The Europa League is a huge UEFA football competition, with several of the leading European sides competing for major honours. There are always lots of teams who can potentially be crowned champions. Make sure you compare the latest odds and ensure you get the value picks.
The shortest price is Benfica at 4.50 with Bet365, a 18% chance once the bookmakers' margin is taken out. Next in the betting: Bournemouth at 6.00 and Leverkusen at 6.00. 32 selections priced by 2 bookmakers.
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| Selection | First best price | Best price now | Move | Chance | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benfica | 7.00 Unibet, Mon 19 Oct | 4.50 Bet365 | -35.7% | 7% to 18% | |
| Bournemouth | 9.00 Bet365, Mon 19 Oct | 6.00 Bet365 | -33.3% | 8% to 14% | |
| Leverkusen | 6.50 Bet365, Mon 19 Oct | 6.00 Bet365 | -7.7% | 8% to 14% | |
| Juventus | 7.00 Bet365, Mon 19 Oct | 8.00 Bet365 | +14.3% | 11% to 10% | |
| AC Milan | 19.00 Unibet, Wed 4 Nov | 17.00 Bet365 | -10.5% | 8% to 5% | |
| Saint Gilloise | 17.00 Bet365, Fri 6 Nov | 17.00 Bet365 | No change | 2% to 5% |
Best prices across the bookmakers we compare, captured every few minutes since Fri 25 Sep. Chance is the average of the bookmakers' prices with their margin removed. Price moves show what bookmakers did, not what will happen.
| Selection | Chance | Books |
|---|---|---|
| Ferencvárosi TC | was 8.0% to 2.2% ▼5.8 | 2 of 2 |
| Benfica | was 16.1% to 18.4% ▲2.3 | 2 of 2 |
| Leverkusen | was 11.5% to 13.8% ▲2.3 | 2 of 2 |
| AC Milan | was 3.5% to 4.9% ▲1.4 | 2 of 2 |
Chance with the margin taken out, a week ago and now, across the bookmakers we compare; a move needs two bookmakers moving the same way. Every sport's biggest moves: outright odds movers.
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The 2026/27 Europa League firstly involves a league phase before we get to the knockout phase. There are thirty-six teams competing and twenty-four will emerge and have the chance to battle it out in the new year. The top eight teams in the final standings will be seeded and automatically advance to the round of sixteen.
The sides that qualify between ninth and sixteenth will advance to the knockout play-offs but they will have seeded status. Then there are teams between seventeenth and twenty-fourth who have an unseeded profile and they're effectively in the last thirty-two of the competition.
There are eight Matchdays that form part of the league phase, with a spate of matches enabling customers to wager on the various games. There are hundreds of markets available for each match and there's also the chance to place a parlay or Bet Builder.
Juventus finished sixth in Serie A last season and they look capable of going deep in the 2026-27 Europa League. Much depends on whether Luciano Spalletti focuses hard on the competition compared to domestic matters. However, there's another Italian side who have been historically successful in European competition. AC Milan are trading among the market leaders and could well be featuring at the knockout stage.
Bayer Leverkusen are one of the strongest sides in the Bundesliga, with the German team likely to feature in the knockout phase. We also have several English Premier League sides who could be victorious. Teams from this country have a good record in this competition, with Bournemouth, Sunderland and Crystal Palace all likely to be lining up in the knockout phase.
Perhaps there will be a Portuguese winner of the Europa League this season. Benfica are a really competitive side who can match the other teams in the competition, with Celta Vigo and Real Sociedad being the Spanish representatives who have a strong chance. They play in a competitive domestic league and there are signs that they could be strong.
The Europa League was previously known as the UEFA Cup and it's been in operation since the 1971-72 season. The past two campaigns have unearthed English winners. Aston Villa were successful in 2025-26 when comfortably beating Freiburg in the final. Previously to this, Tottenham Hotspur won for the departing Ange Postecoglou when beating Manchester United in the Bilbao showdown.
Spanish teams have a strong recent record in the Europa League. Sevilla won on three successive occasions between 2014 and 2016, with Atletico Madrid in the winners' enclosure in 2018. Sevilla were then able to score in 2020 and 2023, with Villarreal also successful in 2021.