Astra VS Genk BETTING TIPS (16.02.2017)
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PREVIEW & TIPS FOR Astra VS Genk
Astra and Genk face off against Stadionul Marin Anastasovici in a UEFA Europa League round of 16 tie. These two teams have never faced each other before, so this will be their first direct confrontation. In this meeting the home factor could play an important role, since both teams present significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.
The home side reach this stage of the UEFA Europa League (16 th finals) after finishing the group stage in Group E with 8 points. This is a team that curiously has more positive results than at home, since in the last 30 games it has 9 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses as a visitor, with 23 goals scored and 14 conceded; Against 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats in his stadium, with 22 goals scored and 17 conceded. In the last game he played for League I, he beat Targu Mures at home (1-0). In the last 4 home games for the UEFA Europa League, Astra have had 3 draws and 1 defeat.
For this competition, you have not won in your stadium for 4 games. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point as he has conceded goals in 6 of the last 8 games but his attack has regularly scored as he has scored goals in 6 of the last 8 games for this competition. In 8 games in this event, he suffered the first goal 4 times and only got 1 turnaround.
The Astra Ploiesti makes its game seventh in 2017, but only the second official, since the others were friendly. The team takes the field for the sixth consecutive time at home trying to maintain the performance that has shown until then, since it has lost only one of the last eleven games that played. The club qualified in the second position of Group E, whose leader was the strong Rome. As the host, they have played twenty-three games since the start of the season and did not score goals in just two of them, scoring 32 goals in the home period. The highlight of the club is the striker Niculae.
The visiting team arrives at this UEFA Europa League phase (16 th finals) after finishing the group stage in the 1st place of Group F with 12 points earned. This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when played with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games has recorded 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses as a visitor, with a total of 19 goals scored and 21 conceded; Against 11 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats in his stadium, with a total of 23 goals scored and 10 conceded. In the last game they played, for the Pro League, won the Sint-Truiden away by (0-3). In the last 6 away games for the UEFA Europa League, Genk has recorded 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. His attack has marked with great regularity, since he has always scored at least one goal in the last 10 games for this competition. This is a team that does not usually find it difficult to open the scoring: it scored the first goal in 10 of the last 12 UEFA Europa League games, of which 10 reached the interval in the lead in 9 and managed to maintain the lead until the end of the 90 ‘ At 8.
Genk enters the field for their tenth game in 2017, the first for the new phase of the Europa League, trying to maintain the good performance that has shown at the beginning of this year, having lost only two games. The Belgian team managed to qualify for the knockout stage of the continental tournament in the top position of Group F, beating even Athletic Bilbao. This season, which began in June 2016, the team has played thirty away games and failed to score goals in eight of them, scoring fifty-five goals in these games, which results in an average of 1.83 goals per game out of home. For this match, the coach must keep the team at 4-5-1 or at 4-3-3.
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This duel brings like protagonists two teams not well-known outside their respective countries, and that have not been able to realize good routes nor in the national championships. While Astra Ploiesti is in seventh place among fourteen teams in the Romanian Championship, Genk occupy the same position in the Belgian Championship, home to sixteen clubs. The two teams are not among the biggest of their countries and they are leaving to be desired. However, Genk seems to have a slightly more qualified squad, in addition to playing a championship with a higher level than the Romanian. Thus, we expect a balanced game, the draw being a good betting option, but with the favoritism for the visitors.
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