Hello! So, we have a week finals. Today will be held the final match of the Europa League in Baku with the participation of Chelsea and Arsenal. And on Saturday, the fiery finals of the Champions League Liverpool - Tottenham. English clubs this season surpassed themselves, both European club trophies will go to England, but if the UEFA Cup will definitely go to London, then we will know where the Champions League Cup will go on Saturday. And now there is a slight preview of the London derby of the Europa League final.
Chelsea had high hopes for Maurizio Sarri before the start of this season and, in general, the work of the Italian specialist can be called successful. "Pensioners" finished third in the Premier League. In the championship race, Chelsea did not take part, 25 points behind Liverpool, but got a ticket to the Champions League that in the current situation, when team leaders led by Eden Hazard are eager to leave London, can be considered a success. Chelsea also fought in the League Cup final with Manchester City and only lost on penalties to the “citizens”. In the Europa League, Chelsea was lucky; they had a fairly easy group stage, which they went through without straining. And in the playoffs rivals were much lower level: Malmo and Dynamo Kiev could not oppose the "pensioners", Czech Slavia almost created a sensation in the quarterfinals, but here they should say thanks Chelsea.The only club with which the team Maurizio Sarri had difficulties, was Eintracht, who managed to beat only in the penalty shootout. It is difficult to objectively assess how strong Chelsea is, since in previous matches the team either played half of its strength or played half the match. Antonio Rudiger, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Ngolo Kante and Callum Hudson-Odoi will not play in this match due to injuries.
Unai Emery, like his rival, also spends his first season in the Premier League. And his Arsenal only at the start of the season looked convincing, then the problem of guest matches again began to manifest itself. The “Gunners” finished fifth, while the rivals at the finish were not the most difficult, possibly making a bet on the Europa League, as the only chance to play in the Champions League. As well as Chelsea, the “Gunners” won their group by taking the first place and passing it quite confidently, at the play-off stage the opponents were more difficult. Belarusian BATE can hardly be attributed to this group, but here Rennes, who almost defeated Arsenal in the first match, Napoli and Valencia made the gunners nervous. Health problems are Hector Bellerin and Danny Welbeck. Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Aаron Ramsey will not play in the final either.
This season, the teams exchanged victories in their fields. In the upcoming finals, the Gunners are more motivated, they need a victory in the eurocup, as a ticket to the Champions League, plus the team is headed by a specialist in the Europa League - Unai Emery. The experience of a coach in matches of equal opponents is important, and for Maurizio Sarri this is the first final in his career, which will play a decisive role today.
Arsenal plays rather weakly in defense, but they have a powerful and effective line of attack, it will be the main weapon of the team in this fight. Chelsea can also not be called the standard of the game in defense, so you can clearly count on the goals in the final, especially since the clubs always play brightly and effectively between themselves. In addition, in both games of these teams this season, the main events took place in the first half, where six of the total seven goals were scored, both times the fans saw goals scored at the beginning of the meetings, and both times the party that scored first, eventually celebrated victory In addition, in each game only two yellow cards were shown. Even taking into account the fact that in this match the teams will not be judged by the Englishman, the indicator is eloquent.
In this match I consider the following bets:
- Both teams score with 1.72
- Individual total Arsenal over 1 with 1.75
- Total Over 2.5 with 1.89
In live, you can consider bet Arsenal victory (0), now the coefficient is around 2.3.
Good Luck!