Live on ESPN & ITV 4: Thu 18.00: Aside from the 2 British teams in action, there are plenty of other Europa League games on Thursday.
Napoli are 6/5 with Coral to beat Villarreal which is a little short but as Villarreal have drifted a touch out of form recently, it may be worth backing the Italians in this encounter.
In another TV match, Benfica are a short 3/5 with YouWin.com to beat Stuttgart (6/1, Skybet). Benfica have won a brilliant 13 consecutive games (10 of them to nil) but they have been a mix of league cup, Portuguese cup and league against generally weaker opposition. The last time Benfica lost a match was at home to a German team and Stuttgart can bring a little bit of a stronger test than Benfica are used to.
Expect a much tighter game with some of Stuttgart’s recent improved away attitude shining through – a draw is the bet at 3/1 (Betfred).
Anderlecht have a decent chance of beating Ajax at 6/4 (Stan James) and wonderkid Romelu Lukaku, Anderlecht’s top league scorer at 17 years old, is 7/4 with bet365 to net at anytime.
PSV are a big price at 3/1 () but they travel to Lille (top in France) so that’s a game best left while free-attacking Lech Poznan could shock Braga’s system with a victory at 13/10 (William Hill).
Thursday 17 February:
Rubin Kazan v FC Twente (12:00)
Metalist Kharkiv v Bayer 04 Leverkusen (16:00)
Anderlecht v Ajax (18:00)
Benfica v VfB Stuttgart (18:00)
Besiktas JK v Dynamo Kyiv (18:00)
FC BATE Borisov v Paris Saint-Germain (18:00)
Lech Poznan v Sporting de Braga (18:00)
Napoli v Villarreal (18:00)
AC Sparta Praha v Liverpool (20:05)
BSC Young Boys v Zenit Saint-Petersburg (20:05)
FC Basel v Spartak Moscow (20:05)
Lille OSC v PSV Eindhoven (20:05)
PAOK v CSKA Moscow (20:05)
Rangers v Sporting CP (20:05)
Sevilla v FC Porto (20:05)
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