KevMac’s Thursday Bets: No Pain in Spain for United

THE race for Europa League glory resumes tonight and Arsenal’s clash with Slavia Prague looks the pick of the quarter-final ties.

Having seen off Leicester then Rangers to reach the last eight, the Czechs won’t be fearing their trip to the Emirates.

And the Gunners head into the tie on the back of a terrible display against Liverpool where they crashed to a 3-0 defeat in London.

Slavia look overpriced at 21/4 with McBookie but I’m steering clear of backing a result and will go for goals instead.

Both teams to score appeals at evens with the same firm while over 2.5 strikes is priced 17/20.

Manchester United are hot favourites to see off a Granada side sitting just ninth in the La Liga table.

The first leg is in Spain tonight but the Red Devils are too short for me at 4/7 with McBookie.

Villarreal scored three in Granada at the weekend so it could pay to back Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men for a few goals.

Over 1.5 United strikes pays 17/20 at SportingIndex and they are 19/10 at William Hill to score in each half.

Going for goals also looks the shout in SPFL League One tonight as Clyde host Forfar and East Fife head to Dumbarton.

All four teams played on Tuesday night and weary limbs could lead to plenty of chances. A both teams to score double pays 233/100 at McBookie.

It’s the same story in League Two as Stenhousemuir face Cowdenbeath and I fancy over 2.5 goals at 17/20.

Arsenal and Slavia are pretty evenly matched and a one-goal winning margin for either side pays 8/5.