Europa League: Goals Galore and Other Things to Look Out For

This week, fans will enjoy another Thursday of bumper action as the Europa League continues from where it stopped last week.

32 teams, fighting for a place in the next round, will battle it out for goals, a chance to overturn deficits and many more. The likes of Manchester United, AC Milan, Bayer Leverkusen and all will be in action later this week.

Last week, it rained goals in the Europa League. And this is one of the things to look out for this week if you’re putting your money action in this competition this week.

Goals Galore

Only one of the 16 games played last week finished without a goal. For Slavia Praha, holding Leicester City to a drab draw meant they can now try to sneak past the Foxes in England in the second leg.

For others, like Olympiakos, it will be more of complimenting what they started in the first leg. In their game against PSV, the Greek side scored four of the six goals witnessed in the game. The same number of goals were scored too when Molde and 1899 Hoffenheim clashed.

However, the Norwegians and the Germans shared the spoils in this one. This means all is up for grabs in the return leg of this fixture.

Manchester United, Rangers, Tottenham and Young Boys of Switzerland were the sides that also scored four in the first leg. With their fixtures anything but over, you can expect these sides to turn up the heat later this week.

Both Teams to Score

Only six of the 16 games played in the first leg of the Round of 32 Europa League games finished with only one team appearing on the score sheet.

Sides like RB Salzburg and Napoli and Braga failed to score in the first leg of their games. With elimination staring them in the face, they must now do all they can to ensure that the balls find their way into the next this week.

For teams that played out draws in the first leg, they fit in perfectly into this category that will be searching frantically for goals this week. Arsenal and AC Milan failed to finish off their opponents in the first leg.

Now, they must finish the task while also being wary of conceding goals to sides that already know how to score against them.

It’s all to play for when these 32 sides face each other this week. Progression in the competition is at stake, and the onus to win is bigger than ever. Which sides will rise to the top in this one?

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