Elfsborg vs Floriana

One of the most unbalanced games of this EL preliminary round, will be played in Sweden, between the current leaders from the Swedish league, Elfsborg, and FC Floriana, a Maltese team.

 

Floriana is the most successful club from Malta but this doesn’t mean anything on the European stage. They are used to get trashed year after year and I doubt it will be any different now. Their form is quite bad, having lost all the games played in the Euro Cup competition: 1-3 against Hibernians Paola, 0-3 against Birkirkara and 1-2 against FC Valletta. As we can see, currently they are bad even for Maltese standards.

 

Elfsborg, on the other hand, is toping the Swedish League, 5 points ahead of Malmo and with a flawless streak of 6 wins at home. They are in full championship so their fitness shouldn’t be a problem, compared with the one of the semi-professional Maltese players. Elfsborg is coming after an unexpecting 1-5 trashing against Atvidaberg in the league and they have the opportunity to boost their morale tomorrow. Nothing is better than a convincing win at home, which will allow them to treat more lightly the reverse fixture.

 

The handicap is quite big but for a reason and I expect the hosts to deliver by at least a 3-4 goals margin.