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 – Brighton one of the favourites

The early odds for the outright Conference League winners confirmed what we expected to see, which is that Brighton and Hove Albion are the main candidates to lift the trophy come the end of the season.

Brighton are among the favourites to win the Conference League – Photo by IMAGO / Focus Images

Among the other top candidates to win the Conference League are Atalanta, Monaco, Ajax, and last season’s finalists Freiburg.

Top scorer favourites – Balogun and Scamacca leading the race

The odds for this market have yet to come out, but we can see Monaco’s Folarin Balogun and Atalanta’s Gianluca Scamacca being among the main favourites for the Golden Boot.

Other players who could get involved in the race for the top scorer are Kaoru Mitoma, Igor Matanovic, and Ansu Fati.

last update: October 2026

Facts about the Conference League FAQ

The current champions of the UEFA Europa Conference League are Crystal Palace.

As we mentioned already, this is a young competition that has only been played a few seasons. So far, Chelsea, Olympiacos, West Ham, Roma, and Crystal Palace 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 Mikael Ishak with 13 goals, followed by Eran Zahavi, Arthur Cabral, and Vangelis Pavlidis.
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