APOEL Nicosia vs FC Basel Free Betting Tips

This Thursday, Apoel Nicosia receives Basel on the occasion of the round of 16 first leg of the Europa League. Both teams want to keep all of their chances of qualifying for the return match.

Free Betting Tips APOEL Nicosia vs FC Basel 1893

Present in group A of this Europa League, Apoel Nicosia managed to take 2nd place in the ranking. Unable to win in the first 3 days, the team has won its last 3 games against Qarabag (2-1), Dudelange (0-2) and against Sevilla FC (1-0). Winners of the last 7 championships, the Cypriots are currently 3rd in the classification and concede 5 units behind 1st place. After falling on the lawn of AEK Larnaca (1-0), the Apoel took over, at home, on the Apollo last weekend (4-1).
Basel made a good impression during the group stage and finished at the head of group C with 13 points taken in 6 games. Undefeated in the first 4 games, the Swiss team then fell to Krasnodar (1-0) before securing their qualification by dominating, at home, Trabzonspor on the final day (2-0). On the national scene, the Swiss occupy the 3rd row of their championship but count 5 units of disbursements on the leader. Little in confidence, they lost 3 times during the last 4 days, for 1 victory. Last weekend, Basel fell at home against Thun (0-1).

The staff for APOEL Nicosia vs FC Basel

The Apoel coach has to deal with the injury absences of executives Ioannou, Matic, Lucas Souza, Efrem and Mihajlovic and the less used Sigurdsson and Aloneftis. Pavlovic should be aligned at the forefront of the attack.
For Basel, the experienced midfielder Kuzmanovic is unavailable for this meeting, injured. Attackers Ademi and Arthur are the main offensive assets of this formation.