FK Qarabag v Arsenal Betting Preview – UEFA Europa League 4th October 7.55pm
Arsenal have to make a 4,000km trip to Baku to face Qarabag on Thursday night in the Europa League. The Gunners won their opening match and will be driving forward well with a second success. Their Azerbaijani opponents suffered 2-0 loss out at Sporting CP in their opening match. Read our predictions for the FK Qarabag v Arsenal fixture.
FK Qarabag News and Form
The bulk of Qarabag’s action this season has been in Europe. They started early in the Champions League qualifiers and they posted a W2 D3 L1 record there so they did alright. They lost out to Bate Borisov though and had to take a drop down to the Europa League playoffs. Qarabag beat FC Sheriff comfortably there 3-1 on aggregate after losing the first leg 1-0 away from home. Their home form for the season is W3 D2 L1 and it is just one of those awkward places for Arsenal to go to. Qarabag have conceded just two goals in six home games this season and under 2.5 goals is at even money odds* (Betting Odds were taken from October 1st, 2018 at 6:56 p.m.).
Arsenal News and Form
The Gunners took a 4-2 home win over Vorskla at the Emirates in their Europa League opener. They were not at full strength for that and are seriously unlikely to be in this one. This is a really long, tough trip ahead of Premier League action on a weekend and an Arsenal 1-0 correct score is at 5/1 odds* (Betting Odds were taken from October 1st, 2018 at 6:56 p.m.), just to see the English side get the job done. It needs nothing more than that really from Unai Emery’s men.
The Gunners are carrying good form with a seven-match winning streak going in all competitions. They have scored at least two goals in all but one of their game across all competitions as well. But just because of the circumstances of the long night out in the east, it may be worth dialling back their output for this fixture.
FK Qarabag v Arsenal Head to Head
This will be the first meeting between the two clubs.
FK Qarabag v Arsenal Betting Odds*
Arsenal 2/5
Draw 10/3
FK Karabakh 15/2
* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on October 1st, 2018 at 6:56 p.m.)
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FK Qarabag v Arsenal Predictions
Not the easiest of away games but we are still going to stick with the Gunners to get the job done. We aren’t expecting a high-scoring game so the 1-0 away win for Arsenal looks to offer plenty of value for the fixture.
