Antwerp vs AEK prediction and betting tips on August 22, 2023

Prediction on game Win Royal Antwerp

Odds: 1.71

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On August 22, Bosuilstadion (Antwerp) will host the first leg of the decisive stage of the Champions League Qualification, in which Antwerp will compete with AEK. The battle will start at 21:00 CET.

Antwerp

The club is nicknamed “the Great Old” for a reason. He repeatedly took titles at the inner arena and reached the final of the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 30 years ago. Still, then there was a sharp decline, and it turned out to return to the Jupiler Pro League only in 2017. Generally speaking, the team was again well quoted, even taking the Belgian Cup in 2020. The real breakthrough was provided by its neighbours, the Dutch specialists, in the previous season. The new director, Overmars, who had moved from his native Ajax after the scandal, made an unexpected bet on van Bommel, who as a manager had got a controversial reputation. And Mark made the so-called “golden double” and “snatched” the title in the last round of the championship, and then got the medals of the cup of the country. And the new season brought one more trophy, the Super Cup. On the other hand, it is reasonable to mention that, having got the victories in the battle against different rivals in the Jupiler Pro League, it has already lost to the principal opponent, Anderlecht.

AEK

The team was the last to join the list of participants in the decisive round of qualification. The reason is the tragedy: the Greek team and the Croatian opponent turned out to have violent fans. On August 8, the match in Athens was simply disrupted: the fights led to the death of a fan of “the Double-Headed Eagle”, another 8 fans were injured, and the number of detainees reached a hundred. As a result, the rival played in Zagreb a week later and Dinamo, having opened the score due to the efforts of Bulat, eventually lost with a 1-2 result. The return match, which took place on the field of AEK, happened only on Saturday. There, the guests led the battle with a 2-0 score and were very close to the overall success. Still, the hosts managed to score twice in stoppage time and get through to the next round even without the shoot-out. Moreover, the decisive goal, which resulted in a 2-2 draw, was scored in the 11th added minute of the game by the Croatian player, Domagoj Vida, who had played for Dinamo at the dawn of his career.

The statistics of head-to-head matches

The opponents played friendly matches both in 2021 and in the previous month. And the Greek team won both times with the “dry” results.

Predictions

Bookmakers do not believe that the guests will retain their emotional and physical strength after the matches with the Croatian opponent. Let’s agree and bet on the victory of the hosts (odd: 1.71).

Prediction on game Win Royal Antwerp

Odds: 1.71

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