Nurnberg do not have such a pretty looking record vs Hamburg but I will be backing Nurnberg on this. Honestly, Hamburg has been disspointing. They were expected to beat Darmstadt but only manage to draw. They were even expected to get promoted to top flight but squandered all their chances by drawing and losing games towards the 6-8 games of last season. Nurnberg still do have players who competed in top flight and they should have enough quality to overcome most of the teams when they play home. They have been relegated, it is painful, lesson learned. Stuttgart, Paderborn, Heidenheim, Hannover amd together with Hamburg, they should be the other ones all competing for the top 5 spots.
Nurnberg to win.
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3Nürnberg Win • 2.89
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Elfsborg or Draw • 2.06
If you take a look at the head to head records between these 2 teams, Elsborg leads Djurgardens 15-7. In the league, they have played 14 times at Elfborg's homeground in which Elfsborg won 9 times, drawn 3 times and lost 2 times. The last time Djurgarden won at this ground was 2014 and prior to that, Djurgardens won the other game back in 2005. The following are the last 5 games played at Elfsborg's home:
23/04/18
Elfsborg - Djurgardens 2 : 2
19/09/17
Elfsborg - Djurgardens 2 : 2
28/04/16
Elfsborg - Djurgardens 3 : 0
16/08/15
Elfsborg - Djurgardens 2 : 0
26/10/14
Elfsborg - Djurgardens 0 : 1
Based on these records, it is quite clear that the Boras Arena Stadium is quite a difficult ground for Djurgardens. With Elfsborg performing pretty well at home managing to draw with Norrkoping, Hammarby and Hacken who are all strong top 5 teams, I believe that they should be able to perform the same against Djurgardens. Their defence is pretty discipline and it is their current defence strength that is keeping their hopes alive. The last game against Kalmar, it was a penalty decision against them that allowed Kalmar to score first but Elfsborg came back very strongly in the 2nd half to win the game 2-1.
Elfsborg to win/draw.
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BATE or Draw • 2.33
Please do not follow this prediction of mine. High odds on BATE Borisov. Based on records and books, I just think Bate will qualify due to their history of appearing in Champions League. Besides, they do play better away from home.
Bate Borisov to win/draw.
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Maccabi Tel Aviv Win • 1.94
Maccabi Tel Aviv's home record is a force to be reckoned with. They are still unbeaten at home since April 2018 in a premier league playoff with Hapoel Beer. Since them, they have been unbeaten at home extending to the end of last season. Out of 13 home games last season, they won 11 games, drew 2 games, scored 33 goals and conceded only 4 at home. The record speaks for itself.
Maccabi qualified for Group Stage 2 years ago but unfortunately last term, they qualified for the playoff stage, bowed out to Sapsborg beating them 2-1 at home but lost 1-3 earlier in the 1st leg.
Maccabi is another team that regularly makes apperances in the final stages of qualification as well as group stage.
Judging on the fact that CFR Cluj's away performances in Europe competitions are just average, it is now to Maccabi's advantage to secure the next stage. Based on the away match Cluj had with Astana earlier this month in which Astana won 1-0, it is quite clear that Cluj do struggle away especially with teams who have pace to attack and Maccabi is a much better home team if compared to Astana.
Cluj have been wanting to qualify for group stages for a long time now but unfortunately, the 1-0 aggregate from the 1st leg may not be enough to face a strong home side like Maccabi. It is going to be tough esoecially that now Maccabi needs to win at all cost either equalizing the 1-0 margin and bringing it into extra time or go all out in search of more goals to qualify before 90mins are up. In addition, any visiting team will find it difficult to play on the away Israeli turf. Cluj will have a tough nut to crack, defending all the way won't be a solution, they need to come out and find an away goal ot two but that may lead to leaving spaces and vulnerable defending as they did against Astana. It is going to be very difficult keeping up with the Maccabi's pace when they play home.
Maccabi Tel Aviv to win.
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Ulsan Win • 1.84
This match pits No.2 vs No.3. Ulsan is just 2 points away from leader Jeonbuk and they're in search of a victory today to get back on top of the table.
