Arsenal faces Benfica in the second leg of the Europa League 1/16 finals. The match will be played on Thursday, February 25th at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium (Piraeus)
Arsenal is rather mediocre in the current season of the Premier League and closes the top ten. Scoring indicators are so-so - 31-26 after 25 games. Have the Gunners scored 20 goals in the Europa League group? Yes, they scored, but let's see against whom they played in the group... Austrian Rapid has long ceased to be a grandee even in its championship. Norwegian Molde, which is not against open football. And the Irish Dundalk. Well, you can score 20 or more goals in six matches against such rivals! By the way, the British scored against Dundalk more than a third of their goals, namely, seven.
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Benfica failed its championship, and it is even out of the top three. In the group, the Eagles took 2nd place and showed rather scoring football (a goal difference was 18-9). But again, the opponents were such that Benfica could surpass the performance indicators by one and a half times - the Polish Lech, the Belgian Standard, and the Scottish Rangers.
The teams played their first match in Rome, and the second will be played in Greece. Opponents predictably acted cautiously. The first half ended in a goalless draw, and the teams exchanged goals in the second one (one goal was scored from the penalty spot). Nevertheless, the Gunners have an advantage of the away goal, and a goalless draw will allow them to advance to the next round. And how will their coach Arteta play in Piraeus? That's right, he will close all the locks. The Spaniard will probably use his usual 4-2-3-1 scheme, where Aubameyang or Lacazette will loom at the helm alone (or even somewhere in the central circle). And the rest will beat off the attacks of the Portuguese. It will probably lead to a low-scoring match, and one or two goals will decide its outcome. It will not be surprising if they again arrange a draw and not necessarily a scoring one. Both opponents are far from their best shape, and it is much easier to destroy than to create in such a state.
Prediction for the match: Under 3.0 goals scored
