Slavia Prague v Arsenal Betting Tips [15 April 2021]

Slavia Prague are going for the hat-trick as they bid to knock out a third British club out of the Europa League. They go into this home quarter final second leg level at 1-1 against Arsenal. They scored what could be a very valuable away goal right at the end of the first leg. That means Arsenal have to score in this game if they want to reach a semi-final against either Dinamo Zagreb or Villarreal. Slavia have already beaten Leicester City and Glasgow Rangers in this season's competition. Neither of the home games against those sides were won though. They have won their only game played since the first leg, a 2-0 home win over Sparta Prague and they now lead the Czech league by 17 points. Sparta are unbeaten in their last 23 games since losing to Bayer Leverkusen in the group stages of this competition. Home form has seen them without a loss since a cup defeat in February 2020. In the Europa League, Sparta have gone five home games without defeat, though the last two have been drawn. Their only home game in this season's Champions League ended goalless. Four of their last five games have had under 2.5 goals scored in them. All five of their games in the knock-out stage have had under 2.5 goals scored in them. Only once in their last 18 home fixtures have they failed to score. 

Arsenal won at Sheffield United on Sunday but are still struggling to get into European competition next season. If seventh in the Premier League proved to be good enough to qualify, then they are only four points off that place. Failure to qualify via their final position in the Premier League would mean them having to win this competition. The Gunners had gone four games without a win before beating the side bottom of the Premier League. They are unbeaten in their last six away games but half of those have been drawn. Arsenal will have to attack in this game because not scoring will see them eliminated. They have scored three goals in three of their last four matches. In the Europa League this season, Arsenal have scored at least twice in all but one of their last five away games and scored in each of the last 13 in this competition. A bet on both teams to score looks a winner here.