ANDERLECHT v SLAVIA PRAGUE
Thursday 25th August 2016 – Kickoff: 2000hrs
Football – Europe – Europa League Betting Tips
Anderlecht are only ninety minutes away from progressing from the play-off stages in the Europa League to the more lucrative group stages of the competition following their comfortable 3-0 win away at Slavia Prague in last week’s first leg.
Anderlecht now return to their Stade Constant Vanden Stock ground in Brussels for Thursday night’s second leg with Czech Republic outfit Slavia Prague on the back of four matches without defeat in recent times with wins registered against Kortrijk in the Jupiler League along with the win against tonight’s opponents.
In last season’s Europa League, Anderlecht scored impressive wins over Tottenham, Qarabag and Olympiakos, and they’ve won seven of their last eight matches on home turf in all competitions, so the hosts will fancy their chances of extending their aggregate lead here.
Slavia Prague’s dream of reaching the group stages of the Europa League were torn to shreds in last week’s first leg and they now must attack from the off if they’re to stand any chance of progressing to the next phase of the competition.
This may well play into Anderlecht’s hands here on Thursday night, who have managed just two wins from their last ten matches in all competitions. But despite losing to Anderlecht at home in the first leg, they bounced back with a 3-0 home win over Pribram on the weekend in the Czech Liga.
Slavia Prague may well find themselves stretched here tonight though as they’ve recorded just one win from their last 12 matches at this level, while they’ve now gone 11 away matches without a win in this competition.
Pick: Anderlecht to win @ 1.75 Bet Victor
