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Celtic are in the unusual position of having gone three matches without a win and are underdogs heading into their second Europa League group game in Lille. Neil Lennon’s men made a disappointing start to the group as they were beaten 3-1 by AC Milan last week so head to France under pressure to get a positive result. More...

Rangers will have started the season with a three-month unbeaten run if they avoid defeat in their second Europa League group game at home to Lech Poznan. Steven Gerrard’s men have enjoyed a dream start to the campaign both domestically and in Europe and are firm favourites to extend that run here. More...

Leicester have a perfect record on their travels this season and are expected to extend their winning run when they head to the Greek capital in the Europa League. The Foxes have already enjoyed impressive wins at West Brom, Manchester City and Arsenal this season and are odds-on favourites to add AEK Athens to that list. More...

Tottenham are on their travels for the second time this week as they go from Burnley to Belgium for their second Europa League group game. Monday night’s 1-0 win at Turf Moor continued an impressive start to the campaign for Spurs, who are unbeaten in 90 minutes since the defeat by Everton on the opening weekend. More...

Arsenal will surely have one eye on Sunday’s Premier League clash with Manchester United when they host Dundalk in their second Europa League group match. The Gunners are expected to enjoy a comfortable win against the League of Ireland champions, who have been priced up as 35/1 shots to cause an upset. More...

Liverpool won their opening Champions League match for the first time in 12 years and it would be a huge surprise if they did not follow that up with victory at Anfield. The 1-0 victory against Ajax was the first time the Reds had made a winning start since beating Marseille in 2008, having lost away at Napoli in the last two seasons and drawn against Spartak Moscow in Russia prior to that. More...

Manchester City have made a slow start to the Premier League season but are expected to make it two wins out of two in the Champions League when they face Marseille. Pep Guardiola’s side have only won two of their five league matches and are yet to hit top gear but were still good enough to beat Porto 3-1 in their opening group game. More...

Leicester have injury problems to contend with but a weakened team should have no trouble winning their opening group game in the Europa League. The Foxes have suffered back-to-back defeats in the Premier League but still head into Thursday’s match as firm favourites against their visitors from Ukraine. More...

Rangers visit Standard Liege in their Europa League Group D opener trying to protect a 14-match unbeaten run in all competitions this season. Their hosts have only lost once in 12 outings and are yet to taste defeat in eight games at Stade Maurice Dufrasne, so a tight tussle is on the cards. More...

Bayern won all 11 games in last season's superb Champions League triumph and will look to pick up where they left off when entertaining Atletico. Los Colchoneros are always tough to beat and invariably make it through to the latter stages themselves, but FC Hollywood have an aura of invincibility right now. More...

Liverpool will be fired up to prove they can cope without Virgil Van Dijk when visiting Ajax in their Champions League Group D opener. The Reds' defence looked leaky already this season, conceding 13 goals in five Premier League matches, with keeper Alisson also absent through injury. More...

Outright Champions League glory has so far eluded Man City but they do tend to be clinical during the group stage and can brush aside Porto. The visitors have lifted the trophy twice but recent trips to England have proved troublesome, with the Dragons failing to score on their last five journeys. More...

Celtic have been hit by withdrawals recently but Neil Lennon will still demand a response to Saturday's Old Firm derby defeat when AC Milan visit. The Italian giants are flying high at the top of Serie A but may not be taking the Europa League as seriously, judged on some patchy performances in qualifiers. More...

Arsenal's Europa League away record has been impressive in recent years and they can continue the trend when visiting Rapid Vienna. The Austrian outfit are no mugs and should make a game of it, but we feel the Gunners will be just too organised for them under Mikel Arteta. More...

Tottenham will look to bounce back from Sunday's late collapse versus West Ham when they entertain LASK Linz in Europa League Group J. Jose Mourinho lifted this trophy during his time with Manchester United and has already shown an appetite for more success by coming through three qualifiers. More...

