Anderlecht vs PAOK Thessaloniki FC Prediction and Betting Suggestions

Anderlecht welcome PAOK Thessaloniki FC to Lotto Park in Brussels for the second leg of their UEFA Europa League third qualifying spherical tie on Thursday. The primary leg at Toumba Stadium in Thessaloniki ended 1-0 to Anderlecht because of a first-minute objective from Mihajlo Cvetkovic.

That consequence places Anderlecht in a constructive place forward of this second leg at residence for the Belgian membership.

De Mauve completed final season’s Belgian Professional League in fourth place, incomes them a spot within the second spherical of the Europa League qualifiers, the place they have been drawn to face Swedish aspect Hammarby FF.

Vítor Bruno’s aspect gained 4-2 on mixture, drawing 1-1 within the first leg in Sweden earlier than securing a 3-1 victory at residence.

Anderlecht are very skilled at this stage, having performed 41 seasons within the UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup, and profitable the UEFA Cup title again within the 1982-83 season, beating Benfica 2-1 on mixture in a two-legged closing.

In the meantime, PAOK Thessaloniki FC completed third final season within the Greek Tremendous League, securing Europa League qualification with 64 factors from 32 matches.

They entered the qualifiers within the second spherical, defeating Ukraine’s Dynamo Kyiv 5-2 on mixture because of a 3-2 win away and a 2-0 victory at residence.

Alessio Lisci’s workforce will probably be decided to make a comeback after shedding the primary leg of this tie at residence, as they hope to qualify for the league part/group stage of the match for the thirteenth time.

The profitable aspect on this tie will advance to the UEFA Europa League play-off spherical, whereas the losers will drop to the UEFA Convention League play-off spherical.

Anderlecht vs PAOK Thessaloniki FC head-to-head stats and key numbers

Anderlecht and PAOK Thessaloniki FC have performed one another twice earlier than, as soon as in a pleasant and as soon as in aggressive motion.
Final week’s 1-0 win for Anderlecht was their first aggressive match, however that they had performed a pleasant again in June 2018, which the Greek and Belgian sides drew 2-2.
Anderlecht have gained the Europa League’s predecessor, the UEFA Cup, again in 1983, whereas PAOK have by no means gained Europe’s second-tier membership competitors.