Best Games For Over 2.5 Goals in Thursday’s Action – 6/5/21

AS Roma take on Manchester United at the Stadio Olimpico, knowing that they have a mountain to climb, as they are 6-2 down from the first leg at Old Trafford, following a rampant second-half by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side, as they overturned a 2-1 deficit at half-time to win the game 6-2, thanks to goals from Bruno Fernandes (2), Edinson Cavani (2), Paul Pogba and Mason Greenwood.

Paulo Fonseca’s side have been involved in three matches in their last five games which have landed in the over 2.5 goals market, in 3-1 and 3-2 defeats against Torino and Cagliari, as well as the first leg of this tie.

United have also been involved in three matches which have had over 2.5 goals including the home leg of this tie, having beaten both Tottenham Hotspur and Burnley 3-1 in early and mid-April.

Players to look out for in this game are Borja Mayoral and Bruno Fernandes. Mayoral is the joint top scorer in this season’s Europa League with seven goals and two assists in 12 appearances, averaging a goal every 92 minutes. Meanwhile, Bruno Fernandes has five goals and three assists in seven matches this season and actually won the competition’s Golden Boot last season.

Relegation battling Hertha Berlin take on ninth-placed Freiburg in the Bundesliga, with the hosts needing a win to move out of the relegation zone.

Hertha are struggling for form at present having won just one of their last five matches in a 3-0 win against Bayer Leverkusen in late March, thanks to three first-half strikes from Deyovaisio Zeefuik, Matheus Cunha and Jhon Cordoba. This game was one of two games in Hertha’s last five matches with have had over 2.5 goals in it, as they drew 2-2 with Borussia Monchengladbach in early April.

Freiburg have also been involved in two games from their last five that have yielded over 2.5 goals, as they beat Schalke 4-0 in mid-April, as well as losing 2-1 away at Borussia Monchengladbach.

The last time these two sides met was back on 20th December, where Freiburg thumped Hertha 4-1 at Schwarzwald-Stadion thanks to goals from Vincenzo Grifo, Ermedin Demirovic, Manuel Gulde and Nils Peterson.

Thursday night also sees Arsenal take on Villarreal in the second-leg of the Europa League semi-finals at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners come into this match trailing the Spanish side 2-1 from the first leg, as goals from Manu Trigueros and Raul Albiol put Unai Emery’s side in firm control of the tie, before a 73rd minute Nicolas Pepe penalty earned Arsenal a vital away goal.

Prior to last Thursday’s game, the last time Arsenal were involved in a match that had over 2.5 goals in it was when they beat Slavia Prague 4-0 to advance to the semi-finals, thanks to goals from Pepe, Alexandre Lacazette (2) and Bukayo Saka.

Four of Villarreal’s last five matches gave yielded over 2.5 goals, including their home leg against the Gunners. In La Liga the Yellow Submarine had lost two games in a row 2-1 against Barcelona and Deportivo Alaves prior to playing Arsenal last time out. Villarreal had also beaten Levante 5-1 away from home in mid-April.

Gerard Moreno will most likely be the visitors best goal threat, as the 29-year-old Spain international has managed 26 goals and nine assists in 40 matches across all competitions this season.

Benfica take on FC Porto in Liga Nos on Thursday in O Clássico, which could have huge implications in the title race.

A win for Benfica would all but confirm Sporting Lisbon’s first league title since the 2001/02 season, as they would have the opportunity to open up a nine-point gap on Porto with just three matches of the campaign to go.

Four of Benfica’s last five matches have seen over 2.5 goals scored, as they beat the likes of Pacos de Ferreira, Portimonense and Santa Clara 5-0, 5-1 and 2-1, as well as losing 2-1 to Gil Vicente in mid-April.

The last time Porto were involved in a match that had over 2.5 goals in it was in their 3-2 victory over Famalicao on Friday night, where goals from Toni Martinez, Mehdi Taremi and Marko Grujić settled the outcome.

This match is a battle of the first and second top scorers in Liga NOS, as Porto have scored 61 goals in 30 matches, three more than their arch-rivals Benfica.

The final game on this list also comes from the Portuguese top flight, as 11th placed Belenenses host 10th in the table Portimonese at Estádio do Restelo.

Two of Belenenses last three matches have landed in the over 2.5 goals market, having beaten Gil Vicente 2-1 in late April, as well as earning an impressive 2-2 draw away at Sporting Lisbon, where former Ajax striker Mateo Cassierra put them into a two-goal lead, before 83rd and 96th minute goals from Sebastien Coates and Jovane Cabral pegged them back.

Portimonense have had two matches in their last five games yield over 2.5 goals, in very different results, as they beat Vitoria Guimaraes 3-0 in early April, before being hammered 5-1 at home to Benfica on 22nd April.

Portimonense’s Beto will be the main man to look out for in this match, as the Lisbon born striker has managed 11 goals in 26 matches, which sees him as the sixth top scorer in Portugal’s top flight this season.