Europa League Final Preview - Sevilla vs Benfica

Europa League Final Preview - Sevilla vs Benfica

In what has been one of the best Europa League campaigns yet, we are down to two teams in Portuguese champions, Benfica and La Liga side, Sevilla who will clash on the 14th of May.

 

Sevilla are currently 5th in La Liga and even though a Champions League spot is out of reach, it’s still been a productive season for Los Rojiblancos and a first European trophy since 2007 would certainly be the icing on the cake for Unai Emery’s men.

 

As for Benfica, they are in a second consecutive Europa League final and will be looking to go one better than last season after their agonizing last minute loss to Chelsea. Having recently ended a four year drought to become league champions, Jorge Jesus’ men will be hoping to end their European drought as well as they’re well on course for an unprecedented quadruple.

 

Both teams deserve to be in the final - after all, they have faced some tough opposition en route to the final in Turin. Sevilla got past Maribor, rivals Real Betis, FC Porto and Valencia while Benfica beat PAOK, Tottenham, AZ Alkmaar and Serie A champions Juventus to reach this stage.

 

This will only be the two teams’ 3rd ever meeting as their last meetings were in the European Cup in 1957 where Sevilla won 3-1 and drew the other game in a goalless draw. As it stands, Benfica are betting favourites for the Europa League final with odds of 1.66 @bet365.com to win the cup - which is only natural as they have a better squad and have defeated considerably tougher opposition this season with Spanish forward, Rodrigo leading the way. However, Sevilla aren’t to be counted out - they’ve already defeated Portuguese opposition in FC Porto and with star midfielder, Ivan Rakitic and striker, Carlos Bacca, they could very well win as well as their odds of 2.20 @bet365.com for to win the cup.

 

Let's check some popular betting markets for Europa League final game:

 

Benfica-Sevilla full time result betting


Benfica to win 2.25 @bet365.com

 

Draw 3.25 @bet365.com

 

Sevilla to win 3.25 @bet365.com

 

Over/Under 2.5 Goals betting


Over 2.5 goals 2.05 @bet365.com

 

Under 2.5 goals 1.75 @bet365.com

 

Whatever happens, it should be a great final between two positive teams.

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