European action continues on Thursday night with Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace travelling the continent in search of Europa and Conference League points. With three English teams in action, this is the perfect opportunity to build a tasty acca as we try to fill our coughers ahead of the weekend.
Thursday’s Europa & Conference League Acca Tips
After checking out Thursday’s fixtures, we used our dedicated stats hub to pick out three tasty selections and create this juicy accumulator.
| Market | Odds | Return for £10 |
|---|---|---|
| Nottingham Forest to win away at Utrecht | 4/5 (10bet) | £18.00 |
| Aston Villa to win away at Basel | 73/100 (10bet) | £17.30 |
| Crystal Palace to win to nil away at Shelbourne | 8/11 (10bet) | £17.27 |
| 4.38/1 (10bet) | £53.79 |
*Odds correct at 12:00 GMT on 10/12/2025. Odds subject to change
Bet 1: Nottingham Forest to win away at Utrecht – 4/5
Fresh from their 3-0 defeat away at Everton, Nottingham Forest head to the Netherlands for a big clash with Eredivisie’s Utrecht.
Sean Dyche and his men will be looking to shake off their slight dip in form as they set sights on making the knockout stage of the Europa League.
As things stand, the Tricky Trees are two points adrift of the top eight, which is where they want to be as they look to avoid an additional knockout tie.
However, it is worth noting that Forest are also two points away from dropping out of the top 24, which would see their European adventure come to an abrupt end.
With that in mind, Dyche and his men will be determined to pick up a positive result against one of the worst teams in the competition this season.
Utrecht have one measly point to their name after losing four of their five Europa League matches. On top of that, they only scored two goals.
Forest have enough quality to get the job done and backing them to win is the sensible choice, especially with some of the best online bookies pricing the visitors at very tasty odds.
Bet 2: Aston Villa to win away at Basel – 73/100
Unlike Forest, Aston Villa are one of the leading teams in the competition after winning four of their five matches.
The Villans are placed third with 12 points to their name, and the English outfit are well on track to securing their spot in the knockout stages.
Unai Emery’s men are in tremendous form, having won seven straight games across all competitions, including a thrilling 2-1 victory over Premier League leaders Arsenal last weekend.
While Villa are expected to make a handful of changes for their trip to Switzerland, they still possess enough quality to get the job done against a poor Basel side.
The Swiss outfit have won just two of their last six games, while their only European win over the last two months came against FCSB.
Bearing all that in mind, we are backing Villa to win the match and continue their impressive winning streak.
Bet 3: Crystal Palace to win to nil away at Shelbourne – 8/11
Our final leg of the acca comes from the Europa Conference League as Crystal Palace attempt to drag themselves up the standings.
It’s fair to say that this competition is not at the top of Oliver Glasner’s priority list, though two wins from four games is still a disappointing effort.
Despite this, the Eagles are just two points adrift of the top eight, and they can begin to close that gap when they travel to the Republic of Ireland.
Shelbourne will be the opposition for Palace this Thursday night, who are making a strong case for being one of the worst teams in Europe this season.
Placed 34th in the table, the Irish side have lost three of their four games and are yet to score a single goal in the competition.
Looking at those stats, we have no choice but to back the visitors to win the match to nil.
