Athletico Madrid take on Rubin Kazan tonight at the Vicente Calderón Stadium in the last 32 of the Europa League. Athletico Madrid have won four of their last seven matches while Rubin Kazan haven’t won a competitive game since November 2012.
Last 7 games form:
Athletico Madrid – L W W L D W W
Rubin Kazan – L L D L D W W
Current betting odds – Athletico Madrid (4/11) Draw (4/1) Rubin Kazan (10/1)
Gamingtips Prediction – Athletico Madrid 1:1 Rubin Kazan
These two sides have not met competitively in recent years and there isn’t much to go on other than domestic form (Athletico Madrid currently second in the Spanish Primera, Rubin Kazan 7th domestically and struggling for form). There may be some value in backing the draw or Rubin Kazan to cause an upset based on their form in this competition. They haven’t lost a Europa League game since the 14th, February 2012 and although it is just a coincidence they are playing tonight (14th February 2013), their style of football seems to work against other European clubs outside of their domestic league. Odds of (4/11) for Athletico Madrid are very short and the only alternatives for punters is to bypass this match or take a chance on the draw at (4/1) or Rubin Kazan at (10/1).
This match gets underway at 20:05 GMT+0 (21:05 local time).