Who will succeed Tottenham at the top of the Europa League? A year ago, the two Premier League clubs in the running in the second European Cup were the big favorites of the season. It was Manchester United and Tottenham and the two teams met in the final! Only Lazio and Bilbao had earned more points during the first phase.
An English club is again considered the number 1 favorite in the Europa League: Aston Villa. Unai Emery's training displays 20 % chance of winning the tournament according to the calculations ofEuro Club Indexa site that carries out predictions taking into account the form of the teams. Roma is the second favorite with 16 % chance of winning on May 20, 2026 at Besiktas Stadium.
The two representatives of Ligue 1 are real outsiders for the final victory. The chances of going to the end are 10 % for the LOSC of Olivier Giroud and the 2018 world champion has the experience of major meetings since he won the Europa League in 2019 (being first scorer in the final against Arsenal) and the Champions League in 2021 (lining, it was decisive during the Blues course).
The favorite Giroud Losc, OL too!
The DOGUES led by Bruno Genesio will face the Dinamo Zagreb, the Roma, the PAOK, the Red Star of Belgrade, Friborg, the Young Boys, Brann Bergen and the Celta de Vigo. A program that could allow Giroud and his teammates to finish in the top 8 of the first phase and to qualify directly for the knockout stages (like last year in LDC).
OL is precisely the fourth favorite of the Europa League with 8 % chance of raising the trophy, according to Euro Club Index. The Gones obtained an even more lenient draw than the Lille with Salzburg, Real Betis, PAOK, Maccabi Tel Aviv, FC Basel, Young Boys and Dutch from Go Ahead Eagles and Utrecht as opponents. See you next spring!
