The UEFA Europa League returned this evening as eight second-leg play-off ties were completed but it’s Manchester United that are the new favourites to win the competition.
Sixteen teams are currently battling it out to secure a spot in the UEFA Europa League round of 16. Eight of the group winners in the competition have already advanced to the last 16 and will now be joined by the eight play-off winners.
Group Winners:
- Arsenal
- Real Betis
- Fenerbahce
- Ferencvaros
- Feyenoord
- Freiburg
- Real Sociedad
- Union Saint-Gilloise
Play-off Winners
- Bayer Leverkusen
- Sporting Lisbon
- Juventus
- Sevilla
- Manchester United
- Roma
- Stade Rennais / Shakhtar Donetsk
- Union Berlin
The group winners will be drawn as seeded, and the play-off winners will be drawn as unseeded. Teams from the same association are unable to play against each other in the round of 16, therefore Arsenal cannot draw Manchester United.
Man Utd are now the competition’s highest ranked remaining team, after coming from behind to defeat Barcelona 4-3 on aggregate this evening.
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) February 23, 2023
Jose Mourinho’s Roma overturned a 1-0 deficit from the first-leg to advance to the last-16. RB Salzburg upset the Serie A giants last week, but couldn’t hold on as they were defeated 2-0 this evening.
The Europa League’s most successful team ever – Sevilla, lost 2-0 to PSV this evening, but advance to the last-16 after winning the first-leg 3-0.
Europa League Play-Off Second-Leg Results In Full:
- AS Monaco 2-3 (5-5 agg) Bayer Leverkusen (Leverkusen advance after winning 5-3 on penalties)
- Midtjylland 0-4 (1-5 agg) Sporting Lisbon
- Nantes 0-3 (1-4 agg) Juventus
- PSV 2-0 (2-3 agg) Sevilla
- Manchester United 2-1 (4-3 agg) Barcelona
- Roma 2-0 (2-1 agg) RB Salzburg
- Stade Rennais 2-1 (3-3 agg) Shakhtar Donetsk (Shakhtar advance after winning 5-4 on penalties)
- Union Berlin 3-1 (3-1 agg) Ajax
⏰ LATE RESULTS ⏰
Manchester United, Union Berlin & Roma progress 👏
*Rennes 🆚 Shakhtar Donetsk heads to extra time…#UEL
— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) February 23, 2023
Ahead of this evening’s fixtures, Premier League giants Arsenal were the favourites to win the competition, with Barcelona in second and Manchester United in third. Following the conclusion of this evening’s matches – the latest odds for the outright winner of the Europa League have been revised.
Europa League Outright Winner Odds:
- Manchester United @ 5/2
- Arsenal @ 7/2
- Juventus @ 7/1
- Real Sociedad @ 12/1
- Real Betis @ 16/1
- Roma @ 16/1
- Sevilla @ 18/1
- Freiburg @ 20/1
- Sporting Lisbon @ 25/1
- Union Berlin @ 28/1
- Bayer Leverkusen @ 40/1
- Feyenoord @ 50/1
- Shakhtar Donetsk @ 50/1
- Fenerbahce @ 50/1
- Union Saint Gilloise @ 80/1
- Ferencvaros @ 100/1
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