Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Real Betis 3/17/22 UEFA Europa League Soccer Pick, Predictions, and Odds

Eintracht Frankfurt is hosting Real Betis at Commerzbank Arena in the second leg of the Round of 16 in the UEFA Europa League. Eintracht is now on a nice 3-game winning streak, they are scoring a solid number of goals, but they are still conceding goals. Betis has been struggling for a while in LaLiga and the Europa League, but they have beaten Bilbao this past weekend, and that might be the turning point.

In their last 3 games, Eintracht has scored 8 goals, while they have conceded only 3, but the problem is they are doing it consistently, and their defense definitely needs work. In Bundesliga, Eintracht is now in 9^th place with 37 points, they have scored a solid 39  goals, but they have also conceded 38 goals. With 4 scored goals in 7 games, Kamada is the leading goalscorer for Eintracht in the Europa League, while Paciencia has added 2 goals. Kostic has 3 assists. Overall, Eintracht is a great team, very talented, and very good at attacking, but sometimes the team has to play the defense as well, and that is where Eintracht fails.

Betis was without a win for 5 games until this past weekend when they have beaten Bilbao 1-o at home, but I think that win might give them the boost they needed. In the group stage, Betis ended in 2^nd place, but they were solid against Zenit in that playoff round, and it paid off. Overall, I think Betis is a really good team with good offense, they are solid defensively, and they can definitely do more. Iglesis is the leading goalscorer for Betis in the Europa League with 3 goals, while Canales has added 2 goals. Montoya is now the only injured player for Betis. It’s impossible to say which Betis we will get in which game, but this Betis is definitely capable of lighting the fire under any team, especially the team like Eintracht.  Betis has lost the first leg, but they are still very close to Eintracht, and they could get a win to advance to the next stage.

With neither team having a solid defense right now, this could be a game filled with goas. Betis must attack here, and they will. Eintracht can’t defend, but they can score goals, and that is what they will do.