Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Besiktas side travel to the Netherlands to face Twente in the final League Phase fixture. This is certainly a stand out fixture on the Europa League card on Thursday with both sides needing a win. Both sides could fail to qualify for the knockout rounds with dropped points.
Twente come into this game off the back of their only win in the Europa League this season, defeating Swedish outfit Malmo 7 days ago. Before that, the Dutch side have drawn 4 and lost 2. Twente will certainly take plenty of positives and momentum from their win in Sweden into this crucial game vs Besiktas.
Besiktas have been one of the best entertainers in the Europa League this season. Across their 7 games, there has been 24 goals, averaging 3.43 goals per game. They have scored in 6/7 – only failing to score vs Ajax in Amsterdam all the way back in September. The Turkish side have however only kept 1 clean sheet from their 7 Europa games.
Besiktas have scored in 20/22 games in all competitions. They have kept just 3 clean sheets in their 13 away games this season in all competitions which will give Twente confidence. There is a lot riding on this fixture that we could see big swings in monentum and pressure across the 90 mins. With what’s on the line for both sides and as already mentioned, the swings in monentum – we could see a good return on match corners here.
Twente match corners in UEL: 16, 9, 8. 11, 6, 6, 15.
Besiktas match corners in UEL: 5, 17, 9, 5, 8, 12, 10
TIP: Both Teams to Score & Over 7.5 Corners @ 1.90
