Europa Conference League predictions: betting preview and free football tips

Free football tips, best bets and analysis for Hibernian v Rijeka and Breidablik v Aberdeen in the Europa Conference League on Thursday.

When to bet

Hibernian v Rijeka, 7.45pm
Breidablik v Aberdeen, 8pm

Best bets

Under 2.5 goals in Hibernian v Rijeka
2pts 8-11 BoyleSports

Breidablik draw no bet
1pt 8-5BoyleSports

Preview

After finishing third in the Scottish Premiership last season Hibernian got their league campaign off to a fine start with a 3-2 win at Motherwell on Sunday, but they could face a tough Europa Conference League test against Rijeka.

Jack Ross's team got past Santa Coloma from Andorra in the last round and a pre-season win over Arsenal will have given them a boost too.

Six of their final seven league games at Easter Road last season featured fewer than three goals and there looks a decent chance that their clash with the Croatian side could follow that pattern.

Rijeka are three games into their league season, earning two wins and a creditable draw at Dinamo Zagreb.

But that 3-3 thriller was the only game of their five this term when an over 2.5 goals bet was successful and they needed two scrappy wins over Gzira from Malta to reach this stage.

Aberdeen travel to Iceland to face Breidablik, having beaten Dundee United 2-0 at the weekend, but that could be a tough trip.

The Dons lost the second leg against Hacken of Sweden in the previous round 2-0 - they had won 5-1 at Pittodrie - and they could be vulnerable again in a game against a team who are 14 games into their domestic campaign.

Breidablik have won six of their seven home games and conceded just two goals, so they can reward draw-no-bet backers.

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