EUROPA:
Champions League – group stage
Match
start: 20:45 (GMT+2)
According
to drawing procedure of the group Champions League tournament that
has happened on the 24th
of August in Grimaldi Forum Monaco the participants of the 5th
quartet became the champions of Russia and Slovenia, that is Spartak
Moscow and Maribor and also the finalists of the 2016 Europa League
Sevilla and Liverpool.
According
to the experts the bright favorites of this group are the teams of
Jürgen Klopp and Eduardo Berizzo. And during the first round the 4th
winners of EPL and La Liga are going to meet with each other.
Liverpool
England (the head coach Jürgen Klopp)
During
the last round of the national championship, Liverpool has
experienced humiliating defeat in the away match against Manchester
City (5:0). And now for the team of Jürgen Klopp is very important
(especially in psychological aspect) not to get stuck on this defeat.
The
bid of Liverpool for the game against Sevilla is lacking of injured
Nathaniel Clyne and Adam Lallana. But the chief “sticker” of the
reds Philippe Coutinho who hasn’t moved to Barcelona in summer has
to return to the starting line-up.
Sevilla
Spain (the head coach Eduardo Berizzo)
Contrary
to Liverpool, the Spanish grandee during its last match in Spanish La
Liga has devastated the Basque club Eibar (3:0). The squad of
ex-champion of Europa League is proud of Paulo Henrique Ganso, Wissam
Ben Yedder and Nolito.
It
is obvious that while mentioning the current rival of Liverpool we
recollect immediately super strong and unstoppable team of Unai Emery
(2016). But now, to a large extent, only memories about Kevin
Gameiro, Vitolo, Yevhen Konoplyanka, Adil Rami are left. And
irreplaceable earlier Éver Banega isn’t even included into the
starting line-up.
Match
prediction
Now
the main football players in the team of Eduardo Berizzo are Nolito,
Wissam Ben Yedder, Gabriel Mercado, Clément Lenglet. Essentially,
this is absolutely new team which is just creating and mastering its
game. And if to compare current attacking strength of the rivals, the
hosts of Anfield have more chances for their first winning in the
Champions League after 3 years absence.
Liverpool
– 1.75, draw – 4.00, Sevilla – 5.00;
Our
tip:
Liverpool
to win – odds 1.68 5Dimes