AEK Larnaca vs Schalke 04 - UEFA Europe League

AEK Larnaca vs Schalke 04
UEFA Europa League, group J 3rd matchday
Date : 20. October 2011
Stadium : Neo GSP, Nicosia

On Thursday the 20th of October AEK Larnaca hosts Schalke 04 during the 3rd matchday of the UEFA Europa League in group J. While the club from Germany is the leader in this group, Larnaca is only on the last position but it will not be easy to beat the team from Cyprus at home.

Larnaca lost their last game of the national league of Cyprus against Enosis with 0:1. During the last 5 games, the team from manager Ton Caanen was able to win two times. Also two times, his club made a draw for example the game against Steaua Bucharest (1:1). After 6 rounds, Larnaca is on the 7th position in the national league, with already 6 points handicap on AEL Limassol. In the qualification for the UEFA Europa League, Larnaca was able to eliminate Rosenborg Trondheim after a 2:1 win at home. In group J, Larnaca is only on the last position, but this could chance easy with a win against the club from Germany.

Schalke 04 lost their last game of the German Bundesliga against 1.FC Kaiserslautern with 1:2. During the last 5 games, the team from manager Huub Stevens was able to win three games, for example the Europa League game against Maccabi Haifa (3:1). In the German Bundesliga, Schalke 04 is now on the 6th position with 7 points handicap on Bayern Munich. Right now, the club from Germany is on the first position in group J. The first game, against Steaua Bucharest only ended with a 1:1 draw. If Schalke wins the away game against Larnaca, they would hold the first position. In 2008/09 Schalke played against APOEL Nicosia, they away leg was won with 4:1.

Recent Performance :
AEK Larnaca - Lose / Draw / Draw / Win / Win
Schalke 04 - Lose / Win / Win / Win / Lose

Possible Line-Ups :
AEK Larnaca : Negri - de Cler, Hofland, Serrán, Demetriou, van Dijk, Linssen, Skopelitis, Gomez, García, Kingsley.
Schalke 04 : Fährmann - Fuchs, Papadopoulos, Höwedes, Uchida, Holtby, Jurado, Matip, Farfán, Huntelaar, Raúl.

Betting Tip/Prediction :
Our predict for this game is a win by Schalke 04