UEFA Europa League Betting Tips & Predictions

FreeTips is your home for free betting tips for the UEFA Europa League, the second-tier competition of European club football below the UEFA Champions League.

The tournament is a continuation of the UEFA Cup whichw as introduced in 1971. Spanish clubs have dominated the competition with 14 titles, seven of those won by Sevilla.

Betting on the UEFA Europa League is an exciting proposition with teams from different competitions competing against each other. There are various styles that clash with some countries favouring an attacking approach.

Having a deep understanding of the squads and being able to predict the starting line-ups is essential for having sustained success against the bookmakers.

The Europa League qualifiers begin in July with many of the top leagues in Europe starting in August. Many of the teams that enter the qualifying rounds lack fitness and find it tough to travel long distances.

With the bottom 12 clubs exiting the competition in the league phase, the will be managers of teams who have no chance of reaching the knockout rounds which will likely see them rest their top players and prioritise their respective leagues.

There is always value to be identified in the betting markets once the starting line-ups are announced around an hour before kick off, particularly in the goalscoring markets.

The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971 that grew from 11 teams to 64 teams. The competition was taken over by UEFA and relaunched as the UEFA Cup for the 1971/72 season.

The first final was an all-English affair with Tottenham Hotspur defeating Wolverhampton Wanderers. The title was won by Liverpool in 1973 who won the competition for the second time in 1976 after defeating Club Brugge in the final.

IFK Göteborg (1982 and 1987) and Real Madrid (1985 and 1986) won the competition twice in the 

1980s. Italian clubs dominated from 1989 when Diego Maradona's Napoli defeated Stuttgart. The 1990s started with two all-Italian finals and Torino lost to Ajax in the 1992 final. 

Juventus won for a third time in 1993 and Inter Milan won in 1994. The year 1995 saw another all-Italian final with Parma successful over Juventus. Parma won the Cup again in 1999.

Liverpool won the competition for the third time in 2001 and Feyenoord Rotterdam won for the 2nd time in 2002 after defeating Borussia Dortmund in their home stadium, De Kuip. Porto won in 2003 and 2011.

Chelsea would become the first Champions League holders to win in 2013. In 2015 Sevilla won their fourth UEFA Cup/Europa League and beat Liverpool in the 2016 final for their title in a row.

The Spanish club won again in 2020 and 2023 to make it seven titles, four more than Inter Milan, Liverpool, Juventus, Atletico Madrid and Tottenham.