Thursday football tips: Rangers spearhead the British challenge

The Europa League and Europa Conference League knockout stages get underway on Thursday, with the British interest coming courtesy of Rangers, Celtic and Leicester.

There are a number of tasty ties taking places across the evening, with Napoli's trip to Barcelona perhaps the pick of the bunch.

Today's best accumulator bets

All bets must be placed by 8pm on Thursday.

Racing Post football expert Joe Casey has picked:

Celtic to win & both teams to score v Bodo/Glimt

Sevilla to beat Dinamo Zagreb

Both teams to score in Porto v Lazio

Marseille to win & over 2.5 goals v Qarabag

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Dortmund v Rangers

BT Sport 2, 5.45pm Thursday

Rangers have scored in 12 of their last 15 Europa League away trips but face a stern test against a slick Borussia Dortmund outfit that find themselves six points off top spot in the Bundesliga.

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Best bet
Dortmund to win 3-1

Bet of the day

Leipzig to beat Real Sociedad
BT Sport Extra 2, 8pm Thursday

Leipzig's only defeat in six outings this year was a 3-2 reverse against Bayern Munich and they have enough quality to overcome an out-of-sorts Real Sociedad, who were thrashed 4-0 by Real Betis earlier this month.

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Goal scorer bet of the day

Leicester v Randers, BT Sport 3, 8pm Thursday

James Maddison has netted nine goals in all competitions this season and the creative midfielder can provide the spark for the Foxes against a Randers side who haven't played a competitive fixture since December. He is 6-4 with bet365 to get on the scoresheet.

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Best bet
James Maddison to score anytime

Stat of the day

Celtic v Bodo/Glimt, BT Sport 2, 8pm Thursday

Celtic have won 16 of their last 17 games in all competitions

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