Football Tips: Big three going for Europa League glory

You don’t get rewarded anything like what you get for making the Champions League but it’s still decent money and clubs need every penny these days.

I’ve posted a separate preview with tips on the games as Celtic travel to Sarajevo, Rangers entertain Galatasaray and Spurs welcome Maccabi Haifa. Celtic and Spurs are short-priced favourites while Rangers are just over evens.

There are loads of other Europa League games and I’ll take a look at those in the morning before adding other tips. AEK Athens vs Wolfsburg, Rio Ave vs AEK Athens and Sporting Lisbon vs LASK are some of the more interesting ties.

We have another three EFL Cup affairs including Liverpool vs Arsenal which has been previewed by Kevin Mac. It will be all change from the teams who faces each other at Anfield but again there should be goals and remember it was 5-5 when they met in this competition last season. Aston Villa take on Stoke and Brentford face Fulham.

There are three matches in La Liga including Celta Vigo vs Barcelona and Sevilla vs Levante.

Elsewhere it’s day one of the Scottish Open in North Berwick and it’s where I’d normally be heading to meet up with Desmond who lives in the town. Sadly there are no fans this year but we still have tips.

The Caddy, who had two places in the Irish Open last week, has picked out his best bets so check them out.

I like his Roman Langasque outright and I’m also on South African big hitter Erik van Rooyen ew at 28-1 with bet365. My long shots are Dean Burmester ew at 100-1 with bet365 and Jazz Janewattananond at 66-1 at Betfred. Will put a twoball treble on Saturday or Sunday.

Well done to all the winners on Wednesday. Newcastle’s terrible 1-1 draw at Newport before winning on penalties downed my Top treble but my goals treble won at 19-10 so that was some consolation.