Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest are also two Premier League teams among the favorites in this tournament.
Forest were the most favoured one according to bookies before the league phase draw started. But after it finished they've immediately gone down to the 6th favoured with 12.00 odds.
Aston Villa are at the top with 7.00 for now. But I must add that they've started the PL horrible... Currently one of the worst teams there. If they don't recover I won't think the same as bookies to tell the truth.
The season has just started, and teams aren't yet performing to their full potential. They may not be playing very well right now, but the squad is high-quality and has great potential. We'll probably start to see the true strength of the teams in the next two to three weeks, otherwise, Aston Villa's record of only one point in three matches is truly appalling. They're a team at the bottom of the Premier League, yet they don't need to be successful in the Premier League to be successful in Europe. We've seen that before
