UEFA Europa Conference League Predictions

The Conference League is UEFA's third club competition. It started in 2021 as the Europa Conference League, and UEFA has since shortened the name to the UEFA Conference League. It's the hardest of the three to predict, and also the one with the biggest mismatches.

How it works

There are 36 clubs in the league phase, but each plays six games rather than eight. The top eight reach the round of 16, 9th to 24th go into a play-off round, and the bottom twelve are knocked out.

Why it suits short-priced tips

The Conference League brings together mid-table clubs from the big leagues and champions from much smaller ones. A Premier League or Serie A side at home to a team from a smaller league is usually a strong favourite, and that's where a lot of our home win and double chance tips come from.

It still has traps:

• Rotation. Bigger clubs often field reserves, especially once qualification is close.
• Hard away trips. Long journeys, artificial pitches and cold weather in Scandinavia or Eastern Europe can level a game.
• Less information. We know less about some of these teams than about Premier League sides, so we check their league form at home before tipping.

When we're not sure, we don't post a tip. That's why some matchdays have only a handful of picks.

Kick-off times and other pages

Games are on Thursday nights, usually at 18:45 and 21:00 Central European Time. From late October to late March that's the same in Lagos, and the rest of the year it's an hour earlier in Lagos. All times here are in WAT.

For the other European nights see our Champions League and Europa League predictions, and for today's tips from every league visit the home page.

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