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The Friends Arena in Solna is the scene of the return in the play-offs of the Europa League between AIK and Celtic on Thursday evening. Celtic travels to Sweden with a comfortable 2-0 lead from the first leg, so AIK will try to tighten the thumbscrews right from the first whistle.
AIK:
The Swedish champion AIK managed to qualify twice for the group stage of a major European tournament in the past, and is in danger of catching up with European football again this season. The team of Rikard Norling will have to clear a 2-0 deficit from the first match on Thursday evening in the own Friends Arena in Solna. A tough task, although midfielder Nabil Bahoui still believes in a happy ending: “With the support of our fans, anything is possible.”
Nevertheless, I see the chances of AIK gloomily, especially because the Swedes failed to produce an away goal last week. The Swedes had little to crumble in milk at Celtic Park, although they might have had to get a penalty after a charge on Bahoui. Routers such as Seb Larsson, Henok Goitom, and Kolbeinn Sigthorsson will have to stand in the return. Club top scorer Tarik Elyounoussi fell out in the first half last weekend in the 1-3 victory over Östersunds, but according to Norling there is nothing wrong: “I have everyone at my disposal.”
Celtic:
Celtic is already in the group stage of the Europa League thanks to the nice 2-0 victory of last week. The Scottish champion has been strongly criticized recently, after the surprising elimination in the preliminary rounds of the Champions League against the Romanian Cluj and the cramped victory after extra time in the cup match against the insignificant Dunfermline Athletic. Against AIK, however, The Hoops were lord and master, and James Forrest and Odsonne Edouard provided a well-deserved win. “The only reproach that we can make ourselves is that we have not scored any more goals,” said trainer Neil Lennon. “However, I am not worried. We have a comfortable lead, plus I also see ourselves scoring in the return. ” In the case of a Scottish hit, this diptych is of course definitively decided, because then AIK would have to score at least four times in order to continue to the group stage of the Europa League.
So Celtic is very fond of roses, but Lennon will undoubtedly also bring in a strong basic eleven again in the return. After all, the green and white will not leave anything to chance, because a season without European football would be disastrous in both sporting and financial terms. Nevertheless, the visitors will not want to waste too much energy on Thursday evening, because this coming weekend the whole of Glasgow and the surrounding area will once again be under the spell of the Old Firm, or the always laden city derby between Rangers and Celtic. It is therefore quite possible that Celtic will take back some gas as soon as it has an away goal.
AIK vs Celtic head to head matches
22.08.19 EL Celtic AIK 2 : 0
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| Selection odds: | 2,20 |
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