Slavia Prague vs Anderlecht prediction: EUROPE: Europa League – League phase betting tips on match 2024-12-11 20:00.
[p]Matchday six in the UEFA Europa League (UEL) takes on greater significance for Slavia Prague, who are at risk of being cut adrift from the qualification places if their three-match losing streak in the competition continues. Encouragingly then, the Red and Whites have never lost four successive games in this competition, and as their previous three defeats all came by a single-goal margin, morale shouldn’t be too low as they welcome Anderlecht.[/p]
[p]Spirits have been boosted by three consecutive domestic wins – coincidentally also coming by one-goal margins – that have helped Slavia establish a ten-point advantage at the Czech summit. That’s down in no small part to a formidable record on home soil in 2024 (W19, D2, L3), yet ominously, two of those defeats came in the UEL, including in their most recent outing in the competition against Fenerbahçe in which they gave up the lead to lose 2-1![/p]
[p]Visitors Anderlecht enter the round just two points adrift of the league phase summit after an unbeaten start (W3, D2), but with those draws coming in their last two outings, they’ll also be keen to rediscover some momentum. Regardless, those results form part of a nine-match unbeaten run stretching back to late October (W6, D3), but they’ve had to show resilience along the way, coming from behind to avoid defeat in three of the last four games therein.[/p]
[p]David Hubert’s men should make for confident travellers as they look to build on a flawless 100% winning record against Slavia (W4). More broadly, Anderlecht have won 11 of their last 12 meetings against Czech opposition (D1), including each of the last eight, so they’re bound to be confident of extending their longest unbeaten away run in the UEL in over a decade (W2, D2).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Midfielder Lukáš Provod was inspirational at the weekend, scoring and assisting in a 2-1 comeback victory for Slavia in the league. He’ll look to carry that momentum into the UEL – a competition he’s experiencing a 16-match scoring drought in! Full-back Moussa N’Diaye has proven a dangerous attacking commodity of late, directly contributing to two goals in his last four appearances (G1, A1), assisting Anderlecht’s equaliser against Porto on matchday five.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Excluding own goals, Anderlecht have had more different goal scorers than any other team in the UEL (nine).[/p]
[p][i]Written by Ryan Fisher[/i][/p]