Pyunik v Wolves Betting Tips – UEFA Europa League, 8th August 5.00pm
The bookmakers certainly see this as being a lopsided fixture. It’s action in the third qualifying round of the Europa League for Wolves on Thursday night. They kick off the tie at out on the road against their Armenian counterparts. Will it be a stroll in the park for the English Premier League side? Read our predictions for Pyunik v Wolves.
Pyunik v Wolves Betting Odds*
Wolves 1/6
Draw 5/1
Pyunik 14/1
* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on August 5th, 2019 at 10:15 p.m.)
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Pyunik News and Form
Yerevan team Pyunik began their qualification campaign in the first round. There they met Macedonia’s Shkupi and pulled off a bit of an upset in a 5-4 aggregate win. In the second qualifying round, they were up against Jablonec, with Pyunik taking a 2-1 aggregate success over the two legs. So it has been progres by a narrow margins for sure from them and they don’t look a big threat to Wolves.
Pyunik have taken a W3 D3 L2 record in their last eight Europa League fixtures, which have all been qualifiers. They are yet to make it past the third round of qualification, the stage at which they were eliminated last season by Maccabi Tel Aviv. Pyunik have a little bit of European home form going however.
It is a five-match undefeated streak of home from that they are on at the moment in European fixtures, going W4 D4 L1 in their last nine. They have picked up three clean sheets in their last five home European games. They were runners up in the Armenian Premier League last season.
Pyunik v Wolves Head to Head
This is the first meeting between the two clubs
Key-Facts – Pyunik v Wolves
- Pyunik have lost one of their last nine European home games
- Wolves beat Crusaders 6-1 on aggregate in the last round
- Pyunik have never been past this stage of qualification
Wolves News and Form
Wolves ended up taking a 6-1 aggregate success over Northern Ireland’s Crusaders in the second qualifying round, which is where the Premier League side started their campaign. This is their first European action since the early 1980’s so there is nothing really to look back at for current trends. In each leg of their tie against Crusaders, Jota scored a goal, while Raul Jimenez got himself a brace away from home in the second leg.
Jimenez has been the big summer move for Wolves, the striker moving from Benfica to give Wolves something extra up top. The new Premier League starts on the weekend and of course, these Thursday night distractions are something that they have to deal with. They are in European action following their seventh-place finish in the Premier League last season. They open their new league season against Leicester on Sunday.
Pyunik v Wolves Tips & Odds
Wolves to win to nil at 4/5
Under 2.5 goals at 8/5
* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on August 5th, 2019 at 10:15 p.m.)
Pyunik v Wolves Predictions
Wolves to win: While we expect Wolves to win we would back under 2.5 goals. A 2-0 scoreline feels about right for Wolves here away from home. That leaves them in a wonderful position in this tie and there’s no reason to burn anything extra ahead of the first weekend of the new Premier League season. Wolves to win to nil.