Europa League
2025-08-21 - Malmo vs Sigma Olomouc
A Sports Betting Pick by ArmchairPunter
Football : Europe: Europa League
Venue: Eleda Stadium
Thursday 21st August 2025, 1800hrs (GMT)
We’ve also reached the play-off round of the Europa League as well and the 1st leg ties will be played during this week starting with one of the featured games being Malmo taking on Sigma Olomouc at the Eleda Stadium on Thursday night.
Malmo were recently sent crashing out of the Champions League qualifiers as the Swedish side suffered a heavy 5-0 thrashing away from home at Copenhagen in the 2nd leg of the 3rd qualifying round, but Henrik Rydstrom’s side have another opportunity in Europe with this upcoming tie.
The upcoming hosts had previously recorded a 5-1 win on aggregate over Latvian side RFS and although Malmo had also been dealt a disappointing 3-1 loss at home to Mjallby in the domestic Allsvenskan, the 3rd placed hosts bounced back with a resounding 4-0 win on the road at Halmstad.
Czech Republic outfit Sigma Olomouc have made a fairly promising start to the new domestic Czech First League as the visitors currently sit in 4th place thanks to winning three of their opening five games of the new season.
Wins against Slovacko, Slovan Liberec and Zlin should give Sigma Olomouc a welcome boost ahead of this tough looking trip to the Eleda Stadium on Wednesday night although this will be the visitors’ first involvement on the European stage this season.
There’s also been a seven-year gap since Sigma Olomouc last featured in European competition when they were dumped out of the Europa League during the qualifying stage by Sevilla 4-0 on aggregate.
The Betting Verdict
Malmo will be desperate to set the record straight in this competition particularly at home where the hosts have slipped to six defeats in their last seven ties on home soil, but they have a good chance of returning to winning ways here on Thursday night.
The Pick :
Malmo 2-1 Sigma Olomouc
