Free tips for Europa League knock-out stage

After two months break, two main annual European competitions are back next week. Both of them are starting with the first leg games...
Unlike the Champions League, Europa League has also changed its format. Besides all the 'champions' playing in the main competition, former UEFA Cup was re-branded into Europa League. The European football governing body presented this new format with a real mixture of nations' cup champions, fair-play spots, last club winners of the tournament (no matter if they qualified for it or not) and the best UEFA coefficient is also taking major part in here. So, many clubs from one state are expected, who all in all were divided into 12 groups playing home and away games. All of those group games where played last fall, but now is the time for the real, best part: the knock-out round. The waiting is now over and the fun can begin. Round of 32 will start earlier than expected, as one game will start on Tuesday and the rest of them will be played in the regular time slots on Thursday. You can expect free tips on the following first leg games:

16 February, 18.00 CET: Fenerbahce - Lokomotiv Moscow.

18 February, 19.00 CET: Anderlecht - Olympiakos, Borissia Dortmund - Porto, Midtjylland - Manchester United, Sevilla - Molde, St. Etienne - Basel, Villarreal - Napoli.
18 February, 21.05 CET: Galatasaray - Lazio, Marseille - Athletic Bilbao, Shakhtar Donetsk - Schalke 04, Sion - Sporting Braga, Sparta Prague - FC Krasnodar, Sporting Lisbon - Bayer Leverkusen, Valencia - Rapid Vienna.

Overview in 2015 and expectations in 2016: Last year some familiar big club names did not even pass the group stage. The likes of Ajax, Celtic, Viktoria Plzen, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Besiktas are certainly going to be missed in the continuation of the spring event. So, the remaining 32 qualified teams will give everything in their power to entertain us with good quality football and fight until the final game: 18 May at St. Jakob Park in Basel, Switzerland.