Thursday Europa League Acca

Celtic look a really inviting price to beat Lazio at home.

Neil Lennon’s men have made a really solid start to their Group E campaign (sitting top), and with 10 wins from their 11 competitive matches at Celtic Park this season—including a 2-0 victory over Cluj a few weeks ago to avenge their Champions League qualifying defeat back in August—you have to fancy their chances.

Lazio have been really strong at home, but on the road they’re woefully susceptible; three defeats and one draw from their last four matches away games suggests this is a match Celtic should earmark to win in order to tighten their grip at the top of the group.

Considering Lazio’s travel sickness, 8/5 for a Celtic win at what’s going to be a raucous Parkhead seems good value.

FC Copenhagen are another side who have struggled on the road, and I expect Dynamo Kiev to beat them on Thursday.

The Danish side have won just two of their last eight away games in all competitions, and in the Danish Superliga, they’ve fallen to three consecutive defeats on their travels.

Kiev beat Malmo in their opening home game of this group campaign, and have won their last three on home soil – keeping a clean sheet on every occasion.

My money is on the hosts.

Finally, I’m confident PSV overcome LASK Linz.

The home side have made a very strong start to their Eredivisie campaign, and two straight victories in the Europa League sees them sit handsomely top of this group.

Furthermore, they’ve won seven and drawn two of their nine competitive home matches this season, which is why I strongly fancy them.

To their credit, Linz have won every away game so far in this season’s Austrian Bundesliga, but a 2-1 defeat against what looks a poor Sporting side in the Europa League shows it’s a different story when the (relative) big boys of Europe are concerned.

PSV are experienced in Europe and should be savvy enough to navigate through this.

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