UEFA Europa League – Anderlecht V Athletic Bilbao Betting Picks
Posted on February 25, 2010 by John Trevors for Luckyroom.com
Anderlecht is hosting the second leg match against Athletic Bilbao tonight at 18:00 GMT for the Europa League stage of 32. In the first match a week ago Anderlecht managed to secure an away draw by 1-1 score. The Belgians are going into this game having high expectations after the encouraging result of the first match. They are leading at their domestic league with a seven point margin thus allowing the team to remain focused on the European journey. Anderlecht will play in front of a packed home stadium having a full squad with a clear aim not to concede. On the other hand, Athletic Bilbao is performing above expectations is the Primera division occupying the 7th position which leads to next year’s UEFA Europa League. Athletic’s manager Caparos is pleased to see the return of some key players like Yeste, Kastiyio, Martinez and Orbaiz. The team is expected to be deployed with an attacking line-up formation as they would like to score as soon as possible.
This is a match that both teams will do whatever possible to progress to the next stage as virtually this is the only active target at this time. Anderlecht is leading the Belgium championship where only four games are left, while Athletic is four points above Getafe and firmly holds the last spot that leads to European qualification.
The online sports books tag the Anderlecht as slight favorites for this game as they offer the home win around 2.30. However, a further analysis indicate that Athletic is more likely to score than Anderlecht if the match stays to below 2.5 goals while the odds are changing in favor of Anderlecht that this will be the team that will score 2 goals. The fact is that if in the game a goal is scored then there will many more than will follow. Our betting pick for this match is the Over 2.5 goals. The offered odd for this bet is around to 2.00. If you want to risk further then choose one of the 2-1 (9.00) or the 1-2 (11.00) as those correct scores look as potential winners.
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