Bordeaux - Gent Prediction, Picks and Tips
Bordeaux and Gent measured at Stade Matmut-Atlantique, in a return match of this UEFA Europa League (Play-offs) phase, after a (0-0) draw in the first leg. The history of recent direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which records 1 win and 1 draw in the last 2 matches. In this match the home factor may be decisive, since the Gent presents considerable differences in his results at home and as a visitor.
The home team comes to this return match after a goalless draw as a visitor, so in case of victory will confirm the qualification to the next phase. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 9 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in away matches, with 24 goals scored and 12 conceded; against 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses at their stadium, with 23 goals scored and 16 conceded. In the last match they played, for the League 1, they won against AS Monaco at home (2-1). In the last 10 home matches Bordeaux has won 7, tied 1 and lost 2. For this competition, he does not lose 5 games. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 4 of the last 5 matches for this competition. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 5 home matches for all competitions: they have scored 4 of their 6 goals between minutes (46'-60 '). Bordeaux is a club that has conquered Ligue 1 (French Championship) six times, with the last title expired in 2008/09, as well as four titles of the Coupe de France, won for the last time in 2012/13, and three of the Coupe de la Ligue de France. In this season, the French team is occupying the fifteenth position of the national championship, after only three rounds played so far and has gone through two rivals in the previous phases of the Europa League, Ventspils and Illychivets Mariupol. In the last five games that Bordeaux played at home, in four they scored more than 1.5 goals. We believe that in this confrontation, to be playing at home and be a decisive match, Bordeaux will start for the attack and will have conditions to score goals in the first half.
The away team comes to this second leg after a goalless draw with the advantage of not having suffered goals at home in the first leg. This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 10 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in away matches, with 40 goals scored and 14 conceded; against 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses at their stadium, with 23 goals scored and 13 suffered. In the last match they played, for the Pro League, they beat Lokeren at home by (2-1). In the last 10 away matches Gent has 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches. The Gent is a club that was already champion of the 1st Klasse (Belgian Championship), a title that won in the 2014/15 season, in addition to having won the Belgian Super Cup in the following season. In the 2018/19 season of the 1st Klasse, the team is in the sixth position. Already in the Europa League 2018/19, in the previous phase Gent eliminated the Jagiellonia Bialystok by 4x1 in the aggregate (0x1 and 3x1). Now, in this phase that precedes the group stage of the Europa League 2018/19, in the first home match drew 0x0 with Bordeaux and will have to visit Bordeaux in France, looking to score goals, as a draw with goals It classifies you. Therefore, we believe that the game will have a closed first half, but it should be more open in the second half.
Our recommendation tip for Bordeaux - Gent : Bordeaux to win @ 1.90