With just three weeks until Euro 2024 begins, the European Championships are starting to wind down for the season, but there’s still plenty of action on Thursday night.
Our tips focus on the end of Cagliari’s Serie A season, a goal threat for Sparta Rotterdam in the Eredivisie and the first leg of the Bundesliga play-offs.
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The bet of the day
Cagliari vs Fiorentina – Fiorentina wins and BTTS @ 85/40
Victory over Sassuolo last time out ensured Cagliari were safe with a game to play and so there are likely to be smiles all around the Unipol Domus – even if the hosts are unable to end their season with a win on Fiorentina.
The Islanders have won just one of their last six Serie A matches, while their recent record against Fiorentina is not happy reading, with Cagliari failing to win any of their last six head-to-head matches. -face with the Tuscan team.
The Violets have two matches remaining in their domestic season and have been in largely impressive form in recent weeks, losing just two of their last eleven in all competitions – just one of them in the league.
Fiorentina also still have European places to play for – with a Europa Conference League final against Olympiacos on the horizon – and will be desperate to win to stay in good form. However, they haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last seven and so Cagliari should be able to at least grab a consolation strike.
Special of the day
Utrecht vs Sparta Rotterdam – Camiel Neghli will score anytime @ 9/2
The Eredivisie has now reached the knockout stages of the Europa Conference League and Utrecht and Sparta Rotterdam will both have chances of qualifying for continental football.
With Utrecht having lost just one of their last seven games and Rotterdam winning four of their last five, the final result could be too close and therefore the goalscoring market could offer the best value.
Algerian Camiel Neghli has endured a difficult season for Rotterdam since signing from De Graafschap in the summer, but the 22-year-old has scored in each of his last two appearances – including the winner against Utrecht this month – and he looks forward to continuing his career. Good shape.
Help of the day
Bochum vs Fortuna Dusseldorf – Fortuna Dusseldorf wins and BTTS @ 5/1
The first leg of the Bundesliga play-offs will see Bochum, whose 4-1 defeat to Werder Bremen on the final day saw them drop into the bottom three, face a Fortuna Düsseldorf side seeking a return to the elite since its relegation. in 2020.
Bochum have won just two of their last 12 matches while the visitors have lost just one of their last 15 competitive matches and could score a surprise away win to give themselves the lead heading into the match return to the Merkur Spiel-Arena.
Dusseldorf have struggled to keep clean sheets in recent weeks, with no clean sheets recorded in their last four matches, so goals from both sides could be expected.
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