rd running of the Grand National and since it's highly unlikely you'll be able to enter the usual office sweepstake you're invited to enter our Charity competition where we're aiming to raise £200 for good causes in memory of Mr Fixit. Click the link below to find out how to take part;
Good luck with all your bets on Thursday!
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Santa Cruz FC
V
Vera Cruz PE
22:00
Brazilian Campeonato Pemambucano
Vera Cruz to score 13-8 (HILLS). ⚽ NAP ⚽.
Side bet BTTS 2-1 (Betway)
Bookies pricing this up on club name again.
Santa Cruz are competing virtually every 3 days in 2 state cups, the Copa nordeste and this thing.
They have played 11 games in 34 days since serie c ended so no way are their 1st team playing every time.
Vera (Cruz not duckworth) played 3 games so far and scored in all 3
1-3 v Recife (Santa played Recife twice recently 1-1 and 1-2) similar outcomes.
2-2 at academica Victoria ( academica lost 2-0 at Santa Cruz)
1-3 at nautico ( nautico won all 4 and only conceded 1 other goal)
8 head to heads were played between 2008-2010 so not relevant but Vera Cruz scored in 7 of them
Santa Cruz should win but odds of 1-12 is too excessively low.
Prediction 2-1 or 3-1
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Late barrage of goals here.
Finished 4-1
🇧🇷 13-8 and 2-1 winners 🇧🇷
🦉🦉 night owl🦉🦉
Tombense
V
Vasco da Gama
01:30
Brazilian Copa do Brasil
BTTS 11-10 (HILLS)⚽
Serie c v serie a.
Tombense lost just 2 of last 20 games and one of those was away.
Tombense scored in 20 of last 22 home games and are strong at home.
Vasco Seen BTTS in last 7 state cup games and conceded in their last 10, some against lowly ranked state teams.
No head to head to go on.
Tentative prediction score draw
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Good night and good luck with your bets today 🤞
Thanks Elvis.. Woke up to a nice profit.. Onwards
Nice call Elvis!
Cheers chaps 👍
Finished tombense 1 Vasco 2.
My sugar poofs taste a lot sweeter now ..
well done elvis
Both teams to score a header in Munich 10/1 LOSER
There were 2 headers scored , but both of them for Bayern . Some cracking winners last night night . Well done to all of them .
Last nights bet builder
2 nights in a row👌
Was busy so forgot to post before kick off
Bayern v PSG
Over 1.5✅
Over 0.5 Cards ✅
Mbappe at least 1 shot on target✅
Porto v Chelsea
Under 3.5 ✅
Over 0.5 Cards✅
Mount at least 1 shot on target ✅
Another small 1 but every little helps
£10 into £31
2 nights in a row well done all winners🙌
Night Owls worked put OK but no joy on the 33/1 penalties shout in the Copa Lib – thought it was heading that way but a late winner for Guabira!
Copa Brasil:
VITÓRIA VS. RIO BRANCONAC (11.00pm)
OVER 9.5 CORNERS
(1/1, bet365) ⭐⭐ ✅
ATLÉTICO TUCUMÁN VS. RIVER PLATE (12.30am)
BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE
OVER 8.5 CORNERS
(2/1, bet365) ⭐⭐ ✅
BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE
OVER 12.5 CORNERS
(8/1, bet365) ⭐ 👎
Well done all winners!
Women’s International:
JAPAN VS. PARAGUAY (8.30am)
Not an exact science and very low stakes but I reckon Japan are about the same level as Argentina ladies – the latter have never monstered Paraguay’s lasses in meetings so no reaaon Japan will do so this morning:
UNDER 4.5 GOALS
(6/4, bet365) ⭐
Nope 😂
⚽️ Arsenal v Slavia Prague ⚽️
SLAVIA PRAGUE TO SCORE @ 2.0 with RedZone – NAP
Reasoning – Slavia managed to score and knock out both Rangers and Leicester, in my opinion much stronger sides than Arsenal at present. Was expecting odds nearer 1.6 so this is a pick I’m very confident is a value one
Good Luck
Hope it comes in for you cp007 but Slavias squad riddled with injuries..at least 5 out maybe 7 or 8
Possibly why the odds are higher than I would have expected. Worth a chance looking at arsenals defending in the competition and the value of an away goal
Not too much to look at tonight but there’s a couple of games that appeal to me. First up in Germany Hannover should win against struggles Wurzburger Kickers. Then into the Europa league where I think Ajax can increase their impressive goal tally this season.
