Peter Green - August 15, 2023
BATE Borisov vs Sheriff Tiraspol Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Europa League Qualification on Thursday, 17 August 2023.
The first leg of this match-up ended in a stunning 5-1 win for Sheriff Tiraspol. This win displays their strong improvement playing European competitions of late.
Going on, Sheriff’s Nigerian Midfielder Ankeye scored a brace in the first half itself to give a solid lead. They sealed a win with their Guineas striker Yansane’s brace which came in 93rd and 98th minute.
Going on, BATE Borisov have a very hard task even if they have the home advantage on Thursday as they are trailing 4 goals behind Sheriff.
They have met four times in the past. Both have won one apiece of those four matches.
Sheriff won the first leg of this match-up with a 5-1 ft score. Their last two meetings had goals over 2.5 ft.
BATE follows an average form at home. They lost three of their last five home outings across all competitions. Meanwhile, Sheriff follows a decent form on the road. They won three of their last five road trips.
Since their head to head clashes are in a tally, we expect a win for Sheriff against BATE Borisov on Thursday.
Sheriff Tiraspol have a strong attacking side. On the road, they have netted in 8 goals in the past three matches. Since BATE also owns a strong offensive line, we expect over 2.5 goals in this clash.
While scoring goals consistently, Sheriff have been letting in goals consistently on the road. The team leaked 5 goals in the last four away outings and with such a defensive line, we expect this match to have goals from both ends.
The first leg display have assured a qualification for Sheriff to the next stage of EL qualifiers. On top of that Sheriff’s recent away stats looks better than that of BATE Borisov at home.
Therefore, we like to place Sheriff Tiraspol to win as the main betting tip for this match. For the second tip, we like to place the over 2.5 goals tip.