Topic: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season - page 229. (Read 58988 times)

Considering their last five matches performance in their domestic leagues, Prague have good performance than AC Milan because they won two and drew two and lost one, while Milan won Two and lost two with one draw.
But the quality of the teams are not in the same level and the quality of the league they are playing as well, that’s why AC Milan flopped them in the first 4-2 at home, and I am very sure they will beat them again today to qualify for the next round.

Rangers vs Benfica
Aggregate 2-2

Rangers StartXI: 4-2-3-1
Jack Butland; James Tavernier; Connor Goldson; John Souttar; Rıdvan Yılmaz; Mohammed Diomande; John Lundstram; Scott Wright; Tom Lawrence; Fábio Silva; Cyriel Dessers

Benfica StartXI: 4-2-3-1
Anatoliy Trubin; Alexander Bah; António Silva; Nicolás Otamendi; Fredrik Aursnes; João Neves; Florentino Luís; Ángel Di María; Rafa Silva; David Neres; Marcos Leonardo


West Ham vs SC Freiburg
Aggregate 0-1

West Ham StartXI: 4-2-3-1
Łukasz Fabiański; Vladimír Coufal; Konstantinos Mavropanos; Kurt Zouma; Aaron Cresswell; Tomáš Souček; Edson Álvarez; Mohammed Kudus; Jarrod Bowen; Lucas Paquetá; Michail Antonio

SC Freiburg StartXI: 4-1-4-1
Noah Atubolu; Kiliann Sildillia; Matthias Ginter; Manuel Gulde; Christian Günter; Nicolas Höfler; Ritsu Doan; Maximilian Eggestein; Lucas Höler; Vincenzo Grifo; Roland Sallai


Villarreal vs Marseille
Aggregate 0-4

Villarreal StartXI: 4-4-2
Pepe Reina; Kiko Femenía; Eric Bailly; Aïssa Mandi; Jorge Cuenca; Francis Coquelin; Étienne Capoue; Dani Parejo; Gonçalo Guedes; Gerard Moreno; Alexander Sørloth

Marseille StartXI: 4-4-2
Pau López; Bamo Meïté; Chancel Mbemba; Leonardo Balerdi; Quentin Merlin; Jonathan Clauss; Geoffrey Kondogbia; Azzedine Ounahi; Jordan Veretout; Iliman Ndiaye; Ismaïla Sarr


Slavia Praha vs AC Milan
Aggregate 2-4

Slavia Praha StartXI: 4-2-3-1
Jindřich Staněk; Tomáš Vlček; Igoh Ogbu; David Zima; Ondřej Zmrzlý; Tomáš Holeš; Oscar Dorley; David Doudera; Lukáš Provod; Conrad Wallem; Mojmir Chytil

AC Milan StartXI: 4-2-3-1
Mike Maignan; Davide Calabria; Matteo Gabbia; Fikayo Tomori; Theo Hernández; Yacine Adli; Yunus Musah; Christian Pulišić; Ruben Loftus-Cheek; Rafael Leão; Olivier Giroud

which of this match is your favourite

Yeah AC Milan must be careful because Slavia Prague can give a surprise they scored 2 goals while playing away and today they play at home this means that Slavia Prague has more support and motivation today, AC Milan is indeed 2 goals ahead and only needs a draw in this match but I'm sure the scenario is not that easy because Slavia Prague can be relied upon when playing at home. I personally predict there will be many goals at least 3-4 goals like in the first leg, the question is can Slavia Prague restore the situation?

The only advantage for AC Milan in this fight is that they have more experience and they can use it in any situation, I hope the fierce battle will occur so that we see both teams scoring each other and that's one of my parlay bets, both teams to score Yes. Odds 1.67 for this bet not bad especially for parlay bet.

After Braga's disqualification from the Europa League and Porto's from the UCL, there are now 2 Portuguese teams left in European competitions

Although Sporting are in a better phase, Benfica have a better chance of qualifying today, at least in my opinion. But 2 difficult games, for the 4 teams involved (Atalanta and Rangers))
I'm rooting for the 2 Portuguese teams to qualify and I've even placed my bet on the 2 hehe, but with a simple bet on the win

Sporting to qualify - 2.80 odds
Benfica to qualify - 1.75 odds

Ah ... I am not very interested in the Milan match even though Slavia Prague was able to make 2 goals in Leg 1. AC Milan came not to lose and let Slavia Prague qualify.
For me, tickets to qualify will be their property.

Worth the wait is the Bayern Leverkusen vs Qarabag match. What surprise that Bayern Leverkusen will make in this match is still a mystery even though 80% I am sure the Xabi Alonso team will qualify.
Then the West Ham United vs Freiburg match will be interesting than the AC Milan match.

Slavia Prague might make it difficult for Milan to win, but Milan doesn't need to score a goal, just holding a goalless draw, Milan is certain to qualify, I think we know that Slavia Prague's two goals at Milan's home ground are not something to worry about, I think Milan can Overcoming that, in the second leg match, at least they have scored four goals in the first leg match and I am sure that Milan will qualify for the next round. My prediction is that Slavia Prague will probably play with high tension to be able to score more goals against Milan.

