Gabala take on the visitors Mainz in the round 2 match of Europa League group stage. The game will be played at Gabala City Stadium on Thursday, September 29th.
Gabala started their path in the group stage with 1-3 loss at Anderlecht. The hosts played three matches since then, recording three wins with 8-0 on aggregate. Gabala are showing consistent results at home and they are unbeaten at own arena since the middle of the match with nine wins in 13 matches. Gabala played four home fixtures in Europa League and recorded wins in all of them. Of course, the hosts are set for nothing less than another victory.
Mainz drew their first match of the group stage with Saint-Etienne. The German side showed end-to-end football pretty much in every game they played so far. The mandatory attribute of Mainz matches it that both teams scored in all eight games Mainz played so far this season. Mainz played four games on the round, recording two wins, one draw and one defeat. Mainz are rarely advance for eurocups and we can be sure they’ll try to show their best in Europa League.
Gabala and Mainz never met before in their history. Considering the football Mainz show this season, we can expect goals from both sides. Mainz record this season makes “over 2.0 goals” pick is the most reasonable as we will get return of the et in the worst case.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.0 goals.