UEFA Europa League Football Betting 2009-2010

The all-new UEFA Europa League offers yet another (potentially) rich source of entertainment for the keen online football betting fan to fill their boots with during 2009-2010, as UEFA attempts to inject some much needed glamour into a international club competition that commanded as much attention and respect as the UEFA Champions League did not that long ago. And alongside the new format comes the indispensable online gambling Euro-league travel companion which will be known to us henceforth as the UEFA Europa League football betting 2009-2010 guide.

The UEFA Europa League has replaced the UEFA Cup in the affections of the online football betting fan. Well, it will do if it proves lucrative for the virtual punter in the same way that its predecessor did. The UEFA Cup as was gave the online football betting community a lot more scope and threw up a deal more betting prospects than the almost predictable UEFA Champions League. Which once you removed the names Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool from the equation left little hope of backing a potential winner. Which makes redoubling your interactive gambling efforts around the promise of this all-new UEFA Europa League football betting 2009-2010 section all the more enticing.

Crucial Away Goals Leave Ties In Balance

02/04/2010

Fulham and Liverpool were on the opposite ends of 2-1 score lines in the first legs of their Europa League quarter-final matches. Liverpool scored an early away goal to give themselves the advantage but conspired to give away two penalties and eventually lose 2-1, whilst Fulham went two goals ahead in the space of three second-half minutes but then conceded a late away goal to hand the initiative to Wolfsburg.

Liverpool are now the joint 7/2 favourites along with Hamburg in the Europa League Football Betting 2009-2010 whilst Fulham’s home win means that they are now available at around the 8/1 mark with many bookmakers.

Fulham Achieve Historic Victory

19/03/2010

It seems that Roy Hodgson’s Fulham revival knows no bounds. Defeat in Turin last week looked to have all but ended The Cottagers’ fairytale Europa League run, but it appears that nobody told that to Hodgson or his players. Even a second minute David Trezeguet strike which put Juventus 4-1 ahead on aggregate wasn’t enough to deter them as Fulham turned on the style and romped to a 4-1 victory over Italy’s 27-time champions.

In the night’s other tie involving an English side, Liverpool kept their season alive by overturning the 1-0 deficit which they accrued in France last week. The draw for the quarter-finals has now been made and Fulham are up against German side Hamburg whilst Liverpool face Everton’s group stage conquerors Benfica. Liverpool remain the Europa league Football Betting 2009-2010 favourites at 4/1.

Ngog spares Liverpool blushes

19/02/2010

It took an 81st minute David Ngog strike for Liverpool to record a victory over Unirea Urzinceni. They were 1/3 chances with the bookmakers and were expected to steam role the Romanian side on home soil, but their stuttering season looked like it might continue until they struck the late winner. The Europa League is Liverpool’s only realistic chance of silverware this season and they are now 1/5 shots to progress to the next round but have drifted slightly in the outright Europa League Football Betting 2009-2010.

England’s other two representatives both recorded 2-1 home victories over highly respected European opponents. Everton beat Sporting Lisbon and are 20/1 shots to lift the trophy in May whilst Fulham beat the reigning Europa League champions Shakhtar Donetsk and are a 40/1 chance with the bookmakers.

Liverpool and Juventus enter Europa League Football Betting 2009-2010

The Europa League serves as UEFA’s naughty step for those who expect to be plying their trade in the latter rounds of the Champions League, but the bigger clubs often find it a little more difficult than expected when mixing it with Europe’s second tier of clubs. Two former European giants have now slipped into the Europa League following disappointing Champions League campaigns and it is a little surprising to see Liverpool installed as favourites to emerge victorious.

The UEFA Europa League Football Betting 2009-2010 suggests that Liverpool are the most likely to lift the trophy in May, yet their stuttering league form and unimpressive Champions League group stage would suggest otherwise. Last season AC Milan were the European heavyweights in the then UEFA Cup, they were duly installed as the bookies favourites but made an unassuming exit in the round of 32. Anyone thinking of backing Liverpool at the 7/1 available would do well to take a step back and think otherwise.

Juventus are the other club who would have expected to be still in the Champions League at this stage and they are priced up at 12/1 with the bookmakers. Eastern European cubs have fared well in this competition in recent history; two Russian sides and a Ukrainian team have won three of the last five trophies, Shaktar Donetsk are the defending champions and are also 12/1 to win the competition. German sides Hamburg and Werder Bremen will also fancy their chances of lifting the trophy as 16/1 shots. There is a lot of football to be played across the continent before a winner will be crowned and although this is Liverpool’s only chance of ending the season with a trophy the reality is that their players are likely to be empty handed as they head off to their respective pre-World Cup training camps in the summer.

Latest Online Football Betting Odds On Outright Winner Of 2009-2010 UEFA Europa League

Liverpool - 7/1 with Totesport

Valencia - 10/1 with Betfred

Juventus - 14/1 with Victor Chandler

Shaktar Donetsk - 14/1 with Stan James

Roma - 16/1 with Betfred

Werder Bremen - 16/1 with Boylesports

Hamburger SV - 16/1 with Totesport

Benfica - 16/1 with Coral

Elsewhere; Everton - 25/1 with Bet365 & Fulham - 66/1 with SportingBet