Hannover vs Wurzburger Kickers
Hannover to win
Ajax vs Roma
Ajax to score 2+
Double pays
1.76/1 (William Hill)
Hannover to win & over 1.5 goals
5/6 (Various)
Reasoning on both games below 👇🏼
Hannover vs Wurzburger Kickers
Bundesliga 2 🇩🇪
Thursday 8th April, 17:30 ⏰
Hannover host bottom side Wurzburger and will look to leapfrog two sides into 8th position with a win. Hannover have won 6 of their 12 home games, unbeaten in all 4 against bottom half sides and beaten the 3 teams that are directly above tonight’s opponents.
Wurzburger have a shocking away record losing 12 of their 13 away games conceding 28 goals. They’ve conceded 2+ in 9 of those games and with Hannover scoring 23 goals in their 12 home games, I can see Hannover bagging a couple here tonight.
Ajax vs Roma
Europa League 🇪🇺
Thursday 8th April, 20:00 ⏰
Two attacking sides meet at the Johan Cruyff Arena in the first leg of this quarter final. Ajax certainly know where the back of the net is, even more so at home scoring 51 goals in their 18 league and European games. They’ve scored 2+ in 14 of those 18 games including in their two Europa league games against Young Boys and Lille.
Certainly domestically Roma struggle on the road, particularly to the bigger sides. They’ve conceded 2+ in all 5 games against sides above them in the league (Milan, Atalanta, Juventus, Napoli and Lazio) and 7 Serie A games in total.
Ajax will want to take a decent lead to Rome for the second leg and with Roma more than capable of scoring and with their own attacking quality, I fancy Ajax to score 2 or more goals.
Hannover 96 vs Wurzburger Kickers – 1 –
Ajax vs Roma – >1.5 Ajax Team Goals –
Dynamo Zagreb vs Villarreal – >2.5 Total Goals – Risky
6.24/1
Credits and thanks to Greg for the first two bets.
Good luck Omonoia! 👍🏼
Admin, please change win-daw- win in win-draw- win in the ACCA TIPS. Thank you.
Sorted 👍
Couple of booking bets in the 4 Europa League games tonight
Over 3 cards in each match 7/2 Bet365
Over 1 card each team in each game 26/1 Bet365 ( same bet is 9/1 with Sky )
Just going to keep it simple with the Europa league today
Arsenal
Ajax
Granada
Over 1.5mgs
28/25
Longshot
Arsenal
Ajax
Man United
Over 1.5tgs
113/25
Got my Sweepstake entry in for the Grand National – money going to a very worthy cause and I’ll put any winnings to Mr F’s charity too if I’m drawn out 🐎
Have a look if you haven’t already:
https://mrfixitstips.co.uk/grand-national-2021-charity-sweepstake-enter-now/
Good luck with all bets today 👍
Hull there is no mention of grand national charity sweepstake on horse racing thread? Maybe put above post on it bud, just a thought 👍
Cheers Jimba – good point!
8:00 Ajax v Roma – 2+Ajax team goals
8:00 Arsenal v Slavia 4+Slavia team corners
@ 1.98/1 (Skybet)
Will also add Hannover 2+team goals in-play for a separate treble, as no prices with Skybet as yet…
Granada v Man Utd
Granada to score at 4/5*****(NAP)
Fully expect Man Utd to win this game but i also expect them to concede.Granada have had an excellent campaign beating Napoli scoring home and away and the same against Molde.I have done well off Granada in this seasons comp so no reason not stick with them.
