Who are the favorites for the 2022/23 Europa League? Man Utd most popular after appetizing draw

Manchester United were favorites before beating Real Betis to arrange another trip to Spain. With Arsenal absent, Juventus assume their position as second favorites…

We're in the last eight. So here are the favorites for the 2023 Europa League according to the best odds available on Oddschecker from… now.

1) Manchester UnitedUnited had to go through a play-off to qualify for the round of 16 after finishing second in their group against Real Sociedad. But victory over Barcelona and subsequent cruise past Real Betis only served to highlight their credentials as favorites for a second Europa League title following Jose Mourinho's 2017 triumph. Spain - again - to face Sevilla in the quarter-finals. before a possible semi-final against Sporting or…

2) Juventus' Coppa Italia semi-final aside, the Europa League is all Juve have left this season after a domestic 15-point deduction knocked them out of contention for a place among the first four in Serie A. If they are to be in the Champions League next season, Max Allegri will have to pull out all the stops for a quarter-final against Arsenal conquerors Sporting after coming through a tricky play-off against Nantes and a round of 16 against Freiburg.

3) RomaRoma are firmly in Serie A contention for a Champions League place but Mourinho knows how to win the Europa League and he has the form to steer the capital club to European silverware. They survived a scare in the play-offs, overturning a 1-0 first leg deficit to beat RB Salzburg 2-1 on aggregate, prompting Mourinho to say: "We looked good tonight." They also impressed in the first leg of their round of 16, beating Real Socieded 2-0 before finishing the job Jose-style in Spain. Feyenoord awaits you in the quarter-finals.

4) Sporting LisbonThe Portuguese club weren't even in the bookmakers' top 10 before or during their last clash with Arsenal. But Ruben Amorim inspired a penalty shootout triumph over the previous second seeds to set up a quarter-final against the new second seeds.

5) Bayer LeverkusenThe Germans languish in mid-table in the Bundesliga and failed in the Champions League, but they won over Monaco on penalties in the play-off before a pair of 2-0 wins over Ferencvaros put them up in the hat for the quarter-finals. They were twinned with the Union Saint-Gilloise, which has just eliminated German opposition to the Union Berlin.

6) SevillaSevilla may be slipping out of La Liga - they were fourth from bottom but have climbed to the dizzying heights of 13th - but the Spaniards are saving their best work for Europe. They held off Fenerbahçe, losing 1-0 in Turkey in the second leg, but a 2-0 first leg victory paved the way for a quarter-final against Manchester United.

7) FeyenoordThe Dutch emerged victorious from a ridiculously tight group, with all four clubs finishing with eight points, each winning two, losing two and drawing two. Their goal difference was the same as Midtjylland but they finished first with one goal more than the Danes. The Eredivisie players crushed Shakhtar Donetsk 7-1 in the second leg to repeat last season's Europa Conference League final against Jose's Roma.

8) Union Saint-Gilloise"It's not a dream", the Belgian club tweeted after beating Union Berlin to claim a 6-3 aggregate victory in their last 16 games, leading their adventure European at least as far as the quarter-finals. They will return to Germany to face Bayer Leverkusen who, on paper, look easier. But Union SG remains the underdog among the remaining eight.

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