Steaua Bucharest vs FC Lugano
UEFA Europa League – Group-stage 2017/18
Date: Thursday, 7th December 2017
Kick-off at 20:00 UK/ 21:00 CET
Venue: Arena Nationala (Bucharest).

Steaua booked their place in the round of 32 of the Europa League on matchday 5 despite losing 2-0 away at Viktoria Plzen. The Romains remain at the top of the table, but they must win against Lugano on Thursay inorder to qualify as group winners as Viktoria as just a point behind.

On the other hand, Lugano are third in the standings and they are three points behind the second placed Plzen. But they are already eliminated after falling behind the Czechs on head-to-head goal aggregate.

Steaua are unbeaten at home this term with a 3-0 win against Plzen and a 1-1 draw with Hapoel. Carrying over from last season, they are now unbeaten in 5 home games with 2 wins and 2 draws.

Meantime, Lugano lost both their away games 1-4 Plzen and 1-2 at Beer-Sheva. But they scored at least once in each of the five games in the campaign.

It will be worth to note that Lugao had won just once in their 11 UEFA away matches, drew 2 and lost 8.

Steaua Bucharest vs FC Lugano: Head-to-head

The 1-2 defeat at home to Steaua on matchday 2 is Lugano’s first ever meeting with a Romanian side.

Meantime, Steaua have plenty of experience playing against Swiss sides – 13 matches in total – 4 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses. They are unbeaten at home in the process with 3 wins and 3 draws from 6.

Steaua Bucharest vs FC Lugano: Prediction

We have ample reasons to believe that Steaua are the team to back here. One of the reasons is certainly their home form, but anyone who has watched them playing this season knows that they have some quality players upfront who can be a constant nuisance to top defensive units in the continent.

With Lugano also being an attacking minded side, we can bank on goal markets as well. Therefore, I will recommend to go with a home win with both teams scoring for this game.

Steaua Bucharest vs FC Lugano: Bet Tips

• Both teams to Score and Steaua to win @ 3.00


• Over 2.5 match goals @ 1.65 odds.