Football Previews
Slask Wroclaw travel to Spain this Thursday evening to face sevilla at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium in the final round of the UEFA Europa League qualifiers.
Sevilla defeated FK Mladost 9:1 on aggregate to make it to this stage one night before they arrived in Manchester to upset the English Champions (3:1) in Rio Ferdinand‘s testimonial.
Slask Wroclaw upset Club Brugge and progressed by way of away goals scored (3:3 on aggregate).
Both sides have started their domestic seasons – Sevilla lost 3:1 to Atletico Madrid in their opening match – Slask Wroclaw have played 4 games, drawn 3 and lost 1 in the Ekstraklasa.
Recent form:
Sevilla – L W W W W L W
Slask Wroclaw – W D D D W L D
Sevilla have lost 2 in 7 while Slask Wroclaw have lost just 1 game in their last 7.
Head-to-head
Unfortunately, these two sides have not met in recent years so there is no history to go on.
Bookmakers side strongly with Sevilla in this tie.
Current betting odds: Sevilla (1/6) Draw (6/1) Slask Wroclaw (14/1)
Gamingtips Prediction – Sevilla 4:1 Slask Wroclaw
Sevilla finished 9th in La Liga last season scoring 58 goals in 38 matches and conceding 54.
Slask Wroclaw finished 3rd in the Ekstraklasa last season, 20 points behind champions Legia Warszawa – they scored 44 goals in 30 matches and conceded 42.
Both sides don’t have particularly good defensive records domestically or in Europe – on average, both teams concede as many as they score however for Slask Wroclaw, Sevilla represent a much tougher task than any side they have faced in the last 12 months.
Sevilla’s last 5 matches have had a combined total of 22 goals – Slask Wroclaw’s last 5 matches have had a combined total of 13 goals.
Ultimately Sevilla should come through this tie very comfortably given their superior squad and experience at this level – Slask Wroclaw did cause an upset against Club Brugge in the last round but Sevilla are a further step up in class and they will do well to keep this tie respectable over two legs.
From a betting perspective, over 3.5 goals offers excellent value at odds of 11/8 given that both sides score and concede quite a few goals.
This game gets underway at 20:30 GMT+1
Full UEFA Europa League fixtues and betting odds for Thursday 22nd August can be viewed here
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