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AEK Athens FC vs Leicester Prediction & Betting tips
In the Europa League Group G there were no surprises at the start of the group. While Sporting Braga celebrated a home win over AEK Athens, Leicester City prevailed against Zorya Luhansk. On the second day of the match, the Foxes from Leicester will be on their way to Greece. As the odds comparison of the betting base shows, the English are, as expected, in the role of favorites in the second group game.
If the Foxes appear again as best as possible, AEK Athens will probably not see a country. LCFC coach Brendan Rodgers will certainly make some changes in the squad after the exhausting top game against the Gunners from London last weekend.
Nevertheless, there should be enough quality to master the second task in the Europa League. In addition to our analysis of the game between the Athenians and the guests from Leicester, further betting tips for the second most important European Cup can be found in the Europa League Tips betting base section.
AEK Athens:
AEK Athens started the group stage of this year’s Europa League with a defeat last week. Although the Énosis was able to keep up with the Portuguese group rivals over long distances, the desired point gain in Braga did not materialize. The home game against the group favorites from England is now on the second matchday.
AEK Athens is clearly in the outsider role. As can be seen from the table of form, the Greeks have not presented themselves from the best side in the last few weeks. Before the upcoming home game against the Foxes, Massimo Carrera’s team ended the ongoing crisis and won again for the first time after three competitive games.
The away win at PAS Giannina, the eighth of the table in the Super League, should not be praised too highly, especially since the home side were denied two goals in the course of the game. At home, the Carrera-Elf want to build on the home strength of last season, when AEK Athens recorded a record of 10-6-2 in 18 home games.
When it comes to the home record on the international stage, the statistics from the national competitions should not be overrated. AEK Athens has only won three home games in the last 18 home games in the premier class and the Europa League. The Énosis booked one of them in this year’s play-off round against VfL Wolfsburg, when the ticket for the EL group stage was solved with a 2-1 win.
In addition, AEK Athens vs. Leicester City’s record against English clubs also does not really allow for a prediction in favor of the Carrera-Elf. In the ten games against English teams, the yellow-blacks have only won three wins. However, seven of the ten games were lost.
The 56-year-old Italian head coach from AEK will continue to have three serious failures against Leicester City with Garcia, Szymanski and Simoes. Big changes in the starting XI are not expected on Thursday evening.
Leicester:
Opinions are divided about the start of the Foxes season so far. Leicester City not only scored maximum points on the first three match days of the Premier League 2020/21, but also celebrated an impressive away win at Manchester City (5-2). Then, surprisingly, last year’s fifth in the Premier League buckled and lost the good starting position in the Premier League table.
After two defeats against West Ham (0: 3) and Aston Villa (0: 1), the break in the top game against Arsenal followed last weekend. The Foxes prevailed 1-0 at the Gunners and thus also returned the favor for the EFL Cup defeat almost a month ago. Coach Rodgers now wants to take that momentum with him into the Europa League.
At the start of the group, the Foxes prevailed against Zorya Luhansk last week. Although the Rodgers-Elf were the clearly superior team, the Ukrainians were given freedom by the Premier League club, which was not used effectively by Zorya. On the international stage, Leicester celebrated their fifth home win in their sixth home game.
Brendan Rodgers will make some changes after the big game against Arsenal. Among other things, players like Vardy and Ünder can be expected to start playing, both of whom were only used against Arsenal in the second half.
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| Prediction: | Leicester to win |
| Selection odds: | 1,75 |
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