The Most Statistically-Backed UEL/UECL Match Result-BTTS Tips - 24/02/22

On Thursday night, Lazio takes on FC Porto at the Stadio Olimpico in the Europa League Round of 32 with Maurizio Sarri’s men looking to overturn a 2-1 first-leg defeat.

Sergio Conceicao’s side won thanks to a brace from former West Ham United striker Toni Martinez after Mattia Zaccagni had given the Serie A outfit the lead, meaning that Lazio will have to come out all guns blazing if they are to advance through to the next round.

Lazio’s last five matches have seen them beat the likes of Fiorentina and Bologna 3-0 on either side of a 4-0 thumping away at AC Milan. Following their 2-1 loss to Porto, Sarri’s men drew 1-1 away at Udinese and will be hoping that the likes of Ciro Immobile, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and co can inspire his team to a victory against the Liga Primeira leaders.

Porto have won four of their last five matches, following 2-1 and 2-0 wins over Maritimo and Arouca in Liga NOS, as well as managing a 2-2 home draw with Sporting Lisbon having been 2-0 down, the Estadio do Dragao club beat Moreirense 1-0 last weekend.

Rangers hosts Borussia Dortmund in the Europa League on Thursday, with Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s side looking to protect the shock 4-2 first-leg lead that they have coming into this match.

The emphasis will lie on the German Bundesliga outfit who come to Ibrox without Erling Haaland, but, will be confident of going to Ibrox with a chance of winning the match itself and maybe even the tie due to the abolishment of the away goals rule.

Marco Rose oversaw his side hammering his old club Borussia Monchengladbach 6-0 at the weekend, as Marco Reus (2), Donyell Malen, Marius Wolf, Youssoufa Moukoko and Emre Can all got on the scoresheet, offering a friendly reminder that they can score without Haaland in their side

Prior to their loss to Rangers, they had beaten Union Berlin 3-0, lost 5-2 at home to Bayer Leverkusen and earned a 3-2 victory against Hoffenheim.

Gers form has been slightly inconsistent, as, before their stunning victory at the Signal Iduna Park, they had been beaten 3-0 by Celtic, before thumping Hearts 5-0 and defeating Hibernian 2-0, but, last time out they could only manage a 1-1 draw away at Dundee United, seeing them fall three points behind their Old Firm rivals at the top of the Scottish Premiership.

The first tip from the Europa Conference League comes from Maccabi Tel Aviv versus PSV, with the Dutch Eredivisie side holding a 1-0 lead thanks to a Cody Gakpo goal.

Roger Schmidt’s sides’ lead ultimately means that Maccabi will have to go on the attack to stand a chance of advancing. The Israelian outfit have had some impressive results in the Europa Conference League as far, hammering Helsinki 5-0 and 3-0 in the group stages, as well as managing a 1-1 draw away at LASK.

PSV come into this match in decent form, having won their last three matches in the aftermath of their back to back 2-1 league defeats to Ajax and AZ Alkmaar, as they thumped Vitesse 5-0 and Heerenveen 3-1 on either side of their win against Maccabi.

Next up sees a return to Europa League tips, as Real Betis and Zenit go head to head at Benito Villamarin Stadium.

Manuel Pellegrini’s side won the first leg 3-2 in Russia as Guido Rodriguez, Willian Jose and Andres Guardado all got on the scoresheet for Betis, whilst goals from Artem Dzyuba and Malcolm for Zenit have kept them firmly in contention in this tie.

All of Betis’ last four matches have seen the both teams to score market land, having defeated the likes of Mallorca 2-1 last weekend, as well as Levante 4-2 and Rayo Vallecano 2-1 prior to their win over Zenit.

Sergei Semak’s men hadn’t played a competitive match since early December in their run-up to the first leg, with that being a 1-1 draw against Dinamo Moscow in the Russian Premier League. Before their draw against Dinamo, Zenit had drawn 3-3 and 2-2 with Chelsea and Rostov and had defeated CSKA Moscow 2-0 in late December.

The final tip on this list sees Qarabag face Marseille in the round of 32 in the Europa Conference League.

Jorge Sampaoli’s side comes into this match in firm control of the tie, having beaten Qarabag 3-1 at the Orange Velodrome thanks to a brace by Arkadiusz Milik and a Dimitri Payet goal, with Kady’s 85th-minute strike giving the Azerbaijani side some hope coming into their home leg.

Qarabag, who qualified as runners-up in Group H of this competition have put in some good performances throughout the tournament, defeating Kazakhstani outfit Kairat 2-1 both home and away, as well as earning a point in a 0-0 draw against Basel on matchday one in the group stages.

Marseille were beaten 2-0 at Clermont at the weekend, but, prior to their victory over Qarabag they had beaten both Metz 2-1 and Angers 5-2 on either side of a humiliating 4-1 Coupe de France loss to Nice.