Football

Although defensive play and low scoring are often associated with the Atletico team, in recent times they have had a streak of 9 consecutive matches in which they have scored at least 2 goals. Arsenal is also capable of scoring goals, and they even crushed this Spanish club with a 4-0 win. After all 4 knockout matches, in which Arsenal failed to reach the 2-goal mark against Peru, it's time for more productive matches. In their last 11 matches, Arsenal has scored 2 goals in 8 of them, so I believe we can expect more goals.

At home, we still hope that Atletico will have a positive result and, in essence, I think that in this match their team is even, so I believe they should take the home advantage. Atletico is a very strong home team, they only lost to Barcelona recently in their own stadium, who, by the way, was eliminated from the Champions League in the last round. This will be the first time that Atletico has lost at home in knockout matches under Simeone, and I doubt it will happen again, especially considering Arsenal's inconsistent form lately, with only 2 wins in their last 7 matches and their shaky performance against Sporting. This, combined with the fact that their attacking line is not functioning well, makes it very unlikely for Arsenal to win, especially in a match where Simeone's experience in such situations gives his team the advantage.

Braga, like Freiburg team, is playing productively in the European League. Both teams started their knockout phase from the eighth-finals and out of a total of 8 played matches, in 7 of them, the teams had 2 or more over goals. The teams are in good form and like to both concede and score, so I am already expecting goals from the first matches.

Another meeting where I hope for goals. Both teams have strong attacks and weak defense. In the Europa League playoffs, the opposing team has at least 2 goals in every match. In the Ukrainian club, all 3 played matches ended with over 3 goals, while the English club had 5 out of 6 matches with at least 2 goals. Both teams tend to play attacking football, and Palace has shown in their games against a team with a similar style, like Shakhtar, there are usually many goals, so I choose the over.