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Football betting tips: Europa Conference League
2pts Over 2.5 Goals in Nice v FC Basel at 20/23 (Betfair)
Nice v Basel (agg: 2-2)
- Kick-off time: 20:00 BST, Thursday
- TV channel: BT Sport 7
- Home 1/2 | Draw 16/5 | Away 19/4
George Gamble (@CGeorgeGamble)
We were treated to something of a thriller when these two sides locked horns at St. Jakob-Park as Terem Moffi’s overhead kick looked as though it would give the French outfit a first leg victory. But Basel had other ideas and scored a late equaliser to set up an interesting clash at the Allianz Riviera.
The hosts have failed to win any of their last five outings and have looked defensively suspect having conceded in each of their prior seven outings across all competitions. In fact, they haven’t kept a single clean sheet in their previous home matches in the Europa Conference League proper and an improvement in that particular area could be the difference between qualifying and getting knocked out.
Basel run the risk of finishing outside of the top three in the Swiss Super League for the first time since 2001 and that will give them extra incentive here as they look to qualify for the Europa League by winning this competition.
They are outsiders according to the market which is probably a fair reflection, but they will believe they can achieve a victory here and scoring the first goal may prove key and Nice have shipped the opening goal in four of their last five.
Goals look to be the way to go here, just as it was in the first leg and as such, backing OVER 2.5 GOALS at a generous price of 20/23 makes appeal.
Score Prediction: Nice 3-1 FC Basel (Sky Bet odds: 11/1)
Odds correct at 1615 BST (18/04/23)
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