UEFA Europa League Predictions Today: UEL Best Bets for February 19

Turkish soccer has been on the rise recently, as we clearly saw on Tuesday when Galatasaray demolished Juventus at home. Fenerbahce are not on the same level, but they are still unbeaten in the Turkish league and can heavily rely on one of the noisiest crowds in Europe.

I expect the home side to be up for it from the first minute, while I’m not sure where Nottingham Forrest stand mentally right now. The team is in limbo after sacking a third head coach since the start of the season, which is rare to see.

It’s extremely hard to perform under such circumstances, as the squad doesn’t have identity, confidence, or cohesion whatsover.

This is a very poor state to be in before a critical match in Europe, so I fully expect Fenerbahce to take advantage of Forest’s struggles. The home side should be able to win this one, and the +121 available for the hosts is one of the Europa League best bets today.

I always look at the over and BTTS option when I see match with two teams I don’t trust defensively. Celtic have kept only one clean sheet in the last seven games, conceding twice in four of them. On the bright side, the team is unbeaten during that stretch, scoring at least two goals in every single game.

It’s obvious that this team is happy to take risks at the expense of stability. This might be a losing strategy against an opponent like Stuttgart, but Celtic simply don’t know how to play differently.

The Germans are in the same boat, as they have conceded 29 goals in 22 Bundesliga games and 9 goals in 8 Europa League matches. They are scoring for fun though, averaging just under 2 goals per game for the season.

In essence, we have two teams that lean on their attack, so the almost even odds for over 2.5 and both teams to score are just too high to ignore.