Saints are heavily tipped to win tonight’s crucial Europa League decider against Hapoel Beer Sheva.

Claude Puel's men are just 1/2 with bookies 188BET to progress to the knockout stages.

Saints can be excused Saturday’s performance at Selhurst Park if they had one eye on this fixture, but a repeat of that defeat would result in the win for Hapoel at 7/1.

The draw at over 3/1 could actually suit either side.

The 0-0 result at 9/1 with 188BET would see Saints progress, but a score draw would benefit Hapoel at just under 5/1.

Hapoel are certainly no pushovers, as proven with wins home and away against Inter Milan.

But the Israeli champions did lose 5-2 in Glasgow when they met Celtic in a Champions League qualifier last summer.

That result perhaps shows what Saints can do with a positive mentality.

The most popular correct score predictions are not a 5-2 win, though, with the Saints 1-0 and 2-0 wins at 23/5 and 5/1 respectively.

With Hapoel’s results showing they are more than capable of scoring goals, the home win with both teams scoring is around 3/1 and the 2-1 Saints win is 8/1.

A Fraser Forster clean sheet is just 4/5 and it is around 11/10 for Saints to win to nil.

188BET currently have Claude Puel’s men at 20/1 to go all the way and lift the trophy, but those odds will shorten with victory tonight.

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