Of late, both Ulsan and Seoul have been conceding goals and been trailing in their games. Ulsan were trailing 0-1 to Gangwon last 2 weeks but strongly came back in the 2nd half to nick a 2-1 victory. In their last game against Sangju, they were leading 2-1 until Sangju fought back to tie 2-2 in injury time. As for Seoul, they conceded 4 goals to Jeonbuk and 4 goals to Jeju in last 3 games. Seoul has been knowned to always trail in a game but they have always found a way to fight back to a win or draw in the 2nd half but looking at their recent games, there seems to be no improvement in their defence and they are heavily leaking goals.
Ulsan oftenly plays a slow pace amd controlling game. They sometimes do not meet expectations vs some of the bottom half teams but when it comes to a team who are challenging them for the title, they sure do know how to deal with it and that's how they beat Jeonbuk 2-1 back in May and drew 1-1 away 2 games back. They also manage to come back from a strong Gangwon lead to win the game 2-1. After beating 4th place Gangwon, it now means it is a clear top 3 running for the title.
Should Ulsan beat Seoul, it will definitely give Seoul a tough task to chase the top 2 and that leaves only Ulsan challenging Jeonbuk for the title in which Ulsan is having all the advantage having played Jeonbuk.
Ulsan Hyundai to win.
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Olympiakos Piraeus Win • 1.78
Olympiakos played well tactically to a deservingly 0-0 draw in the 1st leg. All the advantage is in their hands now as they play the 2nd leg on their formidable homeground. They have only lost 1 game on home soil all season last term and that was to PAOK, the champions. Viktoria controlled well in the 1st leg but failed to find the net. Sometimes in football, yes, possession is good but you need to score goals to win. Honestly, there is no point having 60-70% possesion if you can't score to win which means poor conversion rate.
Now, foccussing on tonight's game at the Karaiskakis Stadium, it is seriously going to be hard to believe that Olympiakos will lose this game. They are one of the favourites who regularly qualifies, a team with vast Europe exoerience. They did slack a couple of years back but looking at their form last season, it can be said that Olympiakos is back in good shape.
All that is needed of Olympiakos is to tighten their defence to prevent Viktoria from getting an away goal or two. Their defence were solid last week, more so, they should perform even better at home. There should not be a draw I guess as I am expecting Olynpiakos to swarm all over Viktoria's defence aand go all out for a win.
Olympiakos to win.
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Elfsborg Win • 2.24
Elfsborg have an exceptional home record vs Kalmar. If you have watched Elfsborg's recent games, their defence proved to be quite stubborn to be cracked at home. Both Hacken and Norrkoping ended 0-0 while Hammarby also suffered the same result in 1-1 draw. Probably the 1 strength that's been keeping Elfsborg alive in the game is their solid and discipline defence. Kalmar have never beaten Elfsborg away. They have played 14 times at Elfsborg's home in which Elfsborg won 8 times and drew 6 times. The last 3 home meetings ended in a draw. With Kalmar struggling on away form, even losing to Eskilstuna recently, Elfsborg is tipped to win this match. 3 previuos draws arenjust to much to have a 4th draw at home. Besides, Elfsborg need to push themselves and breakout from the bottom. A win would see Elfsborg being in the top half.
Elfsborg to win.
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Pogoń Szczecin Win • 1.727
Pogon has been in good form coming from the end of last season. They were against odds against Legia Warsaw in the last game, played well to upset Legia and took 3 points on the road. Pogon should take another 3 points in their game vs Arka.
Pogon to win.
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Viktoria Plzeň Win • 2.46
This is a tough call but I will stick to a Viktoria win on this. Viktoria have been unbeaten in the league since 1st April 2018 amd that was 15 months ago. They have been very strong at home but having said this, in last season's CL group games, they beat Roma, drew with CSKA Moscow and lost to Real Madrid at home which was expected. but being able to beat Roma certainly shows their quality. They were knocked out of CL, moved to Europa League, beat Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 at home but lost 0-3 away.
