Besiktas Istanbul vs Arsenal London (Champions League Play-offs Prediction, 19.08.2014)

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Arsenal have always qualified for the Champions League groups since Arsene Wenger is their coach and look forward to their match against Besiktas as means to increase their self-confidence after a rather shaky win in their opening Premier League clash. Arsene Wenger stated that his World Cup champions will not start in this match, as well as the fact that Gibbs will also miss because of an injury he picked up in the aforementioned match. You can check bookies’ offers on the best betting platform for multiple bookmakers and enjoy best odds and highest limits.

Besiktas will lean towards Demba Ba’s knowledge of Arsenal’s style of play, as the former Chelsea striker might turn out to be the most uncomfortable player for the Gunners. Bilic will hope Kerim Frei, one of Besikats’ heroes against Feyenoord will also work around to prevent Arsenal from scoring away goals that will facilitate their eventual group qualification.

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Last year, in this exact stage of the competition, Arsenal eliminated another team from Turkey, Fenerbahce, and look forward to repeating the same result.

Regardless of the fact that Besiktas intend to exploit Arsenal’s weaknesses and their plan to only rely on Ramsey to score, the Gunners are still the overall favorites to win outright at 1.65 with Unibet. Besiktas to win is at 5.20 and a draw at the end of regular time is at 3.60. Arsenal to lead at half time 2.23, Besiktas at 4.90 and both teams to score is at 1.78. An interesting betting market is Giroud to hit the crossbar, but without it being a goal at 7.00 and we are going to bet 7 units on the second half with over 1.5 goals at 2.00 with Unibet, the main sports betting portal.

Besiktas: Team’s Formation

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Arsenal: Team’s Formation

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Prediction for the match:
Second half over 1.5 goals