Schalke Plzen Odds : Klass Jan Huntelaar to fire Germans to Europa League glory at Veltins-Arena
Schalke hold the upper hand going into their second leg Europa League tie against Viktoria Plzen on Thursday thanks to a precious away goal in the first leg last week.
Klass Jan Huntelaar’s 75th minute goal that cancelled out Vladimir Darida’s opening effort gave the Bundesliga outfit the upper hand going into the second leg at the Veltins-Arena, and they’ll be looking to complete the job and secure their passage into the last 16 on Thursday.
The Royal Blues have an excellent European record in recent years and made it to the semi-finals of the Champions League last season only to fall just short of securing an historic appearance in the final.
This year they have had to make do with playing in European football’s second tier tournament, but they demonstrated their class as they came through the group stages unbeaten, and now Huub Stevens’ side have the perfect opportunity to flex their muscles and prove why they are being mentioned among the favourites.
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Plzen meanwhile will be ruing that fact they shipped an away goal on home soil having looked in control of the game for large periods. They will also want to avoid exiting European football after doing their growing reputation no harm having been handed some of the toughest assignments in world football during their maiden Champions League campaign.
Barcelona and A.C Milan were their group opponents in Group H, and although they lost comfortably to Barcelona they did secure a point against the Italian giants in their last game before dropping down into the Europa League.
Jermaine Jones is in contention for Schalke despite his suspension in the Bundesliga, but both Peer Kluge and Lewis Holtby are unavailable for selection through injury.
Plzen go into the game without captain Pavel Horvath who is currently sidelined, with David Limbersky expected to take up the skipper’s armband for the game.
