Jagiellonia Bialystok vs Ajax Prediction & Betting Tips - Europa League

Prediction published on 22/08/2024, 06:08  by Sridhar in Europa League Predictions

One tie away from the Europa League group phase, Jagiellonia Bialystok take on Ajax, with both teams eyeing an advantage ahead of the second leg in Amsterdam. This first-leg match of the Europa League playoffs will be played at the Białystok City Stadium on Thursday, and our prediction favors the visitors.

The winner of this tie moves to the group phase of the Europa League, while the loser will drop to the Conference League in the league phase round. Jagiellonia have already dropped to the Europa League from the Champions League, where they lost 5-1 to Bodo in the qualifying round, losing both legs. Those results made it three defeats in a row for the hosts. They conceded eight goals in their last two competitive matches, and that doesn’t augur well ahead of this match.

Ajax needed 34 penalties to edge out their third-round qualifying fixture against Panathinaikos. While that was a minor setback, the Dutch giants also lost at the weekend, losing 2-1 to Breda. The visitors are going through a rebuild under new coach Francesco Farioli, and they would have wanted a better result in their last match to improve morale ahead of this trip.

Intriguingly, the travelling fans won’t mind if the result is decided by a single goal, which was the case with five of their last seven matches. The Dutch visitors have seen a 1-0 scoreline during regular time in five of their last seven matches, including the second-leg defeat at the hands of Panathinaikos.