Europa League Tips: Back clean sheets for Black Cats & Bournemouth and 16/1 Acca

Back wins for Bournemouth and Sunderland along with 16/1 accumulator in Paul Higham's Europa League tips

Paul Higham is backing goals for Crystal Palace, comfortable wins for Bournemouth and Sunderland and has a [17/1] Acca in his Europa League tips for Thursday.


Lyon v Palace Tip - Back a 3/14.00 shootout in France

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Lyon made it five Europa League wins in a row with a 2-1 victory over Anderlecht on matchday one and are 6/52.20 favourites to add a sixth against Crystal Palace, who are 2/13.00 but have lost just one of 12 in Europe and arrive after a fine 3-1 win over Nottingham Forest.

Palace's away form is a concern with just one win in eight stretching back into last season and Lyon will be a big challenge on their own patch, where they've scored at least twice in six of seven in the competition. Goals should be plentiful as both teams have scored in Palace's last four European aways and four of five Lyon games in Europe this season.

Given Lyon's scoring form at home and with Palace scoring twice in five games so far this could be a good chance to back a goalfest.


Salzburg v Milan Tip - Back 11/53.20 Milan for away win

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Ruben Amorim's Milan lost 2-0 at home to Benfica last time out but they're 5/61.84 for victory in Austria, which would be a first this season as Salzburg have won all six home games so far - four of them accompanied with a clean sheet. It's 29/103.90 on another home win.

Milan's last three away games have been score draws but despite Salzburg's fine home record they've not played anyone as good as the Serie A giants yet. The hosts usually score but Milan should have too much.


Torreense v Sunderland Tip - Back Black Cats in Portugal

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Sunderland are big 1/31.33 favourites on their first European road trip for 53 years, as they visit Portuguese second division side Torreense, with the surprise Portuguese Cup winners of last season 13/27.50 for victory in their first ever European home game.

Both sides won their opener but Sunderland have lost the other three of their last four so could do with a win. This should be the perfect opportunity though with Torreense winless at home this season and failing to score in their last two - even though this game is being played 60 miles away in Leiria that shouldn't help.



Benfica v Celtic Tip - Back Bhoys for a goal but no more

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A tough assignment for Celtic who head to Lisbon as 10/111.00 outsiders after being dumped out of Champions League qualifying then losing their Europa League opener to Ferencvaros in the middle of two Old Firm defeats to Rangers.

Benfica are Champions League quality hence them being 1/51.20 favourites, while they won 2-0 at AC Milan last time out, have won 10 of the last 13 at home and are unbeaten in 11 group games in this competition - scoring at least twice in all of them.

Five of seven visitors to the Estadio da Luz this season have scored, including Hearts, so that's a promising trend for Celtic but a goal will more than likely be as good as it gets.


Bournemouth v Sturm Graz Tip - A clean sheet for Cherries

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It's not a great moment for Bournemouth, without a league win this season after a 5-1 hammering at Chelsea, they've got two wins this season but one was away at Real Sociedad in this competition so they'll still fancy themselves and they're hugely fancied at 1/61.17.

Sturm Graz drew 0-0 with Rennes in their opener and are 12/113.00 here as they'll struggle to cope with the Premier League quality on show. Along with failing to score against Rennes they drew a blank in two Champions Legaue qualifiers with Fenerbahce and a recent tough away trip to Salzburg. Expect similar struggles on the south coast.


Celta v Juventus Tip - Back another draw for Celta

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Just one win in nine for Celta Vigo this season including a surprise 1-0 defeat at Omonia Nicosia on matchday one and now they're 12/53.40 home underdogs against Juventus, who are 11/102.11 after an opening 5-0 thumping of NEC Nijmegen.

The Old Lady have won just one of three on the road this season though and haven't been massive scorers apart from that NEC game, and I can't see too many goals here with both sides keeping four clean sheets so far. Celta are also draw specialists with five already this campaign including three 0-0s and while it's 9/110.00 to be scoreless here we'll just go for the straight up draw.


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Paul Higham

Paul Higham is a sports journalist with 20 years experience covering major sports for Sky Sports, BBC and Betfair. He provides football tips across all domestic and international competitions and loves nothing more than a good price ACCA or Bet Builder.

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