Best of luck
Entries for our Masters Fantasy Competition close at 12.00pm so you’ve just under an hour to get your 3-man team entered.
https://mrfixitstips.co.uk/2021-masters-competition-pick-your-fantasy-team-now/
A couple of first round match-up bets, bet365 are doing them but not sure about other bookies,
Remember it’s first round 18 hole match-ups not 72 hole match-ups
The Madters – First Round 18 hole Match-Ups
15:42
XANDER SCHAUFFELE to beat Rory McIlroy
1/1 bet365 NAP
Xander Schauffele is 12th for first round scoring this year with an average score of 69.3
He has only played at Augusta National 3 times with first round scores of
2020 – 67
2019 – 73
2018 – 71
Rory McIlroy on the other hand is 133rd for first round scoring this year with an average score of 71.3, that’s 2 shots higher than Xander,
Rory’s last 4 visits here have seen first round scores of
2020 – 75
2019 – 73
2018 – 69
2017 – 72
17:36
PHIL MICHELSON to beat Gary Woodland
20/21 bet365
Phil Michelson loves this course and can still come to life on it, can’t see him winning the tournament but he can still score decent
Michelson’s last 6 visits here have seen him have first round scores of
2020 – 69
2019 – 67
2018 – 70
2017 – 71
2015 – 72
2014 – 70
2012 – 76
2011 – 71
Gary Woodland has only twice scored under 70 in a round at Augusta National, in 2011 his debut tournament he shot 69 in the first round and in 2014 he had a 69 in the 3rd round,
Woodland’s first round scores at Augusta National have been
2020 – 72
2019 – 70
2018 – 78
2017 – 75
2015 – 71
2014 – 70
2012 – 73
2011 – 69
Lunchtime goals punt and the away side’s form is abysmal – could be goals here!
ENERGETYK-BGU RES. VS. SPUTNIK RES
(12.00pm)
OVER 4.5 GOALS
(7/4, bet365) ⭐
Good luck
Brilliant hull skybet had 3/1 for over 2.5 goals.
Bonkers this one – the 5 goals needed took 20 minutes 😂
ENERGETYK-BGU RES. VS. SPUTNIK RES
(12.00pm)
OVER 4.5 GOALS
(7/4, bet365) ⭐ ✅
😉👍
Thanks for putting this up Hull fella…followed all the way to >10.5 match goals in-play. God bless Belarus reserves…goldmine for goals 👍
*first half goals
Should have tipped this one last night it was huge and I was sure this was happening. Recap,
PSG DC
Over 0.5 FHGS
Btts yes
Over 2.5 fh corners
Over 8.5 match corners
Mbappe to score anytime
Over 2.5 cards
Paid just under 5/1 was chuffed with that
For today I will learn to tip come on chaps let’s make this a full house!!!
Midtland win
Hannover win
Lyon -1
St gallen young boys over 2.5mgs
GL all👌👌
English Development League and, again, goals could be worth a look!
WATFORD U23 VS. CHARLTON ATHLETIC U23
The previous 4 H2Hs saw 5-6-3-5 match goals and the majority of Charlton’s matches of late have had fairly hefty scorelines – nearly evens for 4 or more with bet365 looks tasty and I’ve thrown in a couple of speculative punts from paddypower:
OVER 3.5 GOALS
(10/11, bet365) ⭐⭐
OVER 4.5 GOALS
(2/1, paddypower) ⭐
OVER 5.5 GOALS
(9/2, paddypower) ⭐
Best of luck!
2 goals in the opening 40 minutes the bog all but cards after that 👎
St Gallen
Yeni Malatyaspor
Over 2.5mgs double 17/10
UEFA Europa League 20:00
Granada vs Man Utd – GIBH
UEFA Europa League 20:00
Dinamo Zagreb vs Villarreal – Dinamo Zagreb to score
Double 9/5 Bet365 **NAP**
Good luck all
FK Metalac
V
FK Javor
15:00
Serbian Meridian Superliga
BTTS 10-11 (hills)
9 of last 10 h2h here seen BTTS
9 of last 10 h2h home and away seen BTTS.
