UEFA Cup - Toulouse vs Spartak Moscow Football betting preview

The game between Toulouse and Spartak is a very interesting game from the perspective of tipsters. Spartak top the table of group E and have already qualified while Toulouse are out, sit at the bottom of the table with 0 points and that’s where they’ll stay no matter how the game finishes. But I believe that they’ll their final game.

The thing is Spartak have played their last domestic game on the 11th of November. Since then they have played two games in the Uefa Cup, their last two weeks ago. They have already qualified and I don’t see any motivation for them in today’s game. It must have been hard to wait two weeks for a game with no meaning. Today’s game is going to be just their third competitive game in 38 days! They have already done their job in games against Prague and Zurich. Also they’re gonna be without some key players either because of injuries or simply because they’ve been given early holiday: Pavlyuchenko, Titov, Mozart, Kovac, Kalynynchenko, Jiranek, Pletikosa, Sabitov won’t play.

Toulouse meanwhile has been playing well recently. In December they have lost to Bordeaux, drawn against Nancy (conceded a goal in the 90th minute) and won against Lille and PSG. They have scored seven goals in those games. The problem is that all those goals have been scored by the Swede Elmander, who is not going to play today. But it doesn’t mean Toulouse will be down to 10 men at the time of the kick off and I think there will be somebody to take Elmander’s role. I have had a look at the lists of players called up for their last three Ligue 1 games and for today’s game and they are quite similar. This means that even if Toulouse make 2 or 3 changes in the starting 11, they will still field a team that will have match practice and Spartak will be lacking it. And that should be the difference here. So I go for home win in this one.

GL



Pick : Toulouse
Odds : 2.30
Stake : 7 / 10
Bookmaker : Betsson
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