Kairat Almaty 2.18 v Aberdeen 3.90; The Draw 3.40
Thursday, 15:45
Live on Premier Sports
Aberdeen produced one of the results of the tournament to date in the last round when they visited Rijeka, who held champions Sevilla and beat Feyenoord and Standard Liege at home last term, and triumphed 3-0.
Indeed, the Dons have lost just two Europa League games out of ten now since last summer, and those were the trickiest of the batch against recent Champions League participants Real Sociedad. Derek McInnes' men have won three out of five on their continental travels.
Kairat Almaty have a decent record as hosts in the competition, winning four in five, but three of those were by one-goal margins against nothing too special and they were held by Esbjerg so, if Aberdeen perform to their potential, a victory is certainly achievable.
Recommended Bet: Back Aberdeen to win @ 3.90

West Ham 1.60 v Astra Giurgiu 7.20; The Draw 4.10
Thursday, 19:45
West Ham are the team that came terrifyingly close to being knocked out by Maltese side Birkirkara last week, whereas Astra Giurgiu reached the group stage last season, eliminating Lyon along the way, so the Irons aren't the most appealing odds-on favourites.
What is enticing is the fact that under 2.5 goals is once again deliciously priced at 1.83. The Londoners' past three Europa League matches ‒ against teams that they were trusted to defeat easily ‒ delivered only one goal apiece, and Slaven Bilic's squad scored a mere two of the three.
The Romanian guests were stingier still in the previous round, commencing their 2015/16 challenge with a 1-0 aggregate success over Inverness CT.
Recommended Bet: Back under 2.5 goals @ 1.83

Southampton 1.39 v Vitesse 10.00; The Draw 5.30
Thursday, 20:05
Live on BT Sport 1
Southampton know how good some of the never-picked graduates of the Chelsea academy can be, having spent around £10 million on Ryan Bertrand in February and enjoyed the work of Jack Cork before that.
Therefore, despite their substantial favouritism, they surely won't be dismissive of Vitesse, the Dutch affiliates of the Blues who currently have four Stamford Bridge employees on loan in Lewis Baker, Danilo Pantic, Nathan and Isaiah Brown.
They held Ronald Koeman's Feyenoord at De Kuip 18 months ago even though they closed the 2013/14 campaign 12 points behind the Saints coach's side.
With Southampton new to all this, having last played in Europe in 2003/04, when they fell to Steaua Bucharest at the first hurdle, it would appear wise not to expect instant domination.
Recommended Bet: Lay Southampton (-1) to win @ 2.14


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