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Everton v Sporting Lisbon Europa Cup Betting Options

Everton take on Sporting Lisbon in the Europa Cup Round of 32 first leg this week at Goodison, feeling far more confident about their chances at European level than they were just a few months ago when losing twice to Benfica in the Group Stages, 0-5 and 0-2.

Since then, manager, David Moyes has been welcoming back most of his injury stricken players and along with them he has started to enjoy a complete turnaround in form. Indeed, Everton, who were looking over their shoulders at the relegation zone last Autumn have now gone 11 matches with only one defeat and are back in their usual position of the top half of the Premier League table. That is why we think that they have been made 8/11 odds on favourites to win this first leg with Bet365 bookmakers, who quote Sporting with only a 4/1 chance of winning the match and the draw at 5/2.

Sporting however have an impressive record this season in this competition. They won their Group with only one defeat and have only lost one away tie to Hertha Berlin and that came only after they had won their Group. They will clearly be a team not to take lightly and for some neutral punters they might even be worthy of support at the price offered.

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As far as the tournament is concerned, it is Everton’s great rivals, Liverpool who have been made favourites to win with odds of 7/1. However there will be plenty of Toffee’s fans, queuing to take the very generous odds of 20/1 with Bet365 for their side to win their first European Crown since 1985, when they won the European Cup Winners Cup.

We think this game will be a close call but believe that home advantage will be enough for Everton to secure a narrow home win by no more than 2 goals. A 2-0 scoreline sounds about right to us, but punters can select their favoured option from the list below.

Match Betting

8/11 Everton
5/2 Draw
4/1 Sporting

Correct Score Betting

1-0 Everton win – 9/2
1-1 Draw – 6/1
2-0 Everton win – 6/1
0-0 Draw – 13/2
2-1 Everton win – 7/1
2-2 Draw – 16/1

Odds Provided by Bet365 who have a huge choice when it comes to soccer betting.

Posted: Sunday, 14th February 2010
Author: Rodney Wise
Tags: europa league, goodison park, everton, sporting lisbon, bet365,

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