MIlan have of course corrected their previous mistake in the first leg match where they had to concede two goals and it is possible that in today's second leg match they will guard closely against Slavia Prague so that they cannot score a goal in today's second leg match, it is possible that Milan will play cautiously. be careful tonight and will not score as much as before and focus also on their defensive side, my prediction is also that Milan will win narrowly against Slavia Prague, even though they are playing away from home it seems Milan knows how to score goals against Slavia Prague, the betting market of course favoring MIlan too.

Milan have a 2-4 aggregate advantage in today's second leg, so I think it's safe to say Milan is very comfortable for this match. Milan should not be under pressure in this match considering their superiority, but they just have to avoid the mistakes that gave Slavia Prague a comeback at home.

Slavia Prague has a home advantage that Milan should not underestimate, but considering that Milan has a large aggregate advantage, Milan should be the favorite to win the match. Milan is in good form heading into the game, so I'm not worried about his chances today either. In my opinion, there are several favorite teams to go through today, including Milan, Roma, Marseille, Liverpool and Leverkusen. It is difficult to predict the results of the other 3 matches, but some teams may have the upper hand at home.

Or, AS Roma really underperformed apart from being given a red card. so, Brighton has a chance to score at least 4 goals without reply. thus, the match will continue into extra time. moreover, if Brighton is able to beat AS Roma with a score of more than 5 goals without reply. unfortunately, this seems to be difficult to achieve. referring to what you said, as far as I can see regarding AS Roma, De Rossi always uses an offensive system. well, because AS Roma has won with an aggregate of 4 goals in this match. I'm quite curious what strategy De Rosi will use in this match.

However, if I refer to the line-up of the two teams, it seems that both teams will use the same pattern. From the side of the two players, both Brighton and AS Roma, it seems that some of their core players will not be strengthened. so, this match is a little difficult for AS Roma in my opinion. moreover, if you refer to the betting market, Brighton is more favored in this match. Brighton with odds @1.78, while AS Roma @4.10. explain, there are differences based on odds. my estimate, this match will be quite exciting. my opinion, this match will be won by the home team but with a narrow score. In the end, AS Roma still qualified for the next round.

Milan is a very experienced team. They certainly won't take Slavia Prague lightly. Slavia Prague lost the first leg match but their performance was good enough. Slavia Prague players managed to score two goals at Milan's home. So it is only natural that Slavia Prague will be more confident of their home ground. The Milan team is ahead by 2 goals. However, if Milan's defense does not play well in today's match, it will not be easy for them to qualify for the next round. From the start of the match, Milan's players have to play carefully and keep the defense tight.



Milan have no chance of winning the Serie A title. So this team will definitely want to win the Europa League title now. So Milan players will definitely try to win today's match. If Milan play attacking strategy in today's match then I think they can win the match. Because Slavia Prague's attack is somewhat strong, but the defense of this team is quite shaky. If Milan's attack plays well, they can easily break Slavia Prague's defense.

Slavia Prague played very well away at Milan... They had a lot of chances, but they couldn't score more than two goals, but two goals in Milan is still a lot... I think there will be great football in Prague today... Probably one of the most interesting matches for me today...

AC Milan's 4-2 aggregate victory over Slavia Prague should not make today's Milan troops underestimate Slavia Prague who play at home, in the previous match even Slavia Prague was able to make AC Milan very difficult and even several times Slavia prague managed to create great opportunities to score, but the intensity of the game from Slavia Prague slightly decreased after one of the Slavia players was shown a red card in the match and made AC Milan able to dominated the first leg match.

But I think maybe today AC Milan will not easily face the game later because both teams will have the same number of players, so most likely Slavia will be able to make Intermilan work hard enough to secure their lead throughout the game, I have seen some videos of Slavia Prague games in the league that turned out to be very impressive,  In addition, it turns out that they have a good record when playing at home when facing Italian teams and maybe that will be a motivation for them to make a comeback And make Milan feel the same fate as Lazio, Napoli and Intermilan who have been eliminated from European competition this season.

One thing with all this mediocre teams from not too recognized countries is that they will perform so well in their respective leagues but when they are faced with European competitions, they begin to shake and end so quickly but notwithstanding, Slavia Prague as I watched their first match with AC Milan, played very well just that the experience of always making it to European competitions and having a good champions league record made AC Milan have an edge over Slavia Prague but believe me that AC Milan wouldn't still give them a chance at all regardless of the fact that they are playing at their home ground.

AC Milan seems to have lost the battle for a league title in the Serie A, therefore they would play this Europa league with all alacrity so i see AC Milan winning Slavia Prague again but nevertheless, Slavia Prague did an impressive job by staying in the Europa league till this very stage.

