Villarreal – Arsenal, Prediction – Europa League

| Villarreal have won 11 of their last 12 Europa League games

⏩ Villarreal is in bad shape in the league, but in the Europa League it is a different team

Thanks to Barcelona’s victory against Athletic Bilbao, Villarreal will be able to play in the Europa League next season, even finishing 7th in the league, and looking at the standings, the chance of finishing under 7th place is negligible. That’s why the yellow submarine relaxed in the league. In Europe, however, Villarreal are playing at their best and so far have not shown any hesitation in the elimination clashes.

🆙 Arsenal also play much more seriously in the Europa League than in the local championship

Arsenal accumulated rather poor results in the English championship and in the last round lost ridiculously to Everton 0-1 at the Emirates. We write ridiculously because Leno gave a goal to the Toffees, with which they won. It is not even clear at this time whether Arsenal will finish in the top 10 in England, but it will not matter so much if the Gunners manage to win the Europa League in the end and qualify for the Champions League.

In the first match, the gunners will have a lot of difficulties

 Expert view: Not that they will not have in the second, but we think that as a guest Arsenal will not do well against Villarreal, and in general since the beginning of the elimination clashes Arsenal is not so convincing in its first matches. Lacazette and Tierney are out for Arsenal, and Aubameyang is under question, which will probably be a problem. In addition, Emery knows his former team very well and will be extremely motivated to prove himself against it. We think that in the first match Villarreal have better chances and we choose Villarreal to win either half at 1.72.