Europa League Betting - Unirea vs Liverpool Preview

Europa League - Unirea v Liverpool

Unirea Urziceni are hosting giants Liverpool tonight in the EL. The first leg ended 1-0 in favor of Liverpool, but the Romanian team managed to hold on to the 0-0 score for 80 minutes, while only a defensive marking mistake allowed the Reds to score. Still, Liverpool's performance was weak and they will be coming to Romania to sit back and let Unirea open up in order for Torres and Gerrard or Kuyt to have more open spaces for their quick counters.

The realistic thing is that Unirea Urziceni will never open up until the 70th minute, because a goal conceded will mean they need to score 3 in order to qualify. So they will create another defensive wall such as the one at Anfield and sit back and wait for a lucky shot or a final push for the 1-0 win and Over Time. Coach Levy also practiced penalty shooting a lot in these last two days, so the entire game strategy is formed around a late 1-0 win and over time.

Urziceni lost at home vs. leaders CFR Cluj on Monday, in a quite boring game that should have been a 0-0 draw, but Cluj managed to make a good combination in the 44th minute which locked the game.

Liverpool will not start with Torres as he is not fully fit yet, so their offensive power will be as weak as it was in the first half of the Anfield game. Therefore, we should see a 0-0 at HT, and then on, nothing is sure. If Pool scores, the game is clearly over and Urziceni will give up the fight. If Unirea somehow scores, then the defensive block will be even tougher around that result.

Anyway it will happen, i believe in a very tight game with few clear chances at the goals, so under 2.5 is the logical bet here.

Pick : under 2.5 goals
Odds : 1.73
Stake : 7 / 10
Bookmaker : Stan James
Match Result : 1-3
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