Europa League quarter-finals preview

Alongside this week’s Champions League fixtures come the quarter closing clashes of the Europa League, wherein the ultimate eight groups proceed their push to safe some European silverware within the historic competitors.

We preview two of Thursday’s video games under.

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Liverpool v Atalanta – Thursday 8.00pm, Anfield

Of all of the groups remaining within the Europa League, a visit to Anfield towards Liverpool was in all probability the one Atalanta had been seeking to keep away from. The Reds head into the fixture as robust favourites at 3/10, with Atalanta stark outsiders to trigger an upset within the opening leg at 7/1.

Liverpool have had probably the most photographs on the right track within the Europa League this season on 63, hitting the again of the online 28 occasions in six video games. It’s truthful to say that ought to one be in search of a little bit of worth within the betting, utilizing the Whole Participant Photographs On Goal market could be a very good place to start out, with star participant Mohamed Salah 2/1 to check the keeper twice. Jurgen Klopp’s males will probably be eager to depart their mark on the Italian aspect to make their return fixture as comfy as potential and the aforementioned Salah is 4/6 to etch his identify on the scoresheet, narrowly forward of Diogo Jota (19/20) and Darwin Nunez (EVS). Regardless of the title race within the Premier League very a lot on the forefront of Liverpool’s thoughts, they are going to be pining to brush up any silverware they’ll to finish Jurgen Klopp’s reign on a excessive.

Atalanta final met with Liverpool within the group levels of the Champions League again within the 2020/21 season, wherein they managed to place two previous The Reds at Anfield having misplaced 5-0 within the opening leg at house. Regardless of the monumental problem most groups face when heading to Anfield, the Italian outfit will take some consolation from the truth that they’ve outperformed their opposition there earlier than and are able to doing so once more. They presently sit sixth within the Serie A with a poor run of kind heading into this sport, however ought to anybody handle to fit a couple of previous Liverpool’s keeper, it’ll be the likes of both Gianluca Scamacca, Ademola Lookman or Teun Koopmeiners who all lead the anytime goalscorer marketplace for Atalanta at 7/2.

Bayer Leverkusen v West Ham – Thursday 8.00pm, BayArena

Equally to the Liverpool vs Atalanta sport, we’ve a robust odds-on favorite on our fingers on this one the place West Ham head to the BayArena to tackle Xabi Alonso’s unstoppable Bayer Leverkusen.

Leverkusen sit at 4/9 within the betting to kick off their quarter closing conflict on the entrance foot, with West Ham method out at 6/1 to select up a win away from house within the opener.

This would be the first assembly of the 2 golf equipment in Europe, and the primary assembly Bayer have had towards English opposition because the 2016/17 season. Bayer have a wealth of attacking prowess with the likes of Victor Okoh Boniface (23/20), Patrik Schick (23/20), Borja Igelsias (7/5) and Alejandro Grimaldo (19/10), all greater than able to netting towards the Hammers. The German aspect have gone unbeaten in 41 video games throughout all competitions and gained’t need to give it up simply but, having simply moved 16 factors away from typical Bundesliga frontrunners Bayern Munich to prime the league desk. This might go down in historical past as Bayer Leverkusen’s greatest season underneath the tutelage of Xabi Alonso in his debut season as supervisor.

West Ham tasted European success in final yr’s Europa Convention League the place they beat Fiorentina to take house the trophy wherein Jarrod Bowen fired house the winner within the dying minutes of the sport. The Hammers sit seventh within the Premier League having simply beat Wolves 2-1 at Molineux, and this can fill them will confidence forward of this conflict with the German giants. The upcoming two legs look to be a large hill to climb for the English aspect towards some fairly elegant opposition, however they’ve some firepower of their very own in Jarrod Bowen (13/5), Mohammed Kudus (19/5) and Michail Antonio (19/5) who will all be after a aim within the opener.