Intertoto - Sivasspor v Braga
Sivasspor eliminated Gribalf in previous round with a bad football. Those two games are the first formal games of the team and they didn't look ready. They suffered in offensive organizations where in second game only goal was a half lucky header to an organized cross. They also made so many fouls around goal area and as a result they conceded two freekick goals in first game. I think they are nore ready to new season after those two matches. They will be without goal keeper Petkovic who is in Australia NT and injured players Mohammed Ali Kurtulus, Sezer Badur and Onur Tuncer are injured. Only Mohammed Ali is key among them. Akin became the main keeper last season and Petkovic is not a big miss but Mohammed Ali was crucial last season with his freekicks and long shots. They also decided to sell some first team players from last season including Uğur Yıldırım, Ivan Cvetkov, Ömer Kaplan and Mahmut Hanefi Erdoğdu. As a matter of fact none of them are indispensible and they are raplaceple with current squad players. Their new attacker from Bursaspor Tum may pay today. He is hard working but has rather poor finishing abilities.
I don't have so much knowledge about Braga team. Last seasons scores shows that they are not a high scoring team especially in away games. When we consider that this will be their first formal game for this season we shouldn't expect them a different charactetristic.
I expect a fight in midfield and a low scoring game. Tempreture around 30 C' can effect both teams negatively.
Probably line ups:
SİVASSPOR
Akin; Abdurrahman, Bilica, Diallo, Hayrettin; Musa, Sylla, İbrahim (Tum), İlhan; Mehmet Yıldız, Balili
SPORTİNG BRAGA
Santos; Jorge, Fernandes, Contreras, Miguelito; Brum, Honorato, Frechaut
Vandinho, Jorginho; Tomas, Sivasspor:
Pick:
Under 2.5 Stake: 7

































