AEK Athens FC (Gre) – Wolfsburg (Ger) Picks & Prediction Picks & Prediction
AEK Athens FC (Gre) - Wolfsburg (Ger) Prediction, Picks and Taips
On Thursday, starting with 19:45, the match AEK Athens - Wolfsburg, from the Europa League play-off will be played. The two teams have never met in European competitions, thus being a duel for the first time. If AEK Athens has 4 appearances in the Europa League groups (last in the 2017/2018 season), Wolfsburg has participated in groups only in the previous season.
AEK Athens hopes to return to the Europa League groups, where it was last in the 2017/2018 season. In the previous season, the Greeks were eliminated in the play-off by Trabzonspor, after a 3-1 home defeat, followed by a victory with only 2-0 in Turkey, thus counting the 3 external successes. In the 3rd preliminary round, AEK Athens passed St. Gallen, a team from Switzerland, score 1-0 away, in a match dominated by the hosts. The students of Massimo Carrera, former Italian coach at Juventus and Spartak Moscow, started the new season in Greece with two victories, 2-0 with Panetolikos and 3-0 with Lamia.
On the other hand, Wolfsburg got clear victories in the first two preliminary rounds, 4-0 with Kukesi away and 2-0 at home with Desna. The "Wolves" also played two domestic stages, in the Bundesliga, ticking two draws, 0-0 with Leverkusen and 1-1 with Freiburg. Oliver Glasner's students reached the eighth Europa League last season, being eliminated by Sahtior Donetk. In the group of which he was part, Wolfsburg obtained 11 points from the disputes with Gent, St. Etienne and Oleksandriya.
In the history of the club, Wolfsburg has never met an opponent from Greece in the European cups. If Olympiakos Piraeus and PAOK Thessaloniki impressed in the Champions League preliminaries, AEK Athens seems to be one step lower. However, Wolfsburg is favored and fully connected to qualify for the group stage.
-AEK Athens won 12 titles of champion of Greece;
-The "yellow-blacks" have 4 present in the Europa League groups;
-Wolfsburg won German title (2008);
-The "wolves" qualified twice in the Europa League groups;
Our recommendation tip for AEK Athens FC (Gre) - Wolfsburg (Ger) : Wolfsburg to win @ 2.05