Europa League tips: Aston Villa, Celta Vigo & Porto angles

A week after the ‘Champions’ equivalent the Europa League enters matchweek one of its own League Phase with Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest, Celtic and Rangers flying the flag for the United Kingdom.

Villa’s prevailing lack of cutting edge is a perfect pairing with similarly goal shy Italian visitors, while unders is also the theme in Stuttgart and Porto look the bet of the round.

Toothless twosome set a low bar for goals at Villa Park

Aston Villa are just 3/4 to open their Europa League account with victory over Bologna, but that looks too short for a side that have scored once in five Premier League games.

The 21/10 about under 1.5 goals in the match looks far more enticing given the Villans’ scoring struggles and their visitors’ tendency to be involved in dour affairs domestically.

Vincenzo Italiano’s side have lost both their Serie A away games 1-0 so far this term, against hosts that have yet to net in front of their own fans the 0-0 looks a possibility.

Under looks value when Stuttgart host draw specialists

The 14/5-rated draw and even the 9/2-rated 1-1 draw have to come under serious consideration when Celta Vigo visit Stuttgart on Thursday evening given the Galician side’s last five La Liga games have ended one goal apiece.

Both rate decent bets, but preference is for a play on a bet that’s copped in all six of Celta’s league outings this season – under 2.5 goals at 5/4.

Stuttgart have landed the same bet in winning both their Bundesliga home games so far in 2024/25 to-nil and could underpin the wager with another MHP Arena shutout.

Primeira Liga leaders a great bet for victory in Austria

Away wins aren’t often tipped up at news.betzone.co.uk but Porto look a fine price at Evens to beat Red Bull Salzburg in Austria.

Francesco Farioli’s side sit atop the Portuguese top flight table after six games having won all six, scoring 15 times and conceding just once. Those successes include a 2-1 win away to reigning champions Sporting Lisbon.

By contrast, Salzburg’s former dominance over the Austrian Bundesliga has ebbed away and they sit a modest fourth in their own domestic standings having won just three times in their first seven games.

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