Europa League: Lillestrom vs Viktoria Plzen – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Europa League round 4 match between Lillestrom and Viktoria Plzen and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

Lillestrom hope to live up to their early billing as the Europa League title favourites on Thursday when they welcome Viktoria Plzen over to the Aaraasen Stadion for a round 4 match.

Form: Lillestrom vs Viktoria Plzen

Lillestrom Form

Lillestrom look back on their last three matches with two victories to show for their efforts. Against Real Sociedad, they were left empty-handed in a 0-6 defeat, but they avenged themselves by beating Brann in a 3-2 win. They followed that up with a 0-1 win against Start in their most recent outing. Lillestrom only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at Aaraasen Stadion in the Europa League. They also drew zero and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored five and conceded 12 goals.

Viktoria Plzen Form

Viktoria Plzen suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches as they were run over by Levski Sofia in a 1-2 defeat. Pardubice also proved too hard to handle as they won 1-2, before Viktoria Plzen were able to strike back in a 0-4 win against Banik Ostrava. Viktoria Plzen won twice, while also recording three draws, and one defeat in their last six away matches in the Europa League. The scoreline from these matches says six goals conceded and seven scored.

Betting stats for Lillestrom and Viktoria Plzen

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Lillestrom and Viktoria Plzen. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

Players in form: Lillestrom vs Viktoria Plzen

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Thomas Lehne Olsen, who is performing well for Lillestrom. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Europa League outings. He’ll be out to add more goals against Viktoria Plzen.The visitors will be looking to Denis Visinsky to find the net once again, after managing two Europa League goals for Viktoria Plzen in recent matches.

Popular betting markets: Lillestrom vs Viktoria Plzen

Full-time result

Lillestrom claimed all three points four times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing one along the way. They endured defeat in five of the games in this run. Viktoria Plzen won four of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing four in this series of matches. Viktoria Plzen scored at least one goal in their last 8 matches.

Both teams to score

Lillestrom scored the first goal of the match in five of their previous ten games. Viktoria Plzen scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Lillestrom managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the last 10 games, Viktoria Plzen kept their opponent from scoring in two of their last 10 matches.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Lillestrom’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.7 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals were scored in ten of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for Viktoria Plzen. They performed an average of 2.2 goals in these. Viktoria Plzen scored at least once in their previous 8 matches on the bounce.