Europa League Qualification: FC Utrecht vs FC Sheriff – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Europa League Qualification round 2 match between FC Utrecht and FC Sheriff and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

FC Utrecht enjoy home advantage, when visitors FC Sheriff swing by on Thursday for a clash in the Europa League Qualification. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Form: FC Utrecht vs FC Sheriff

FC Utrecht Form

FC Utrecht currently look solid, going undefeated in three matches, which started by drawing 1-1 against Sparta Rotterdam. They followed that up by sharing the spoils with Fortuna Sittard in a 0-0 encounter, before beating FC Sheriff in a 1-3 encounter. FC Utrecht claimed three wins in their last six matches at home in the Europa League Qualification, while also drawing three but lost none. They scored 12 and conceded five goals.

FC Sheriff Form

FC Sheriff claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Europa League Qualification. They also drew three and were defeated two times, as they were outscored by 12 goals to 11.

Betting stats and facts for FC Utrecht and FC Sheriff

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

Players in form: FC Utrecht vs FC Sheriff

Having scored just once lately in the Europa League Qualification, Nick Viergever will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. FC Sheriff hope Cyrille Bayala can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three Europa League Qualification goals in his last six Europa League Qualification games.

Popular betting markets: FC Utrecht vs FC Sheriff

Full-time result

FC Utrecht claimed a modest six wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in one of the games, whilst losing three. FC Sheriff won four of their last 10 games away, drew five and lost one of the games in this run.

Both teams to score

Surprisingly, FC Utrecht only scored the first goal of the match in two out of their last ten games. FC Sheriff scored the opening goal in seven of the last ten away from home. FC Utrecht managed three wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for FC Utrecht, who scored an average of 1.7 goals along the way. In the last ten games for FC Sheriff, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of two times goals per game themselves.