On the other hand, Olympiakos have not played competitively in the past 2 months but are unbeaten in their past 8 friendlies so far. They have even beaten Jagiellonia away 5-0 in one of the friendlies. In the league, they only lost 1 away game all season which was to the champion PAOK. In the Europa League last season, Olympiakos have not been good on the road as they lost away to Dinamo Kiev, Real Betis and AC Milan. The only team they managed to beat was Dudelange.
In terms of experience, Olympiakos certainly do have a lot of Europe experience. The match up today is between a team with formidable home form vs a regular experienced Europa team.
Factors to consider:
Viktoria is solid on home ground.
Statistics points to a Viktoria win.
Knowing the fact that Olympiakos is hard to beat or even draw on their homeground, Viktoria needs to win the 1st round.
Comparing players, Olympiakos is definitely the talented side.
As I am much more of a statistics person, I'd pick Viktoria for this round.
Olympiakos to win next week.
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HB Win • 2.23
Torshavn played some good football against HJK Helsinki last week. They were leading 2-0 until HJK replied 2 goals late in the 2nd half which ended their hopes in the CL qualifiers but they are still in contention in the Europa League qualifiers against Linfield. Comparing both the teams, Torshavn should have the edge in this game as they have been scoring at home while Linfield struggled against Rosenborg with an aggregate of 0-6. The only hope Linfield may have is to try their best tp keep Torshavn at bay and at least score an away goal to bring the tie back to their home ground next week but that could be seen as a tough task judging on Linfield's last game with Rosenborg.
HB Torshavn to win.
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Legia Warszawa Win • 1.727
Legia Warszawa have won 9 out of past 10 games against Pogon.
Legia to win.
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KuPS Win • 2.03
Kups is currently in 3rd behind Ilves the leader by 3 points and to say they are not challenging for the title will be an under statement. They posses a good record vs Mariehamm, won 5 out of past 5 meetings and have qualified for the next Europa League round. All statistics points to a Kups win.
Kups to win.
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Norrköping Win • 1.65
After some good performance in the Europa League recently, Norrkoping should be back in business in the local league and needs to get back into the top 5 after slipping down to 7th spot losing 2 home defeats against Goteburg and Sirius in the past few weeks. If the title is what they are aiming for, they can't possibly slip up further losing to lower teams at home since the league have reached its halfway mark.
Norrkoping to win.
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Esbjerg Win • 1.83
Ebsjerg may not be a team that can compete for the title but they are a team who sits pretty comfortably just below the top 3 or top 4 and they should be pretty strong at home to face the likes of Hobro, a team that escaped relegation last season.
Ebsjerg to win.
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If you'd watch all of Dudelange's past 3 European away games, they have always had a bad 1st half but manage to make a comeback in the 2nd half. I would not really say that they play well in the 2nd half but all the 3 teams Valetta, Shkendija and Kalju Nomme allowed them to get back into the game. Valetta. Valetta was complacent in the 2nd half after leading in the 1st half, took things easily and Dudelange equalised. Against Shkendija, the keeper made a howler to allow Dudelange to equalize and later win through a controversial penalty.
Kalju controlled the whole game but failed to find the net, in the end, Dudelange won.
Now, looking at Ararat Armenia's calibre who have the capability to beat AIK Solna at home, do you think Ararat will make the same mistakes like all the 3 teams Dudelange have faced? Ararat plays very well at home. The only setback was the game vs Saburtalo. One of their man was down in midfield, some of the players were signalling the referee but the referee allowed the game to go on.. Saburtalo scored from that confusion. Just a some tough luck on a bad decision.
Comparing the 2 teams, Ararat is definitely the team with more attacking prowess and I don't think they will fail to find the net especially on home soil. If they have the ability to match AIK, they should get this job done. Many prediction sites speak highly of Dudelange but all the 3 teams which Dudelange played were weaker teams. How can you compare winning against weaker teams and expecting the same result from Dudelange when they play a stronger team? I personally do not think Ararat will make the same mistakes as how Valetta, Shkendija and Kalju did. Ararat is just 1 more step away from qualifying, they certainly know they have to win tonight and bring it into the 2nd leg.
Ararat Armenia to win.
Ararat Armenia to win by HT since Dudelange have always had a bad 1st half.