The Vicarage Road isn't the easiest place to go in the Premier League, especially when it's a London Derby, last year Arsenal won both games easily against the Hornets, but this match wont be the same.


Arsenal in trouble, looking for their 1st win of the new season, they have big problems with defenders, also some players missing from the attacking section.


Watford hired Walter Mazzeri, he will be as good as Quiqee Sanchez Flores was. The played an awful games againts Soton, but came away with a draw, then they showed quality against Chelsea at home, they were up by 1 till the 80' minute, when Batshuayi scored the equaliser and this followed by Costa's winner. Midweek they lost to Gillingham in OT, i dont think this is relevant for us this stage of the season.


Against Arsenal's defense they have chance to score, Deeney and Ighalo is a threaten up front.


I think both team will score once, it wouldnt suprise me if Watford stole a point from Arsenal.

Pick     BTTS     Odds 1.90     Stake 7

Wisła are currently bottom of the table and in very poor form. Their off field problems haven't helped either with ownership of the club changing and allot of staff's futures looking uncertain.


Wisła won in round 1 but since have lost 5 games in a row. Last round they somehow conceded from a counter attack in the 94th minute to lose 1-0.


Śląsk only lost 1/5 games this season. Their defence seems to be their strong point this year with already 4 clean sheets in 5 games. They already faced Legia, Lech and Pogoń. All teams with high expectations.


Wisła are really poor in defence and don't have confidence in front of goal either. Śląsk with a solid defence and I believe they can score a goal here so I doubt they will lose.

Pick     Slask +0.5AH     Odds 1.80    Stake 8

PAOK already secured the qualification to the groups of Europa League from the first game away to Georgia (0:3), while at Tbilisi seems they already accepted their fate if you see their recent statements for tonight’s game. PAOK was lot better to the first game, especially to the second half, where they looked like they could score more goals, while Tbilisi defense was terrible and any attacking opportunity of PAOK was near to goal action.

PAOK has a good advantage from the fact that the Greek Super League start is postponed and there is no estimation when it will start, so except the fact that they are more than ready, they are also fresh and looking for friendlies to cover the space. No big problems to an already strengthened squad, as only Klaus Athanasiadis will miss the game, anyway he was not good at all to the games against Ajax and away in Georgia too.


Dinamo Tbilisi is going well to their domestic league, but in European competitions they are in front of a second successive exclusion. First they were left out of the Champions League from Dinamo Zagreb and will now stay probably outside from Europa League.

The climate to their team is not that good, as after the first game against PAOK their fans were dissapointed and tried to enter the stands where the officials of the team were sitting. The fact that they have no realistic qualification hopes will surely affect their game. Defensive midfielder Stefan Velev and striker Vladimer Dvalishvili will both miss the game due to injuries.

    PAOK have kept a clean sheet in 5 of their last 7 matches in Europa League.
    Dinamo Tbilisi have failed to score in 5 of their last 7 matches in Europa League.
    PAOK are undefeated in 11 of their last 12 matches in Europa League.

PAOK is rested since they had no obligations for the league, while the morale within the team is at a very good level. I expect a comfortable victory combined with some good football for PAOK. The good attacking line of PAOK with Rodrigues, Pereyra and Djalma will be hardly stopped.
Bet: PAOK -1.5 AH @2.35

Dinamo Zagreb travel away to Salzburg knowing that they could have sealed a victory in their home leg but wasted a lot of shots on target in that game in order to seal a victory. Aside from that draw against Salzburg, they have managed a great record coming into the new season winning 5 out of 6 games on the domestic front, while winning both legs of their 2 qualifying rounds played so far. Fernández, Soudani, Hozdic and Rog have been leading the way with the goals, and one can expect them to continue in their scoring form especially Rog who is looking for a potential big transfer away. Zagreb have netted in every game played so far this season while also conceding goals when taking on good teams like Salzburg in the first leg.


