Thursday football tips: Plenty of British interest on busy evening

Football fans are in for a Thursday treat and there are plenty of punting opportunities to be had with four Premier League fixtures, as well as six Europa League clashes and eight games in the Europa Conference League.

The pick of the action from the English top-flight sees relegation-threatened Leeds host Aston Villa, while there is also British interest in Europe with West Ham, Leicester and Rangers all in action.

Today's best accumulator bets

Bets to be placed by 7.30pm

Chelsea to beat Norwich

Rangers to beat Red Star Belgrade

Over 2.5 goals in Atalanta v Leverkusen

Over 2.5 goals in Leicester v Rennes

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Sevilla v West Ham

BT Sport 3, 5.45pm Thursday

Sevilla are the most successful team in Europa League history, lifting the trophy six times, but they could be held to a frustrating draw when taking on a plucky West Ham side in their round-of-16 first-leg clash.

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Best bet
Draw

Leeds United v Aston Villa

Amazon Prime, 7.45pm

Aston Villa continue to make encouraging progress under Steven Gerrard and they can move into the top half of the Premier League table by beating relegation-threatened Leeds, who have lost their last five matches.

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Best bet
Aston Villa draw no bet

Rangers v Red Star Belgrade

BT Sport 2, 8pm

Ibrox has been a fortress for Rangers in the last few campaigns and after knocking out German giants Borussia Dortmund in the previous round of the Europa League, they should make the most of home advantage against Serbian side Red Star Belgrade.

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Best bet
Rangers

Bet of the day

Over 2.5 goals in Leicester v Rennes BT Sport ESPN, 8pm

Leicester chalked up a 7-2 aggregate win over Randers in the previous round of this competition and their six group games in the Europa League earlier this season featured 23 goals. The entertainment can continue against a lively Rennes outfit who have seen an average of 2.89 goals per game in Ligue 1 this season.

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Goalscorer bet of the day

Norwich v Chelsea 7.30pm Thursday

Romelu Lukaku has scored in two of his last four Premier League outings against teams outside the top eight and he should get plenty of chances to break the deadlock against Norwich, who have the second-worst defence in the top flight. He is 9-2 with BoyleSports to open the scoring.

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Best bet
Romelu Lukaku first goalscorer