Fenerbache's Sukru Saracoglu Stadium, Istanbul will be at full capacity at 2045CET on Wednesday 20 May for the 38th and last UEFA Cup Final, contested by Shakhtar Donetsk and Werder Bremen. This competition is being replaced by the UEFA Europa League next season so to mark this historic encounter both Betfair and Skybet are offering free bets up to the alue of £25.

Shakhtar are the first Ukrainian team to reach the UEFA Cup Final and victory in Turkey would see them claim their first piece of European silverware. This will also be the first final Shakhtar have been part of, with their previous best results being a last 16 place finish on three separate occasions. Olexandr Kucher returns from suspension but Czech defender, Tomas Hubschmann is superseded after picking up another booking in his sides semi-final second leg game against Dynamo Kiev, a tie they won 3-2 on aggregate.

Werder Bremen defeated German Bundesliga rivals Hamburg on the away goals ruling after drawing 3-3 on aggregate over two legs. Winning the UEFA Cup would be the second piece of silverware from European adventures and will go along side the 1991/92 Cup Winners Cup they won against Monaco. Whilst probably the stronger of the two sides, Bremen will have to play the final without the brilliant Brazilian, Diego and Portuguese forward Hugo Almeida who are both serving one-match bans. The two quality players have scored 36 goals between them this season and will be sorely missed.
The free bet offer from two of our leading partners, online bookmakers Betfair and Skybet, has been extended to cover this historical fixture. Free bets, worth up to £25, can be claimed on betting markets such as the time of the first goal, will the game go to penalties, will either side keep a clean sheet, who will make the first substitution and who will win the last-ever UEFA Cup. Early indication see both sides starting around 15/8 with the draw 5/2 although Bremen's experience sees them become slight favourites to win outside of the standard 90 minutes.