Arsenal v Red Star Belgrade Betting Preview – UEFA Europa League 2nd November 7.45pm
The Gunners collected a 1-0 win in Belgrade a couple of weeks ago leaving them with a nice five point cushion at the top of Group H in the Europa League. It’s been a cruise for them so far and with their good home form should complete the job. They can actually win the group on Thursday night as long as BATE don’t take a win over Cologne. That should be incentive enough for the Gunners to put in a good shift because they can then take things easy for the rest of the group stage.
Arsenal v Red Star Belgrade Betting Tips
Arsenal have collected three wins from three so far in their Europa League group stage campaign and they are one step away from reaching the next round. All that they need to do is just collect a draw in this one and they will be in the next round. There was a tight game between them in the first meeting with Red Star Belgrade a couple of weeks ago until Olivier Giroud popped up five minutes from time to split them with a stunning winner to give Arsenal a 1-0 victory. In the William Hill correct score market an Arsenal 2-0 result is the shortest priced option at 13/2 back at the Emirates. The only other meetings between these two was in the 1978/79 UEFA Cup third round with the Serbians winning 2-1 on aggregate over the tie following a 1-1 draw at Highbury. The Serbians will be turning up with incentive as they are level on four points with BATE behind Arsenal.
Olivier Giroud is the William Hill first goalscorer favourite at 3/1 with the game and the Gunners now have not suffered a defeat (over 90 minutes) in UEFA Cup or UEFA Europa League games (W7 D1) since a 2-1 loss at Deportivo La Coruña in March 2000. Their only previous encounter with a Serbian side before this season’s games against Red Star was in the 2010/11 Champions League group stage when they took 3-1 wins over Partizan. The Gunners just have to get the win and they don’t need to go and bust a gut really and because of that, it could be worth looking under 2.5 goals for a price of 6/4 with William Hill. Arsenal can be backed at a price of 11/8 to blank the Serbians and pick up a win to nil in this second meeting with them.
Crvena zvezda have a fairly extensive and average history against English sides in European competition before. From their 17 previous encounters with English opposition, they are holding a W6 D5 L6 record. However, from their eight previous trips to England, they have won just one of them, back in 1973 when they took a win at Anfield against Liverpool. They have taken two wins away from home in Europe already this season beating Sparta Praha in the third qualifying round and then taking a good win at Cologne on match day two of the group stage. Their other three European away fixtures this term have yielded two draws and one defeat (3-2 at Krasnodar in the play-offs). You have a price of 3/4 on both teams to score at William Hill just for the visitors to show up and at least get a consolation on the board.
Arsenal v Red Star Belgrade Betting Odds
Arsenal 1/3, Draw 4/1, Crvena Zvezda 8/1
Arsenal v Red Star Belgrade Predictions
Arsenal to win: Look or the Gunners to pull off a repeat victory to nil against Red Star. Arsenal will have an easier time on home soil against the Belgrade outfit and they are carrying good enough home form to suggest that they can seal the three points.