Yes, Slavia Prague should not be taken lightly as the key to AC Milan's victory in tonight's match.
Even though they are leading 2-0 on aggregate, this could happen if AC Milan is careless and not focused, especially since Slavia Prague are playing at home, of course there is more motivation for them to be able to equalize or even turn things around. .
Even though it's not easy, I'm sure AC Milan can overcome it. If AC Milan loses and fails to advance to the next round, this will be a big blow for the Italian team, because everyone knows that in the Champions League there are no longer representatives from Italy, so I as a Seria A fan hope that the Italian team will win. can advance further in European league competitions

It is hard to imagine how these teams that are four goals behind will go into those games and try to play their game. Sometimes I am tempted to go for over under bets, but it's risky as these games also get very boring and nothing happens at times. But the teams have to open up their defenses and give space to their opponents who are sitting on a comfortable lead and can just wait for counter attacks.

Marseille has a remarkable result and Roma too. If someone asked me whether I believe that Roma will be beat Brighton at home 4-0, I would have said it is never gonna happen. An amazing result for De Rossi and the next round is safe (should be safe ).

AC Milan, AS Roma, Liverpool and Marseille these teams in the comfortable position because in the first leg they can able to win with big scores against their opponents so certainly they will be qualified to the next round and the matches against their opponents today is not too important anymore for them so i assume some of the teams above will playing with their reserved players because their position is safe and for Leverkusen too although in the first leg they only playing draw from Qarabag but today i am sure Leverkusen will beat Qarabag without any problem even my prediction is Leverkusen will win with big scores

Besides the teams above i was interested to see the match between Rangers vs Benfica this because this season Benfica performance at Champion League is compeletely messed up because to finish at 3rd place of group standings Benfica have win in the last match of group stages and for the first leg of round of 16 too at that time Benfica status as the favourite but they failed to win from Rangers and indeed if we see from head to head statistics both teams has been met 3 times at European Competitions and they have to playing draw from those matches but i think today will be so different because in my opinion Rangers have good chances to win this match and qualified to the quarterfinal stage

Ac Milan are the favorite to win today's matches because of the leading goals they have secured, even though Slavia Prague always have a good performance when playing home game this time around they can withstand Ac Milan pressure because of their consistent performance this season, I know Slavia Prague have defeated team they hosted in Europa League, I don't have any worries for Ac Milan for not qualifying, I fill confidence for them due to their performance.

Milan needs to put in extra work to their efforts. Their advancement in the European cup is very much a good push for them in terms of their confidence building but there's been times of less ball performances which takes till on them and it's causing setbacks in their Serie A race. This season though, they weren't really much of a strengthened team with increasing tempo as before but they tried to win games. All hope isn't lost for them as they've still got chances against lesser teams and their next league opponents. They're a good side but it'll take something extra to be a better side. For now, they've got to strive to stay in shape and in the right spot on the league table.

 There are still weeks to go, no one knows if a change can be effected to the standings, one just has to look out for every team's performance. In all their strides, they never should forget that they're in huge competitive battle in the Serie A league and every moment and game count, so they've got no leisure to slack or relax or draw back in their efforts too.Though Milan's injury cases caused loopholes in the certainty of them progressing in the European contest. They have to fight to conquer the round of 16 phase and there's a neutral probability that they'll advance in the contest.

 They're currently at a time that they'd need to put in more proactive solutions to help them out of their current predicament. In their domestic league as well, they have not really been up and doing as they're known for, their matches can't even be confidently predicted because they're lagging behind. They're not currently the Ac Milan that we know. The coach himself is experienced with them therefore there's a probability that he'd rectify the default in no time but they really have to up their game if they want to progress through this season without issue.

AC Milan is indeed very favourite, Agg's 2 goal lead of course makes Milan play more confidently but I don't think that Milan should underestimate their opponent and consider this match not that important because Slavia Prague is a team worth considering at the moment with its impressive performance shown so far and also the match that will be played at Slavia Prague's home ground will certainly make them more confident with the support of their supporters.
I think AC MIlan still has to look at this match carefully even though they are ahead in the first leg because anything is still possible.

Here are Slavia home records in the Europa competition since 2023,

Slavia Praha vs Dnipro 3-0
Slavia Praha vs Zorya Luhansk 2-0
Slavia Praha vs Sheriff Tiraspol 6-0
Slavia Praha vs AS Roma 2-0
Slavia Praha vs Servette FC 4-0

Slavia away records in Europe competition are bad, they mostly lost when away but look at their 100% winning percentage + clean sheet at home since 2023.
Based on their previous games, its not wise to underestimate Slavia like that. Even Pioli must be already prepare a special defensive strategy for the 2nd leg.

I'm sure Pioli got cocky after leading by two goals in aggregates against Slavia praha. Acimlan shall never underestimate their opponents, even if they are leading by two goals. Acmilan will win if the club matches its performance from the first leg.
The pressure that Acmilan will put on Slavia will be enormous, especially after losing two goal aggregates against Roma.

Slavia has good odds here, and the chance for Slavia to win the game remains exist as long as the club does not bottle up any momentous events that will occur in the match soon.

Here are the odds.

Slavia @ 3.05.

Draw @3.70

Acmilan @ 2.27.

Milan is favored to win the game, but because this is a home game for Slavia, it is clear that picking Slavia is far more likely for me to win the game than Acmilan. Acmilan's performance was poor again in the last serie A match.
It kept missing three points. Acmilan's performance in serie A is so bad, despite the fact that it is still at the top.