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Following this one mate, went for btts and over 2.5 at 6/4, just needs a home goal 🤞🏻
Cracker
On this one, 9/10 done it for me 💥 nice research 💥
Excellent research again on your tips Elvis. 👌
FK Metalac
V
FK Javor
15:00
Serbian Meridian Superliga
BTTS 10-11 (hills)
9 of last 10 h2h here seen BTTS
9 of last 10 h2h home and away seen BTTS.
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⚽ Winner ⚽
Just had a 100-1 winner on the racing thread too 🏇
Happy days 😁
Granada CF – Manchester United FC Over 2.5 & BTTS Yes
Ajax Amsterdam – AS Roma Over 2.5 & BTTS Yes
Arsenal FC – SK Slavia Prague BTTS
Qwer match at Palastine west bank in play at the minute.
6 – 3 at half time 2 pens, a red card and 9 goals in 1st half, wonder what the second half will bring goal line at 12.5 on b365.
Well not a lot happened 2nd half, finished 6-4 but might investigate a bit further into this league for goals.
Couple for the europa league:
Granada, Zagreb, Prague to score 4/1 bet365
Btts acca all 4 europa games 14/1 William Hill
Best of luck
Arsenal, Ajax Win, Dinamo Zagreb / Granada < 4.5 MGS 2.5/1 – half stake
GL all!
tonite……………
slavia to score 4/5
add ajax btts 9/5
St Gallen
Yeni Malatyaspor
Over 2.5mgs double 17/10**LOST** no 3rd in Turkey….did cover at 5/2 with about 30mins to go
Might have a wee punt tonight since broke even
both teams to score
real sociedad v athletic bilbao
ladbrokes 11/10
NAP WON
🏆 solid as usual oldie 🏆
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NAP
🎯 Garry Anderson – match treble @5/4
(Most 180’s, highest checkout, win)
One player badly out of form and one world class operator.
NB
⚽️ Ajax win + over 1.5 team goals @5/4
Nap is only with sky bet i believe.
Ajax
Zagreb
Dumbarton
Over 1.5mgs treble 6/5
Ajax over 2.5mgs
Zagreb btts & overs
East fife over 1.5tgs
Treble 9/1
Good luckc
Lost just 1 goal in Croatia
Granada v Man Utd
Granada 4+ corners 4/6
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Arsenal v Slavia Prague
Over 1.5 goals, 8.5 corners & 30+ BP’s
11/4 double – Skybet
both teams to score
dinamo zagreb v villarreal
ladbrokes 11/10
NAP
both teams to score
arsenal v slavia prague
ladbrokes 11/10
NB
double on above 2
ladbrokes 3.41/1
Tonight’s tips going for 3 nights In a row🤞
Main bet!
Granada v Man Utd
Over 1.5 goals
Over 0.5 Granada Cards
Bruno at least 1 shot on Target
Arsenal v Slavia
Over 1.5 goals
Over 0.5 Arsenal Cards
Over 0.5 Slavia Cards
Lacazette at least 1 shot on target
Just under 2/1
We side bet
United win / Granada most cards & corners
Arsenal win & most corners / Slavia most cards
27/1
Good luck tonight everyone 🙌
Europe league acca
Ajax v Roma – Over 2.5 Gl
Arsenal – to score 2 or more
Villarreal – to score 2 or more
Man Utd – to score 2 or more
Pays 9.11/1
2 out of 4 * LOST * 👎👎
LONG SHOT
Man United to have 10+ shots on target
11/1 paddypower
Over 1.5 goals in all 4 Europa League games
2/1 ladbrokes
Evening,
D. Zagreb v Villarreal k.o 20.00
Etienne Capoue Booking in 90mins.
Skybet 21/10 Goodluck.
Mint…
Hi Mint, you can get this at 12/5 @ bet365
El Salvador for me this evening:
ONCE DEPORTIVO VS. JOCORO (10.30pm)
OVER 2.5 GOALS
(21/20, bet365) NAP ⭐⭐⭐
OVER 2.5 GOALS
OVER 9.5 CORNERS
(3/1, bet365) NB ⭐
Best of luck!