Man Utd stunned PSG with a shock 3-1 victory at Parc des Princes a couple of seasons ago but the French outfit are expected to extract some revenge this week. Thomas Tuchel's side recovered to finish as runners-up in last season's Champions League and look a cut above the Red Devils at present. More...

Chelsea and Sevilla are firm favourites to qualify from Champions League Group E and both sides may be satisfied with an opening draw in London. With Rennes and Krasnodar completing this pool, these two talented teams will be hoping to pick up plenty of points from their other fixtures. More...

Arsenal and Tottenham are 8/1 co-favourites alongside AC Milan in bwin's Europa League winner odds following the group-stage draw. Mikel Arteta's Gunners must face Rapid Vienna, Molde and Dundalk, while Jose Mourinho and Spurs will meet Ludogorets, LASK and Antwerp. More...

Bayern Munich are 4/1 favourites to conquer Europe again in bwin's Champions League winner predictions following this season's group-stage draw. The German giants were paired with Atletico Madrid, RB Salzburg and Lokomotiv Moscow in pool A as they chase a seventh success in this competition. More...

Tottenham showed great spirit to get past Chelsea in the EFL Cup on Tuesday and will now hope for a smooth Europa League success against Maccabi Haifa. The Israeli outfit upset Rostov of Russia in the previous round of qualifiers but are expected to be out of their depth in this contest. More...

Five of the last seven UEFA Super Cup matches have gone to extra-time and Sevilla will be keen to give Bayern Munich a tough work-out in Budapest. The Europa League winners drew with fellow Spaniards Barcelona in 2015 and Real Madrid a year later, before losing out in an additional half an hour. More...

Tottenham look well placed to ease past KF Shkendija of North Macedonia in a Europa League qualifier being played behind closed doors. Spurs are coming off a big win at Southampton and were given extra preparation time for this trip when Tuesday's EFL Cup tie at Orient was called off. More...

Talk of Gareth Bale returning to the club is dominating the headlines for Tottenham but they also have a Europa League match in Bulgaria to focus on. It is little more than 15 months since Spurs were appearing in the Champions League final yet they now find themselves having to qualify for the group stages of the Europa League. More...

Lincoln Red Imps are eyeing an Old Firm double when they host Rangers in Europa League qualifying. The team from Gibraltar famously beat Celtic in Brendan Rodgers’ first match in charge in 2016, although the Bhoys made amends in the return leg in Glasgow. More...

Celtic will be looking to take another step towards the group stage of the Champions League when they host Ferencvaros in a one-off game at Celtic Park. Neil Lennon’s men beat KR Reykjavik of Iceland 6-0 last week but the meeting with the Hungarian champions is unlikely to be so one-sided. More...

PSG versus Bayern Munich is a mouth-watering Champions League final, with plenty of goalmouth action expected in Lisbon on Sunday night. Both sides enjoyed comfortable 3-0 victories in the semis and each manager can call on an array of attacking weapons at Estadio do Sport. More...

Inter Milan are hard to oppose in Friday's Europa League decider versus Sevilla judged on the evidence of their respective semi-final performances. The Nerazzurri simply demolished Shakhtar Donetsk, whereas Los Rojiblancos were rated a touch fortunate to edge out Manchester United. More...

Lyon belied big odds to beat Manchester City in the Champions League but it is hard to see lightening striking twice when they take on Bayern Munich. The German giants will be full of confidence after an incredible 8-2 drubbing of Barcelona and should not make the same mistakes City made. More...

RB Leipzig and PSG both like to play in a positive manner and that will hopefully lead to an entertaining first Champions League semi-final. The German outfit clearly possess a tremendous team spirit, but the French aristocrats have an edge in class which is hard to get away from. More...

Inter Milan are fancied to have a little bit too much tactical nous for Shakhtar Donetsk in Monday night's Europa League semi-final. The Pitmen have played some entertaining football since the competition restarted but may just have their limitations exposed at this level. More...