There is not as much between these two teams in the Mitre 10 Cup as this betting market suggests. Counties Manukau returned to winning form with a victory over Waikato and they have lost plenty of close games this season. They are more than capable of winning this clash and the $2.38 currently on offer is well over the odds.
FK Astana have the home-ground advantage in this Europa League clash, but it is Young Boys that represent excellent value at their current price. Young Boys have proven to be an inconsistent outfit and I can understand why bookies are eager to take them on, but they have far more upside than their rivals.
It has been a very mixed start to the season for Inter Milan, but they still have the class to account for Sparta Prague comfortably. The fact that they lost to Hapoel Beer Sheva in the first matchday of the tournament means that they need to win this clash and that motivation should be enough to get them home.
Villarreal are my early selection to win the Europa League and they should not have any problems accounting for very average Steaua Bucharest outfit. They have not lost a game since Monaco beat them in the Champions League qualifying rounds and that is unlikely to change against this Romanian outfit.