5 Europa Conference League Tips - 17/2/22

The first tip on this list sees Marseille take on Qarabag at the Orange Velodrome in the Europa League, a match which Jorge Sampaoli’s side will be expected to comfortably win.

Marseille are currently second in Ligue 1 and look on course to qualify for next season’s Champions League following some impressive displays, which includes 2-1 and 5-2 wins over Metz and Angers in their last two league matches, painting a picture of what they could do against inferior opposition.

Qarabag’s last Europa League match saw them be beaten 3-0 away at FC Basel, showing that this game could be one step too far in their European journey.

Celtic and Bodo/Glimt go head to head at Celtic Park in the Round of 32 in the Europa Conference League in what could be an interesting tie.

Ange Postecoglou’s side come into this match in superb form, as they have won all of their last five matches following 2-1 and 1-0 wins over Hearts and Dundee United, as well as hammering Rangers 3-0 and Motherwell 4-0 before their recent 3-2 win away at Aberdeen last time out.

Bodo/Glimt haven’t played a match since their 3-0 win against Mjondalen back in early December in the Norwegian Tippelagen, but, before this game, the Norwegian outfit who famously hammered Roma 6-1 in this competition this campaign had drawn 1-1 with Zorya, as well as 2-2 against Brann and 0-0 with Rosenborg. Bodo had also defeated CSKA Sofia 2-0 at home in late November.

Leicester City takes on Randers in the Europa Conference League in what could be a huge game for the future of under-pressure Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers.

The King Power Stadium club are one of the favourites to win this tournament and may have to do so if they are to stand a chance of qualifying for Europe next season as they currently sit 11th in England’s top-flight.

A player who could inspire Leicester to a win against a side that currently sit fifth in the Danish Superliga standings is Zambian forward Patson Daka.

The 23-year-old who was signed from Red Bull Salzburg last summer has scored nine times and created four assists in 22 appearances for the Foxes this campaign, including four in one match against Spartak Moscow in the Europa League group stages.

Dutch Eredivisie outfit PSV takes on Israeli Premier League side Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday.

PSV have managed to recently re-find form again, having thumped Vitesse 5-0 last time out as Eran Zahavi, Mauro Junior, Cody Gakpo, Carlos Vinicius and Ritsu Doan all got on the scoresheet. Prior to this victory, PSV had been beaten 2-1 in back to back matches against AZ and Ajax after defeating Groningen 1-0 and Go Ahead Eagles 2-0.

Maccabi have scored in four of their last five Europa Conference League matches, having drawn 1-1 with the likes of Alashkert and LASK, hammering Helsinki 5-0 and 3-0 in between these draws.

The final tip on this list sees Austrian Bundesliga outfit Rapid Vienna host Dutch Eredivisie side Vitesse at Allianz Stadion.

Vitesse are arguably the better side on paper, but, come into this match off the back of a heavy 5-0 defeat to PSV, as well as 3-0 and 3-1 losses to FC Twente and Groningen. Prior to these defeats, the Dutch side had beaten both PEC Zwolle and Feyenoord by 1-0 scorelines, with the latter mentioned game being at De Kuip.

Rapid were relegated from the Europa League into the Europa Conference following a third-place finish in Group H having finished behind West Ham United and Dinamo Zagreb in the standings, but, ahead of Genk.

The Austrian Bundesliga side beat Genk in their last European match 1-0, but, were beaten 2-0 and 3-1 by West Ham and Dinamo in their previous two matches, proving that this game will be a closely fought contest.