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Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Backa Topola: Europa League Match Prediction
The first meeting of the rivals will take place on August 22 in Hungary at the Haladas Sports Complex in Szombathely, where Maccabi Tel Aviv will host Backa Topola. The modest guests tried their hand at the group stage of the Europa League last season, but without success. Now the Serbs intend to return with at least some experience behind them and improve their results. But this will not be easy. Will the visiting club be able to resist the Israelis and what bets will play? The answer is in our betting tip
Command Analysis
Maccabi Tel Aviv
IsraelCurrent form
The Tel Aviv team had a great season, winning the championship with a clear advantage. The gap from the second line was 11 points. Both the attack and defense distinguished themselves, becoming the best in the league. The new championship will begin only in September, but the club is not left without game practice, taking the country's Super Cup to its piggy bank, where they beat their teammates from Petah Tikva (2:0). Among other things, they managed to reach the final of the Toto Cup. In the semi-finals, they beat Bnei Sakhnin (2:1).
The performance in the Champions League did not go well already at the stage of the quarter-finals of the qualification – they failed to beat the Romanian FCSB. In the semi-finals of the Europa League qualification they were very lucky with their opponent. Panevezys is going through a global crisis, so they could not put up any resistance, losing 1:5 on aggregate. At the beginning of the season it is noticeable that the “yellow devils” do not have any serious problems with competitors inferior in class.
Disqualifications and injuries
The team has no problems with its composition.
Interesting trends for betting
- Maccabi Tel Aviv are unbeaten at home in 15 of their last 16 matches
- Israelis have scored at home in 16 games in a row
Estimated lineup : Mishpati, Yehezkel, Nahmias, Shlomo, Davidzada, Peretz, van Overeem, Kanichovsky, Davida, Turgeman, Laious
TSC Backa Topola
SerbiaCurrent form
In recent seasons, the modest Backa Topola has reached a new level and become a strong team in the Serbian championship, where they managed to outpace even Partizan. Whether the current championship will be triumphant for the team is still unknown. At least, the start is not impressive. In five rounds, there have already been two unnecessary defeats with the same score of 0:1 from far from the strongest Belgrade and Radničkov Niš. As a result, seven points and an intermediate sixth place in the tournament table.
After a fairly successful pre-season, such an unsuccessful start to the championship looks disappointing. With the current level of play, it will be problematic to compete with the team from Israel. Most likely, it would be better to go to a lower level, where the team will have more chances to show itself.
Disqualifications and injuries
The injured Kuvelich will not help Bachka-Topol.
Interesting trends for betting
- Backa Topola have not won in six consecutive matches in the Europa League
- The team has won with a handicap (+1.5) on the road in nine of the last 10 matches.
Tentative line-up : Ilic, Jovanovic, Djordjevic, Capan, Petrovic, Pejic, Pantovic, Banjac, Djakovac, Cirkovic, Stanic
Trends
Bet Exact score 2:1
In 2 of the last 5 meetings between the hosts, this score was recorded
8.50Bet 1st half: Maccabi win
In 2 of the last 3 matches the hosts won in the first half
2.20Bet 2nd half: Backa Topola will score
In 4 of the 5 recent games, the home team conceded in the second half
2.30Tip and bets
Few doubt that the Israeli club is the favorite of the upcoming meeting. There are no serious names in the Maccabi squad, but the team is very strong and capable of achieving results, which was clearly demonstrated by the start of the current season. Where the "yellow devils" should have won, they won. We believe that at least on a neutral field, it is the Israelis who should take the victory.
Prediction: Maccabi win with odds of 1.67
Bet on total
In the last three matches of Maccabi this season, more than 2.5 goals were scored. Most likely, the clubs will show productive football and please the fans with an abundance of goals. We believe that you can bet on the total over
Betting Tip - total over 2.5 goals with odds of 1.93
Bet on corners
Over the last five matches, both teams have produced impressive statistics on corners. Maccabi averages six shots per game, while Backa Topola averages 5.4. The overall totals are also impressive – 9 for the hosts and 11.4 for the visitors. The numbers suggest that we will see a large number of corners.
Betting Tip - total corners over 9.5 with odds of 1.81
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