Betting Preview: Arsenal vs BATE: Home Victory On The Cards

Arsenal players received a backlash from their fans after they conspired to lose to Belarusian champions BATE Borisov in the first leg of their Europa League last 32 ties on Thursday night.

Stanislaw Drahun scored the only goal of the game just before the end of the first half to give BATE Borisov a 1-0 win over the Gunners in their home leg and Arsenal players would be highly motivated to overturn the first leg deficit when both sides meet again.

Arsenal will host the Belarusians at the Emirates Stadium for their second leg clash.

The Gunners are one of the favourites for the competition and an easy home win is expected.

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According to Bet9ja, Arsenal have been given the odds of 1.15 for a win while their opponents are far behind at the odds of 16.00 for an away victory.

The Gunners thrashed the same opponent in the same fixture last season but that was in the group stage.

Ex-Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger led the Gunners to a dominant 6-0 win over the Belarusians.

Arsenal have always scored goals at home in the Europa League and are expected to score a few against BATE Borisov with odds of 1.45 available for over 2.5 goals.