Ajax v Roma
Header scored 11/10 hills
Good luck
Granada corners but Arsenal has been pish, Saka missed a sitter to do ma GIBH 10/1 free fiver pint tae…and that’s the one I decided tae watch 😂
Poor choice of games tonight ☹️
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Clube do Remo
V
Independente AC
21:00
Brazilian Campeonato Paranaense
Independente to score 21-20 (HILLS) ⚽ NAP ⚽
Side bets
BTTS 5-4 ( Betway )
BTTS and over 2.5 goals 7-4 (Betway bet builder).
Serie c v serie D
Both teams top their groups after 4 games.
Indepente scored in 15 of last 17 games.
Independente scored in 7 of last 9 aways, they scored 2+ in 5 of them.
There have been 8 h2h here before, 1st 5 were btts, in the last 3 independente blanked.
The last 2 was mainly down to having 2 red cards in each game.
The played a 2 leg cup last month.
Remo 2 independente 0 (2 red cards)
Independente 3 remo 1.
3-3 aggregate.
Remo scored 2+ in 7 of last 10 homes.
6 were BTTS and overs.
All about the away goal here
Prediction 2-1
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As tricky as the Europa league…
Arsenal✅
Ajax✅
Granada✅
Over 1.5mgs
28/25 WON
No joy with the longshot but happy with the main one landing from a couple of late goals. Well done any winners.
Nice one Gigi
Brilliant again
On a roll mate👍
On a roll mate👍
Not too much to look at tonight but there’s a couple of games that appeal to me. First up in Germany Hannover should win against struggles Wurzburger Kickers. Then into the Europa league where I think Ajax can increase their impressive goal tally this season.
Hannover vs Wurzburger Kickers
Hannover to win ❌
Ajax vs Roma
Ajax to score 2+ ❌
Double pays ❌
1.76/1 (William Hill)
Hannover to win & over 1.5 goals ❌
5/6 (Various)
Full of red crosses tonight unfortunately, Hannover go ahead just after half time but go on to lose 1-2. Ajax also go up 1-0 and miss a penalty then get beat 1-2. Fine margins tho and sometimes they go for you and sometimes they don’t. Well done all winners and I’ll be back tomorrow 👍🏼
Ajax v Roma
Header scored 11/10 hills
Good luck ❌ lost
Well done all winners
UEFA Europa League 20:00
Granada vs Man Utd – GIBH ✅
UEFA Europa League 20:00
Dinamo Zagreb vs Villarreal – Dinamo Zagreb to score ❌
Double 9/5 Bet365 **NAP** LOST
Zagreb had good chances to score but just couldn’t finish them. Well done all winners
Elvis – Great work mate thank you
Cheers 👍
tonite……………
slavia to score 4/5 WON
add ajax btts 9/5 WON
WD all with a winner……….
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Clube do Remo
V
Independente AC
21:00
Brazilian Campeonato Paranaense
Independente to score 21-20 (HILLS) ⚽ NAP ⚽
Side bets
BTTS 5-4 ( Betway )
BTTS and over 2.5 goals 7-4 (Betway bet builder).
Serie c v serie D
Both teams top their groups after 4 games.
Indepente scored in 15 of last 17 games.
Independente scored in 7 of last 9 aways, they scored 2+ in 5 of them.
There have been 8 h2h here before, 1st 5 were btts, in the last 3 independente blanked.
The last 2 was mainly down to having 2 red cards in each game.
The played a 2 leg cup last month.
Remo 2 independente 0 (2 red cards)
Independente 3 remo 1.
3-3 aggregate.
Remo scored 2+ in 7 of last 10 homes.
6 were BTTS and overs.
All about the away goal here
Prediction 2-1
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Finished 2-2
🇧🇷 Full house 21-20 5-4 7-4 🇧🇷
spot on elvis…………….
Nice one Elvis 👏
On fire the day Elvis, well done👏 i missed them all though lol
Ta slim 👍
nite owl……………
bolivar o1.5tgs 17/20