Conference League predictions & betting tips

Conference League 2025/26 predictions

The UEFA Conference League (UECL) is the third-tier competition in Europe, behind the UEFA Champions League (UCL) and the UEFA Europa League (UEL). The UECL was launched back in 2021, so it is a very young competition that has been delivering some great moments.

While it may not feature many of the continent’s best teams, if any, it is still an interesting competition that gives smaller teams a chance to play European football deep into the season.

In this article, we will provide you with some outright Conference League predictions, but we also put together some of the top betting picks for the best leagues in our article on football betting tips today.

Most likely winners – Crystal Palace clear favourites with bookmakers

Looking at the odds for the Conference League outright winners, we can see that Crystal Palace are the favourites with bookmakers to win this competition and that’s been the case since the early days of the season.

Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace have been tipped as the favourites to win the UECL – Photo by IMAGO / Sportimage

At this point, the other three remaining teams all have similar odds to win the trophy, with Strasbourg a bit ahead of Rayo Vallecano and Shakhtar Donetsk, according to the bookies.

Top scorer favourites – Can Sarr get to the top?

Ahead of the semi-finals, Mikael Ishak and Marius are sharing the top spot when it comes to Conference League goalscorers, but they are both out of the competitions.

Meanwhile, Ismaila Sarr is still in contention for the trophy and he is just one goal behind the leading duo, so he’s the main favourite to end up with the Golden Boot.

last update: April 2026

Facts about the Conference League FAQ

The current champions of the UEFA Europa Conference League are Chelsea. They won the title in the 2024/25 season, defeating Real Betis 4-1 in the final.

As we mentioned already, this is a young competition that has only been played for three seasons. So far, Chelsea, Olympiacos, West Ham and Roma are the only teams with a Conference League title.

The UECL has been established as a competition in 2021 and we have so far only seen four full seasons, with the fifth about to get started.

Just like in the UCL and UEL, 36 teams are included in the league phase of the UEFA Conference League.

Counting the league phase and the knockout stages, but without qualifying rounds, there are 153 games in one season of the UEFA Conference League.

While the history of the Conference League has only started to be written, some players have already stood out. The top scorer in the history of the competition is Arthur Cabral with 21 goals, followed by Eran Zahavi with 19 goals and Hugo Cuypers with 16 goals.