UEFA Europa League
We are proud to provide accurate tips for the UEFA Europa League competition at Tips.bet. It is an exciting competition that there is a lot of interest in. The matches take place on a Thursday night and we know that a lot of you like to place bets on this competition.
People love European football competitions and it is great for football bettors that Champions League matches take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and then they have another chance to place bets on the Europa League on Thursdays. A lot of the teams in the Europa League are high-quality and it is usually an exciting competition.
How we make our predictions for the Europa League
All of our accurate Europa League predictions are made using a complex computer algorithm which uses tried and tested mathematical models. We have invested a lot into our algorithm and are updating it regularly so that we can provide you with the most accurate Europa League predictions.
Our algorithm is fed with a lot of historical data and we do not stop there. We feed in more essential information such as the current form of the teams competing in the Europa League, recent ratings for the manager and the players, any suspensions or player injuries, ratings for the referee, any cards that players have, and much more.
In addition to this, our experienced team here at Tips.bet add their own knowledge of the teams and they monitor the performance of our predictions closely to see how we can improve the accuracy. Our current strike rate is in the 60% region which is better than most other football betting predictions websites.
History of the Europa League
In 1971, UEFA announced the introduction of the UEFA Cup. This would later be revamped into the Europa League. Although the Europa League does not have the prestige and history of the Champions League, it has still been going for a number of years and some big clubs have played in, and won the competition.
In 2009, UEFA decided to change the format of the UEFA Cup from a pure knockout competition to one based on group stages followed by knockout rounds. They decided to change the name of the competition to the Europa League and that it would be similar to the Champions League.
The teams would be playing in groups for the first stage and the top 2 teams from each group progressing to the knockout stages. It was also decided that the winners of the Europa League each year would also qualify for the Champions league the following season.
UEFA decided that the Europa League would also replace the European Cup Winners Cup competition. This was a competition for teams that had won the domestic cup in their leagues such as the English FA Cup.
For a team to qualify for the Europa League they have to finish in various positions in their home league or be the winners of their domestic cup. The top leagues like the English Premier League provide a Europa league place to the team that finishes in 5th place. There are two domestic cup competitions in England which are the Carabao Cup and the FA Cup. Winners of these cups automatically qualify for the Europa League.
There are three qualifying rounds for the Europa League as well as a play off round. Today, 48 teams enter the group stages of the Europa League and the top 2 teams from each group go to the knockout stage. They are joined by the eight teams that finish third in the Champions League groups. These teams play in the round of 32 with winners progressing to the next knockout stage.
Interesting facts about the Europa League
Despite being the second tier of European cup competitions, some of the biggest teams in Europe have played in and even won the Europa League. Since the Europa League started in 2009, Sevilla have won the competition the most times (4). Atletico Madrid have won the competition 3 times, Chelsea twice and several clubs including Manchester United have won it once.
The winners of the Europa League competition are permitted to keep the cup for 12 months and then they have to give it back to UEFA. Winners of the Europa League may have a replica of the trophy made which is 80% of the size of the real trophy.
Sevilla is the only team that have won the Europa League three times consecutively. They achieved this in the 2013 - 2014, 2014 - 2015, and 2015 - 2016 seasons. If you include the statistics for the UEFA Cup then Sevilla would still be the most successful team as they won that competition twice resulting in 6 overall wins.
Final words
There is a lot of interest in betting on Europa League matches. Football bettors like to place bets on European cup competitions and these days there are matches from Tuesday to Thursday that they can choose from.
It is worth teams winning the Europa League as it automatically qualifies them for the Champions League. At Tips.bet we provide accurate predictions for all of the Europa League matches.