Arsenal vs BATE Borisov Predictions and Betting Tips, 21 Feb 2019

The Match Is Over. Score: 3-0

Arsenal v BATE Borisov Predictions for Thursday's Europa League Round of 32 second leg at the Emirates Stadium in London. Arsenal are on the backfoot in their tie after losing 1-0 in the first leg. Unai Emery will now hope their failure to score an away goal does not haunt them. Read on for our betting analysis and tips.

Match status: 2018-19 Europa League Round of 32
Kick-off: Thursday 21 Feb 2019, 05:55pm GMT
Venue: Emirates Stadium (London)

Arsenal v BATE Borisov Team News

Very few would have expected Premier League giants Arsenal to come away with nothing to take to the Emirates Stadium for their reverse encounter against BATE Borisov as Unai Emery's side took a surprise 1-0 defeat last Thursday - a third in their last five competitive games.

Alexandre Lacazette joined the concerning list of the players to be ruled out of the BATE visit this Thursday when he was sent off for a rough play on one of the opposing players. This defenitely isn't what Emery would like to deal with ahead of this tie's decider.

Whether it was an underestimation of the opponents by Arsenal, BATE will anyway have a long night to withstand in London and the odds do not seem so favorable for the Belarusian champions.

The Gunners have to score at least two goals in normal time to be on the way to the last sixteen of the Europa Leauge and an away goal, however, would make them score three or more - not so big of a deal for the English team, who have done this in 3 of their last 9 home games. The oppositions were a class apart in comparision to BATE.

Emirates Stadium is difficult to play at for any team visiting, and the Belarusian team will feel pressure right from the kick-off - but will they manage to hold on?

Teams' Potential Starting Line-ups:

Arsenal (4-3-3): Cech; Kolasinac, Koscielny, Mustafi, Maitland-Niles; Suarez, Xhaka, Guendouzi; Iwobi, Aubameyang, Mkhitaryan.

BATE Borisov (4-3-3): Scherbitski; Filipovic, Filipenko, Volkov, Rios; Hleb, Dragun, Baga; Stasevich, Skavysh, Milic.

Injured or Suspended Players:

Arsenal: Rob Holding, Hector Bellerin, Danny Welbeck, Sokratis, Alexandre Lacazette, Mesut Ozil, Aaron Ramsey.

BATE Borisov: No missing players.

Head-to-Head Record: Arsenal v BATE Borisov

2018-19 Europa League Round of 32
BATE 1-0 Arsenal

2017-18 Europa League Group Stage
Arsenal 6-0 BATE

2017-18 Europa League Group Stage
BATE 2-4 Arsenal