Dutch side FC Twente welcome Fulham to their De Grolsch Veste Stadium for their Europa League Group K match on Thursday evening. Twente have already qualified for the knockout stages and they start as 19/20 favourites in the match betting, while Fulham are a 14/5 punt, although the draw looks good value at a best priced 5/2 with William Hill.
Twente currently sit on top of Group K with ten points, three points clear of Fulham, and they are flying high in third place in the Dutch Eredivisie. Twente are unbeaten in their last fifteen matches in all competitions and are unbeaten in home matches this season.
Fulham have it all to do to come away with a result, particularly as Twente have been equally impressive in Europe, losing just one of their last eleven European home games. Five of those eleven games ended in draws, which makes the draw this week look very tempting.
Twente are the highest scorers in the Europa League so far, scoring twelve goals and six of those have come between the 31st and 45th minute, with WilliamHill.com offering 9/2 that the first goal of Thursday's match is scored between the 31st minute and half time. That first goal could well come from Marc Janko, who has scored twelve in twelve starts this season, and he is 9/2 favourite in the first scorer betting.
Goals could well be on the agenda as eight of Twente's last nine matches at home have involved over 2.5 goals, with over 2.5 goals available at 10/11.
However, the Dutch side have failed to win in twelve matches against English opposition and they have drawn the last three against English sides on home soil. Fulham will be confident heading into the match after their impressive 1-1 draw away at Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday.
A win would see Fulham qualify as they are currently four points clear of OB and Wisla, and while they have won only one of their last four European away matches they have lost just two of their last eight away from Craven Cottage. They are in fact unbeaten in their last three away matches and Andy Johnson will be looking to continue his fine form.
Johnson has scored five goals in the group stage of the Europa League and has twelve goals in the competition, including qualifiers, and he can be backed at a tempting 15/2 to be first scorer and 9/4 to score anytime with William Hill.
However, Fulham's last two goals have come courtesy of own goals by opposition players and Hills offer 7/1 for an own goal in the match this week.
Martin Jol will have to do without the ineligible Bryan Ruiz, while Damien Duff, Steve Sidwell, Stephen Kelly and Steven Davies are all injury doubts. We fancy Fulham look good value to take a point and when the teams met at Craven Cottage it ended 1-1 and that same score can be backed at 6/1.
Twente v Fulham Form
Check the season's statistics for both Twente and Fulham, plus the odds ahead of Thursday's match.
Twente v Fulham Tips
Tip #1: Match to finish as a draw @ 5/2 with WilliamHill.com
Tip #2: Home team to score their first goal between the 31st and 45th minute @ 9/2 with WilliamHill.com
Tip #3: Andy Johnson to score anytime @ 9/4 with WilliamHill.com
Match Odds
19/20 Twente
5/2 Draw
14/5 Fulham
Correct Score Odds
7/1 Twente 1-0
9/1 Twente 2-0
15/2 Twente 2-1
10/1 Draw 0-0
6/1 Draw 1-1
14/1 Draw 2-2
10/1 Fulham 1-0
18/1 Fulham 2-0
11/1 Fulham 2-1
First Goalscorer Odds
9/2 Marc Janko
5/1 Luuk de Jong
13/2 Emir Bajrami
7/1 No Goalscorer
15/2 Andrew Johnson
15/2 Bobby Zamora
8/1 Clint Dempsey
8/1 Ola John
9/1 Moussa Dembele
10/1 Carlos Orlando Sa
10/1 Nacer Chadli
Odds supplied by WilliamHill.com, who offer a variety of betting markets, including in-running betting, for all this week's Europa League matches.
Posted: Wednesday, 30th November 2011
Author: Chris James
Tags: europa league, twente, fulham, andy johnson, william hill,
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