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Lugano vs Malmo FF Prediction & Betting tips
The meeting between Lugano and Malmö is scheduled for Thursday evening in Group B of the Europa League in the AFG Arena in Sankt Gallen. The home club can almost certainly write European hibernation on its stomach, but visitors from Sweden are still in the race for a place in the knockout phase.
Lugano:
Lugano is in heavy weather. The Swiss only had one point left in their first three Europa League games, so European wintering is a matter of course. Realistically, the black and white can no longer afford any point loss in their remaining three group duels, which is an almost impossible task with FC Copenhagen, Dynamo Kiev and of course also Malmö.
It is not exactly running smoothly for Lugano in the Netherlands either. Last season the club finished in a creditable third place in the Swiss Super League, but this season the team is in eighth place and only thirteen points from as many games, just one point above the relegation zone. Because of the poor results, trainer Fabio Celestini was able to pack his bags one and a half week ago, after which Maurizio Jacobacci was loosened at third division Bellinzona. That change of coaches had an immediate effect, as last weekend the team won 1-2 at Lucerne. However, Lugano is not nearly out of relegation concerns, so there is a chance that Jacobacci will save some players on Thursday-evening for the squatter next weekend against Basel. In addition, the game against Malmö is not played in its own Stadio di Cornaredo, but the team moves to St. Gallen, about a two-hour drive from Lugano.
Malmo:
Malmö managed to beat Lugano 2-1 two weeks ago in front of his own crowd, and thanks to that win he is back in the race for European wintering. The Swedish top club is certainly one point behind the front runners FC Copenhagen and Dynamo Kiev, but since those teams are facing each other on Thursday evening, it will be thrown into the top two of group B in a new victory over Lugano.
Malmö can from now on focus entirely on the remaining matches in the group stage of the Europa League. The blue shirts did what they had to do in the last game round of the Swedish Allsvenskan with a 0-5 win over Orebro, but could not prevent Djurgarden from taking the Swedish league title by one more point. Missing the national championship was of course a bitter pill, but with twelve wins in the last sixteen official competitions, the form is a must.
Lugano vs Malmo FF head to head matches
24.10.19 EL Malmo FF Lugano 2 : 1