Before you bet on the Europa League matches 27.02.2014

FC Basel - Maccabi Tel Aviv 27/2/2014 18:00 GMT

• Basel is being a really strong host this season, as in the domestic league and the Champions League, the team lost just twice at home.
• Maccabi Tel Aviv are the sole leader in the Israel Premier League.
• Maccabi Tel Aviv have only one loss in their last 20 matches in all competitions.
• Basel defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv in the third qualifying round of the Champions League this season.

SSC Napoli - Swansea City 27/2/2014 18:00 GMT

• Napoli play very strong in front of own audience, recording 11 wins and only 1 loss at home this season.
• Napoli are quite efficient at home, scoring an average of 2.19 goals per home game.
• Swansea City face serious difficulties when on the road, as their last away win dates from November last year.
• Swansea haven`t won any of their last 5 games in the Europa League.

Valencia CF - Dynamo Kiev 27/2/2014 20:05 GMT

• In Valencia squad there are 4 injured and 1 suspended players.
• Valencia won 5 of their last 6 games in the Europa League.
• Gradually, Valencia are reaching their best form and now they are undefeated for 7 games.
• Valencia have a comfortable lead of 2 goals against Dynamo Kiev.
• The league in Ukraine begins this week and the lack of match practice for Dynamo Kiev was felt in the game against Valencia.

Racing Genk - Anzhi Makhachkala 27/2/2014 20:05 GMT

• Last week the match between these two teams ended in a 0:0 draw.
• The league in Russia has not yet begun and this undoubtedly has a negative impact on the Russian teams involved in European competitions.
• Anzhi occupies the last place in the Russian Premier League.
• Genk is in rather poor form, managing only 2 wins from their last 12 matches.
• Genk started the second half of the season in Belgium poorly, conceding 3 consecutive home defeats.
• After a series of poor results, the home side should be highly motivated to succeed in this game.