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Europa League matchday 3: what do form, goals and margins tell us?
The 18 matches on 22 October: Juventus and Besiktas on 7 goals, defences yet to concede and operator margins with different coverage.
Published 19 October 2026
The Europa League has 18 matches scheduled for 22 October. Juventus and Besiktas have the round's best attack with 7 goals; Dinamo Zagreb, Bayer Leverkusen and Omonia Nicosia have conceded 0. These figures cover just 2 games: they describe the start of the competition.
How margins vary between operators
We compare margins on the full-time result market. Medians, minimums and maximums cover the matches available for each operator: coverage differs.
| Operator | Matches | Median margin | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netwin | 17 of 18 | 5.98% | 5.64% | 6.42% |
| Betsson | 18 of 18 | 6.23% | 5.75% | 7.31% |
| Betflag | 17 of 18 | 6.88% | 6.19% | 7.41% |
| bwin | 17 of 18 | 5.8% | 4.95% | 6.62% |
Recorded on 19 October 2026 at 20:45, Italian time. Source: official operator feeds via api.oddsonar.com. In this snapshot, OFI Crete-Bayer Leverkusen is covered by Betsson but not by Netwin, Betflag or bwin, so it is excluded from comparisons between operators.
Across the 17 shared matches, with all three outcomes available from each operator, the lowest margin appears on bwin in 9 cases, Netwin in 6 and Betsson in 2. Within this same set, the gap between highest and lowest margins ranges from 0.75 percentage points on Besiktas-Crystal Palace to 2.2 on Omonia Nicosia-Benfica.
The previous round, with the figures recorded then: Europa League matchday 2: what do form, head-to-heads and margins show?
Juventus and Besiktas: 7 goals each
Juventus-Stade Rennais — Juventus are first on 6 points, with 2 wins and 7 goals scored. Stade Rennais are thirteenth on 4, with a win, a draw and 2 goals scored. Both have conceded 1 goal.
Besiktas-Crystal Palace — Besiktas are fourth on 6 points and have won both games. Crystal Palace are fifteenth on 3, with a win and a defeat. Goals scored stand at 7 and 6; both have conceded 3.
Bournemouth-Milan and Omonia-Benfica: points and form
AFC Bournemouth-AC Milan — Bournemouth are fifth on 6 points, with 2 wins, 5 goals scored and 1 conceded. Milan are sixteenth on 3: a win and a defeat, 4 goals scored and 2 conceded.
Omonia Nicosia-Benfica — both have 6 points from 2 wins. Omonia are sixth, with 4 goals scored and 0 conceded; Benfica are third, with 6 scored and 1 conceded. This match also has the widest gap between operator margins.
The defences: from 0 to 8 goals conceded
- Dinamo Zagreb-NEC Nijmegen — Dinamo have 4 points and 0 goals conceded; NEC have 1 point and 6 conceded. Dinamo share the round's best defensive record with Bayer Leverkusen and Omonia.
- OFI Crete-Bayer Leverkusen — OFI have 3 points; Bayer are second on 6, with 2 wins, 6 goals scored and 0 conceded.
- Lech Poznan-Sunderland — Lech are 36th on 0 points, with 0 goals scored and 8 conceded: the round's leakiest defence. Sunderland have 6 points from 2 wins.
The other matches, briefly
- Ararat-Armenia-AZ Alkmaar — Ararat have 0 points after 2 defeats; AZ have 3, with a win and a defeat.
- Ferencvaros-Torreense — Ferencvaros have 6 points from 2 wins and 5 goals scored; Torreense have 3 points and 3 goals scored.
- SK Sturm Graz-Marseille — Sturm have 1 point and 0 goals scored; Marseille have 0 points and 1 goal scored.
- Union St.-Gilloise-Hapoel Be'er — Union have 4 points from a win and a draw; Hapoel have 1 from a draw and a defeat.
- Celtic-Celta Vigo — both have 0 points after 2 defeats; Celtic have conceded 7 goals, Celta 3.
- Jagiellonia Bialystok-Anderlecht — Jagiellonia have 3 points and 4 goals scored; Anderlecht have 0 points and 1 goal scored.
- Lillestrom-Real Sociedad — both have 1 point from a draw and a defeat, with 2 goals scored and 3 conceded.
- NK Celje-RB Salzburg — Celje have 0 points and 0 goals scored; Salzburg have 3 points and 1 goal scored.
- Olympiacos-Sparta Prague — Olympiacos have 6 points from 2 wins; Sparta have 4 from a win and a draw.
- TSG Hoffenheim-Lyon — Hoffenheim have 0 points after 2 defeats; Lyon have 6 from 2 wins. Both have scored: 2 and 5 goals respectively.
- Viktoria Plzen-Levski Sofia — Viktoria have 0 points, Levski 1. Both have scored 1 goal; goals conceded stand at 5 and 2.
This matchday's odds, right now
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How to read the data and why we omit head-to-heads
Standings and form come from ESPN and cover the 2 Europa League games already played. With such a small sample, positions and averages can change sharply. The openfootball archive lacks usable head-to-head records for all 18 fixtures, so we omit them. Some teams also lack a matching archive name; missing data does not establish that past meetings never took place.
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