Champions League matches are much breathtaking, and the Europa League matches will not let you down as well. Both Chelsea and Arsenal have won the advantage in the first leg, can they make smooth progress today?
Chelsea vs Slavia Praha
Kick off: 21:00 (CET)
Date: Thu, 18-Apr-19
Probable Lineups
Team News
Sarri will rotate his XI from the side that fell to a 2-0 defeat to Liverpool at the weekend.
Rudiger will certainly play no part after picking up a bad knee injury at Anfield, which could hand Cahill with a rare chance to play.
Neither Higuain nor Giroud started against Liverpool and will push for minutes on Thursday.
Kovacic and Barkley will both hope to start after settling for a place on the bench last time out.
Focus
Chelsea carry a 1-0 advantage from the first leg and will fancy their chances of progressing to the last four of the Europa League at home on Thursday.
Chelsea have kept clean sheets in eight of their last 10 home games in all competitions.
Slavia Prague have only won two of their five away matches in the Europa League this season.
WhoScored Prediction
Chelsea 2-0 Slavia Praha
Napoli vs Arsenal
Kick off: 21:00 (CET)
Date: Thu, 18-Apr-19
Probable Lineups
Team News
Xhaka returned from injury in Monday night's 1-0 win away to Watford.
Lacazette was only on the bench against the Hornets and will more than likely return to the starting XI here.
Emery should also recall Maitland-Niles to the starting XI after his cameo from the bench on Monday.
Torreira is a doubt and may not be risked after sustaining a groin injury in the win over Watford.
Focus
Napoli are 2-0 behind on aggregate and may rue not scoring an away goal in London. Ancelotti's side ended a three-match winless run at the weekend with a 3-1 victory over Chievo.
Arsenal kept their first Premier League clean sheet away from home of the season in last game, which will give them confidence heading to Naples. The Gunners have only won three of their last 13 away matches in all competitions and have both their last two on the road in the Europa League.
WhoScored Prediction
Napoli 2-1 Arsenal
Valencia vs Villarreal
Kick off: 21:00 (CET)
Date: Thu, 18-Apr-19
Probable Lineups
Team News
Carlos Soler returns from suspension for Valencia, which is timely as Daniel Wass will be required at right-back.
Geoffrey Kondogbia also looks set to miss out for Valencia on Thursday.
Goncalo Guedes is on form and will hope to usurp Denis Cheryshev in the team here.
Focus
Valencia have one foot in the door after winning the first leg 3-1 away from home.
Villarreal put last week's dramatic defeat to Valencia behind them to win 1-0 against Girona at the weekend.
Villarreal have only won six of 23 away matches in all competitions this season but four of those have come in their last seven on the road.
WhoScored Prediction
Valencia 2-1 Villarreal
Frankfurt vs Benfica
Kick off: 21:00 (CET)
Date: Thu, 18-Apr-19
Probable Lineups
Team News
Sebastien Haller didn't feature in the first leg but will be recalled to the team here if he can prove his fitness in time.
Jonas returns from suspension for Benfica but it remains to be seen whether he starts here.
Pizzi tends to only start one of Benfica's two-legged Europa League ties and he didn't in the first match.
Benfica elected for the experience of Jardel over Ferro in the first leg and may stick with that here.
Focus
All the world is looking at the Portuguese wonderkid Joao Felix, will he give us a new surprise?
Despite losing the first leg 4-2, Frankfurt will be happy with their position in the tie after playing with 10 men for 70 minutes in Lisbon.
Benfica have scored exactly four goals in each of their last three matches. Despite a big win in the first leg, they will perhaps feel disappointed Frankfurt are still in the tie.
Frankfurt have lost their last two matches in all competitions, as many as their previous 20 outings combined.
Frankfurt are unbeaten at home in the Europa League this season.
WhoScored Prediction
Frankfurt 2-2 Benfica
moonlights
76
Actually want Chelsea and Arsenal to win tonight. Would love English clubs to be in the Europa League final and Liverpool vs Spurs in Champions League
Desmondeyum
69
Chelsea is going to win but for Arsenal their away form is very Bad they play like fulham, If arsenal improves their Away from they will win, but this is Football anything is capable of happening
wazzex
62
from my own point of view, d only problem arsenal is having now is just that there is no player that can play outside shot which is not meant to be. i think Emery need to work on that if we r to improve in our away matches
Schluppe
58
Early goal here will make all the difference, leaving them to score 4. We should definitely start Auba and Laca and catch them on the counter, they will be petrified of what we can do and away from home we spend far too much time fannying about, we need to grow a pair of bollocks away from home and go for it, and do some damage in the process. Two goals from us leaves them needing five, which is going to be very hard for them.
tintinsingsit007
56
I'm just excited about watching João Felix. I hope he plays well again. And I think Arsenal,Chelsea,Valencia and Benfica will go through
goola
43
I think we'll definitely concede a goal however the more important factor we need to take into consideration is game management in terms of silencing the crowd in the first quarter of the game, not allowing Napoli to dictate the game and create chances at will. If we can bypass the first half an hour without conceding, it will give us a better chance of going through. #COYG