Thursday's Europa League action includes Arsenal v AC Milan, where George Pitts is predicting a win on the night for the Serie A side.
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Arsenal v AC Milan - 2-0 aggregate (BT Sport 2, 2005 GMT)
This could be another excellent watch, due to the fact AC Milan have really got to go for it.
Gennaro Gattuso’s side trail by two away goals, so they have at least 90 minutes to save their Europa League campaign.
For this reason, over 2.5 goals would go well in a coupon and that combined with an AC Milan victory looks good at 9/2.
The Emirates has been a difficult home for Arsenal in recent weeks, with a flat atmosphere and far from full crowd on a number of occasions after a poor start to 2018 under Arsene Wenger.
Goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Aaron Ramsey at the San Siro gave them a 2-0 first-leg lead and a nice cushion to take the away goals back to London.
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Atletico Madrid’s tie looks to be over after a straightforward 3-0 win v Lokomotiv Moscow last week, so less than 2.5 goals at 23/20 could be worth backing with Diego Simeone a master tactician in these situations.
Elsewhere, I am backing Dortmund to come from 2-1 down to beat Salzburg and qualify. A win for the Bundesliga giants on the night is 11/8, while they are 21/10 to qualify for the quarter-final draw.
Zenit currently trail 2-1 to RB Leipzig and the return leg is in Russia, so a 1-0 win (9/1) would be enough for them to advance on away goals, but Zenit to win and both teams scoring can be backed at a very temping 4/1.
Europa League round of 16 fixtures - March 15
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Lokomotiv Moscow v Atletico Madrid (0-3 agg)
1800 GMT
Athletic Bilbao v Marseille (1-3 agg)
Dynamo Kiev v Lazio (2-2 agg)
Viktoria Plzen v Sporting Lisbon (0-2 agg)
Zenit St Petersburg v RB Leipzig (1-2 agg)
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Arsenal v AC Milan (2-0 agg)
RB Salzburg v Borussia Dortmund (2-1 agg)
Lyon v CSKA Moscow (1-0 agg)
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Posted at 1805 GMT 14/03/2018.
