UEFA Europa League

Europa League Semi-Final Comeback? 14/5 BTTS & Villa Win Leads Tips for Villa Park Thriller

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| BY Sam McLoughlin

William Hill News tipster @Footy_Tipster previews Thursday’s UEFA Europa League semi-final second leg between Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest.

Our Prediction: Both Teams To Score & Aston Villa To Win (14/5), Aston Villa 2-1 Nottingham Forest (13/2) – Aston Villa on Penalties (12/1).

The UEFA Europa League returns this week with clubs from across Europe looking to fulfil their European dreams with the journey to Istanbul continuing here for two sides.

Villa Park will be rocking on Thursday night as Aston Villa look to overturn a one goal deficit against Nottingham Forest and book their spot in the UEFA Europa League final.

Now, let’s take a closer look at some Europa League odds and betting angles for this fixture:

Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest – Thursday, 8pm

Check the latest odds at William Hill.

If Aston Villa have any chance of making this UEFA Europa League final they need to improve drastically from Sunday’s defeat here against Tottenham Hotspur, Unai Emery made the changes but they played like they didn’t want to be there, suffering their third defeat in a row.
The Villa boss is a master of this competition and his side are expected to go all the way, they’ve simply got to win here but having won all six of their home games in this competition this season, punters can back a home victory here at 3/4 with William Hill.
The Villans have seen eight of their last eleven meetings against Nottingham Forest produce both teams to score, whilst they’ve won each of the last four meetings here at Villa Park, scoring two or more goals in the process.
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Nottingham Forest are just ninety minutes from securing their first European final since 1980 and they’ve hit form at the right time winning each of their last five games, extending their unbeaten run to ten games in all competitions.
The Tricky Trees travel to Villa Park having smashed Chelsea 3-1 on Monday to ease relegation worries even further, whilst they’ve lost none of their last six away games including the last three knockout games in this competition (W2, D1).
Nottingham Forest haven’t won any of their last ten trips to Villa Park in all competitions, their last win here came back in 1994, with William Hill pricing Vitor Pereira’s side at 10/3 to win this within ninety minutes.

All odds subject to change – prices correct at the time of writing

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