Thursday, August 29, starting at 6:30 pm, Antwerp will meet Alkmaar in the Europa League playoff. In the round, the score was 1-1. The Bölöni-led team opened the scoring through D. Batubinsika in the 38th minute, and the Dutch team equalized to 1 through M. Boadu in the 82nd minute. It is worth noting that Antwerp evolved with a man less than the 73rd minute.
Very important is the aspect that the goal received by Alkmaar in the first half, was the only one collected in 7 official matches played in all competitions. On the other side, we should note that neither Antwerp has scored in the last 2 matches played on its own ground, 2-0 with Antwerp and 1-0 against Plzen.
It should also be mentioned that L. Bölöni has an offensive couple who impressed in this season start in the domestic competition. Antwerp collected 9 points in the first 4 rounds, and D. Mbokani (5 goals) and L. Refalov (4 goals) managed to score 9 of the team’s 11 successes.
Both teams did not play in the domestic competition last weekend and in these conditions the footballers of the two teams should be rested. There are high chances to see a balanced match, not very spectacular and because it is a decisive match for qualifying, we should see a few cards. In the tour there were 9 yellow and one red, and in these conditions we bet at least 5 cards shown by the Greek A. Sidiropoulos.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,74