Salzburg are a very good team especially in front of their home fans and managed to seal a strong 3-1 victory in their domestic campaign on the weekend. They have only lost 1 of their 11 competitive games played so far this season, and will like to use their home advantage to help where they haven't lost a competitive fixture since back in February. A lot of effort on the offensive end lies with their captain Soriano who struggled in the first game out, and will rely on his colleagues Belisha, Reyna and first leg scorer Lazaro to help him out on the scoring front. Miranda, Minamino and Prevljak will all be missing in action.


Both teams have qualified to this stage going through a qualifying round and their offences have been in good knick. Even in the first leg, they both had a lot of shots on target, but the finishing wasn't as clinical as it should be. But with a big payday ahead of the winner of this game, you an expect both teams to be attacking and as a result I expect them both to score.


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Pick     Both Teams To Score     Odds 1.91     Stake 7

Legia have an excellent opportunity to advance to group phase of UEFA Champions League. Last week the Polish side won 2:0 in Ireland, so they're almost there. Stadium is sold out, there'll be nice atmosphere. All first-choice players apart from right-back Bereszynski are available. On last weekend important offensive midfielder Guilherme returned into action. Legia have lost to Arka (1:3) at home on Saturday in the league fixture, but all first-team players were rested (apart from goalkeeper Malarz).


Dundalk are a semi-amateur club. That loss in the first-leg must had a bad impact on their morale and I don't think that Dundalk will be able to turn things around. Pretty important midfielder O'Donnell (captain) is suspended for this match and it's a big blow for visitors. I expect a home win.

Pick     Legia -1 ah Odds 1.71    Stake 8   

Sevilla are going through changes, they need more time. Espanyol are an ambitious club nowadays. Chinese investors want this team to be successful. All important players stayed in the team in summer (apart from Asensio who was there on loan) and Espanyol have strengthened the team by signing a number of quality players. There is also a new coach Quique Sanchez Flores, who is a quality one and he did a good job at his previous clubs such as Watford or Getafe. Espanyol enjoyed a good pre-season, they haven't suffered from any defeat. They drew against Juventus in their final test match last week (2:2), they've also drew against Southampton (1:1) and beat Everton (1:0). Visitors have comfortable situation with the squad and in my opinion they have a good chance to get at least 1 point in this fixture.

Pick     Espanyol +1 ah     Odds 1.85     Stake 8   

Laval - GFC Ajaccio

Parking the bus and hoping for a 0-0, Laval really made a poor first half against Troyes, losing in the end 0-1. Was 2 complete different halves: first one completely dominated by Troyes, who opened the score after 20 minutes of play thanks to old fox Nivet; A lot of defensive mistakes from Laval but all of them missed with serenity by Troyes. After the break, Laval played more courageous, had many moments of good football and put few time in real danger Troyes goal. But wasn’t their day and even they looked better in many moments they couldn’t avoid this defeat. Was second time when they finish in this manner, after losing 0-1 away at LeHavre – remember was s similar display. So without any luck, Laval remains with a single point won in opening game. With more concentration and attention in defense, 3 points were close to what they’ve shown in the field.


GFC Ajaccio is coming after another draw on their own pitch after a 0-0 in first round. Now they hosted LeHavre in a potential spectacular game and finished 1-1. Well wasn’t a spectacular game as I expected, but over all was a nice game too watches with enough pace and few opportunities on each side, a game decided by 2 errors (one of placement at LeHavre goal and the other one of Ayasse at GFC goal). Overall GFC was a bit better, had more time the ball and created more than their opponents, but both teams with little inspiration in front of the goal. For sure, over all, GFC Ajaccio deserved more than these 2 points at home so far; but still is the beginning of the season and we can consider valuable this point won against a good team like LeHavre.


Here is quite difficult to make a choice. Despite losing on the road against Troyes and LeHavre, Laval played quite good being unlucky not to return with point(s) from these two trips. On the other side also GFC Ajaccio looked good so far and see no reason to be otherwise here. Still count on the fact that at home Laval is quite difficult to be beat so back the draw. gl



Pick draw         Odds     3.00 Stake     8