Football from across Europe keeps coming thick and fast at the start of the 2026/27 season, including fixtures from La Liga, the EFL Cup and qualifiers for the Europa League and Conference League.
Read on for best booking codes to use at Bet9ja for Thursday’s fixtures, with all odds available at the time of writing:
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Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao
Raphinha has been in superb goalscoring form for Barcelona since returning from the World Cup, netting four goals in four appearances, including bagging a brace in the 5-0 win against Elche in their opening match of the 2026/27 La Liga season.
Given Raphinha’s fantastic goalscoring form, as well as Athletic Bilbao conceding seven goals in their last three matches, we are backing the Brazilian to get on the scoresheet once again here.
Raphinha to score anytime, 2.15 – 5P5P6FS
Chelsea vs Luton Town
Chelsea produced a stunning attacking performance in their opening English Premier League fixture, with Cole Palmer, Morgan Rogers and Joao Pedro all scoring as the Blues won 3-2 against West London rivals Fulham.
Although the front three could be rotated for this match against League One Luton Town, the attacking system on display from Chelsea was extremely impressive, and a similarly strong performance would be expected from any of Chelsea’s attackers.
With that in mind, we are predicting that Chelsea will dominate this fixture and given their superb attacking display earlier this week, we are backing the Blues to win this one and score over 2.5 goals.
Chelsea & over 2.5 goals, 1.54 – 5P5PD2T
Aarhus vs Benfica
Benfica secured a 3-1 victory in the first leg of this Europa League playoff qualifying round clash, leaving the Portuguese side firmly in the driving seat heading into this reverse fixture at Aarhus’ home ground.
Alongside the first leg producing over 2.5 goals, Benfica have now scored 25 goals in seven competitive games this term, while Aarhus have conceded 20 goals in nine matches this season.
With that in mind, we are predicting that this game will follow a similar pattern and deliver numerous goals, with over 2.5 goals predicted.
Over 2.5 goals, 1.54 – 5P5PRXB
Brighton vs Tromso
Brighton were utterly dominant in the first leg of this Conference League playoff qualifying round clash with Tromso, taking 25 shots and holding 68% of the possession, but the Seagulls were ultimately unable to break the deadlock as the game remained goalless.
However, after finding their shooting boots in the stunning 4-0 English Premier League victory against Aston Villa, as well as being set to return to their home ground for the second leg, Brighton will certainly be expected to produce a similarly dominant performance and actually get over the line with the win this time around.
Brighton to win, 1.16 – 5P5Q2P7
Combined Booking Code: 5P5QB3L, Odds: 5.91
