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Our Bet Builder tips for Wednesday’s Europa League final include a win for Aston Villa in what could be a goal-laden affair.
Aston Villa are on the verge of a first major European title since they beat Bayern Munich in the final of the 1982 European Cup, and what better man to lead them into the Europa League final with Freiburg, than Unai Emery.
The Spanish boss is chasing an incredible fifth Europa League crown and Istanbul’s Besiktas Park is braced for a thrilling final. Our three-way Bet Builder pays out at 15/4 in the Europa League odds, if successful.
Freiburg v Aston Villa Bet Builder Tips
Emery ready for fifth Europa League success
Aston Villa are on the verge of a top-four finish in the Premier League and can complete a memorable campaign by beating Freiburg in the final of the Europa League.
Unai Emery’s men have been superb in Europe this season, dismissing the challenge of Nottingham Forest, Bologna and Lille in the knockout rounds of the competition, after winning seven of their eight matches in the league phase.
Forest, who had been in excellent form, were crushed 4-1 over the course of two legs of the continental semi-final, and that rates strong form.
Freiburg seem more likely to pose more of a threat than the Tricky Trees given the weight of the occasion, but Emery has his side purring heading into the final.
The Villans hammered Liverpool 4-2 on Friday night and that was a contest where Villa hit nine shots on target and cut through the Reds’ defence at will.
Freiburg have won only two of their last seven matches and Julian Schuster’s men only squeezed past a Braga side, who played almost the entire 90 minutes of the second-leg semi-final with 10 men.
The Breisgau Brazilians face their toughest European assignment of the season against Villa in Wednesday night’s final and are likely to fall short.
Leg 1: Aston Villa to win @ 4/6
Goals to flow in Istanbul
Freiburg have kept only one clean sheet in their last nine games and they now meet a Villa side who crashed in four goals against Liverpool on Friday.
Emery’s men hit the net 10 times in their last three games, while all of their last four matches have gone over 2.5 goals.
There have been 14 strikes in Freiburg’s last three games too and the Istanbul final should see plenty of attacking action.
Leg 2: Over 2.5 goals @ 1/1
Watkins waiting to strike
Ollie Watkins has scored 10 goals in his last 11 appearances for Aston Villa and there is barely a forward in European football in more rampant form.
The England striker hit a brace in Villa’s 4-2 win over Liverpool on Friday and was a potent threat when getting in behind the Merseyside defence.
An elite-level Virgin van Dijk was unable to handle the 30-year-old and that doesn’t bode well for the Freiburg defence.
Watkins can strike again on Wednesday night.
Leg 3: Ollie Watkins to score @ 13/8