Europa League and Conference League are taking over the scene: Accumulator Tips for February 13

After the excitement of the best European football competition, the Champions League, this Thursday's Europa League and Conference League playoff matches will start. The real thing starts in these UEFA competitions, the knockout phase. For now, it's a play-off for a place in the round of 16, but there's no way around it either. We picked three very exciting matches for you in this accumulator

Porto vs Roma (UEFA Europa League)

Porto: D-D-W-D-L

Roma: W-L-D-W-W

The Europa League relegation matches begin this Thursday, with the most interesting duel between Porto and Roma. Porto are no longer the best club in Portugal, but they believe they can go far in the second-strongest European competition. Porto, led by Martin Anselmi, had solid performances in the Europa League during the autumn and are now aiming for a place in the top 16. On the other hand, Roma started this season desperately, but they have recovered under Claudio Ranieri, as evidenced by the victory against Eintracht a few weeks ago that secured the continuation of the competition. The Romans do not have many players in shape in their ranks, but they certainly will not just give up. After all, Paulo Dybala, a respected Argentine striker, leads the away offensive. In this match, bookmakers give the advantage to Porto, partly because of their better performances during the autumn in the main phase of the competition, and partly because of the home field. I agree with that. Porto are always fierce on their home field, even now that they are no longer at their peak. Roma on the other hand, have shown countless weaknesses this season and I believe that they can only go further if they turn things around in return. It could be a tight game where one or two moves will decide the question of the winner. That's why it makes sense to bet on under 2.5 goals this Thursday in Porto

• Bet: Under 2.5

Royale Union SG vs Ajax (UEFA Europa League)

Royale Union SG: W-W-L-W-W

Ajax: W-W-W-L-W

One of the derbies of this stage of the Europa League competition is the clash between the Belgian vice-champion and the famous Ajax. The team from the Brussels suburb of Saint-Gilloise have no chance of winning the title. For the last three years, they have been one step away from the Champions League trophy, but, literally in the last round, Club Brugge snatched the trophy from them, twice and Antwerp once. In the Europa League, they finished the league stage in 21st place, with three wins and three losses, with two draws. In the last round, they were defeated in Glasgow by Rangers, and at home, they achieved two wins, over Braga and Nice, as well as two draws, with Roma and Bodo/Glimt. After a long time, Ajax have been in the leading position in the Eredivisie since last weekend. They took advantage of PSV's blunder against Willem II and, with a victory in Sittard, tied with PSV in first place. For the fans of the giant from Amsterdam, the most important thing is the championship title, which they are eager for, but Ajax will certainly try to achieve the best possible result in Europe since they were eliminated from the domestic cup. Ajax are not very powerful outside of Amsterdam and the Johan Cruyff Arena, so it seems to me that Ajax will be confident in the rematch in front of their fans. Royal Union will try to gain some advantage since their home ground is also their trump card, and I expect both teams to score in this match

• Bet: BTTS

Copenhagen vs Heidenheim (UEFA Conference League)

Copenhagen: L-L-W-W-W

Heidenheim: L-L-L-L-D

Copenhagen's players have already achieved their primary goal by reaching the round of 32 of the Conference League, but, certainly, the Danish representative will not want to stop there. The opponent is not at all naive Heidenheim, who do not have much experience when it comes to European competitions. Last season was historic for Heidenheim, as this team managed to reach the Conference League despite all expectations. Not only that, but the German representative also reached the knockout phase without any major problems, which was without much dilemma and the primary goal for the first part of the season. Unfortunately, this nice team have a lot of problems in this year's edition of the German Bundesliga, and the best indicator of this is that this team are currently in sixteenth place in the table. Potentially, this duel could bring us a lot of goals, but I believe that Copenhagen still have far more experience when it comes to matches like this, with the conclusion that the German representative have been playing very poorly lately, so I think that Copenhagen can win this match, but also both teams to score at least a goal each.

• Bet: BTTS