RAPID VIENNA VS ASTON VILLA EUROPA LEAGUE BETTING TIPS
Aston Villa travel to Austria tomorrow for a Europa League fixture as Kevin MacDonald's side look to build on their emphatic victory at the weekend. They are the favourites for this one, but favoured English sides taking on less-fancies European teams hasn't exactly gone as planned over the past 24 hours if you get my drift, Spurs fans.
You can back Aston Villa at a 6/5 price tag with Rapid Vienna available at an 11/5 listing. The draw is a reasonably safe option and that's priced at 12/5.
The favoured correct score selection is a 1-1 draw and it's trading at 6/1- not bad odds. Villa to pull off a 1-0 victory is listed at 7/1 while a 2-1 result trades at 8/1. A 3-2 victory would garner a 28/1 price.
Rapid Vienna to score a home victory on a 1-0 scoreline is available at 17/2 while a 2-1 result can be backed at 10/1.
The bookies seem to be a bit up in the air about how many goals we should expect with a 2.5 over/under split nearly down the middle. Under 2.5 goals is rewarding at 4/5 while over 2.5 is trading at 19/20. Over 3.5 goals will pay out at 12/5 while over 4.5 is a solid 6/1.
If you fancy Villa to pick up a solid victory, try backing them on the handicap. You can lock in a 7/2 price on Villa to win (-1.0), which I think is a great bet if you think the Villains should handle this one easily.
Goalscorer betting is always popular in these types of fixtures and you can get some great value if you fancy any of Aston Villa's supporting cast to grab a goal here. John Carew is the favoured goalscorer and he's listed at 5/4 anytime and 5/1 to score first or last. He's 6/1 to get 2 or more and 33/1 for a hat-trick.
Gabriel Agbonlahor is trading at 6/4 anytime and 11/2 first or last. Andreas Weimann is priced at 9/4 with Ashley Young a great bet at 11/4. Stewart Downing could be a real threat and you can lock in a tasty 5/1 price on him.
Rapid Vienna have three players priced at 2/1 to score anytime and they include Hamdi Salihi, Steffan Hofmann and Nikica Jelavic. Rene Gartler and Athe Nuhiu are both listed at 10/3.