Peter Green - November 5, 2018
Vorskla vs Qarabag FK
Europe – UEFA Europa League
Date: Thursday, 8th November 2018
Kick-off at 20.00 UK/ 21.00 CET
Venue: Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium (Poltava).
Group E seems to have their fate almost decided with both Arsenal and Sporting having higher chances to progress to knockouts. The bottom two teams battle it out in the fourth matchday of UEFA Europa League. Vorskla hosts Qarabag at the Butovsky Vorskla Stadium this Thursday.
The hosts are placed at the third spot with three points from their three matches. They registered two wins and a loss in these ties. Their sole win came against the bottom-most team in the group, and the opponents for this match, Qarabag FK. They managed to score four goals and conceded six.
Qarabag lost all three of their matches so far in the competition. They couldn’t score a single goal yet despite having 270 minutes of playing time. Qarabag conceded six goals in the process, an average of two goals per game.
Vorskla won their league match last weekend against Lviv, while on the road, with two first-half goals. They managed to keep a clean sheet for themselves too.
Qarabag too comes into this match after securing a win against SumQayit, the final scoreline reading 2-0, in favor of the hosts.
The hosts seem pretty confident to take the available three points from this fixture. The reverse tie was won by a solitary goal, by the team from Ukraine. If Sporting is defeated by Arsenal on Thursday, and Vorskla wins this match, they will be on level terms with Sporting, and their positions would be determined on the basis of goal difference.
Qarabag too will be wanting to leave their mark on this competition and will not want to go down without a fight. Expect a tough match this week in the Europa League.
The safe and reasonable choice is the Draw No Bet option for Vorskla but brave bettors could go for Vorskla to win @ 2.60 (8/5).
Qarabag has not scored a single goal so far, and the trend will likely be executed this match too.