- Brighton matched with European heavyweights
- Liverpool favourites
- Rangers matched with Real Betis
Brighton and Hove Albion have been drawn with Ajax, Marseille and AEK Athens in Group B of the 2023-24 Europa League.The Seagulls finished sixth last season, securing European football for the first time in their 122-year history. Roberto De Zerbi’s side will get the chance to go up against clu꧋bs with a genuine European pedigree.
Liverpool will face LASK, Union Sꦦt-Gilloise and Toulouse in Group E, while West Ham United, winners of the Europa Conference League, are pitted against Olympiacos, Freiburg, TSඣC Backa Topola in Group A.
Rangers, who were beaten by PSV in their Champions League play-off, have been matched🍌 with with Real Betis, Sparta Pr🐈ague and Aris Limassol in Group C.
Betting Implications
Liverpool, who will have been disappointed to miss out on the Champions League last season, are expected to get through their group and are the bookie’s favourites. BoyleSports have them as 7/2 favourites to win the compe🐈tition outright at the time of writing. Brighton are currently second favourites at 12/1. West Ham, at present, are expected to get thཧrough their group. Rangers possibly have the toughest group of the British teams.
Punters need to study the 🦋form of the diꦆfferent teams in each group and monitor how they do domestically as the season progresses.
Europa League Group Stage
Group A: WEST HAM UNITED, Olympia൲cos, Freiburg, TSC Backa Topola
Group B: Ajax, Marseille, BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION𓆉,🧸 AEK Athens
Group C: RANGERS, Real Betis, S♛parta Prague, Aris Limassol
Group D: Atalanta, Sporting ಞLisbon𝔉, Sturm Graz, Rakow
Group E: LIVERPO♐OL, LASK, Union St-Gilloise, Toulouse
Group F: Villar🏅real, Rennes, Maccabi Haifa, Panathinaikos
Group G: Roma, Slav⛦ia Prag🐻ue, Sheriff Tiraspol, Servette
Group H: Bayer Leve💖rkusen, Qa🧜rabag, Molde, BK Hacken