Portuguese Torrense will play English Sunderland in the second round of the general stage of the Europa League. The meeting will be held in Leiria. Both teams managed to win in the first round. Who will lose points on October 15th? The answer is in our betting tip
Command Analysis
Torreense
Torrense is clearly not one of the most famous Portuguese clubs in the world, but last season the hosts managed to achieve a significant achievement. The team from the second division unexpectedly won the Portuguese Cup, beating Sporting in the final. The team could have ended up in the top league, but lost to Casa Pia in the play-off matches for promotion. Currently, the hosts occupy 15th place and are located next to the relegation zone of the Second League. But in the first round of the Europa League, the club won an away victory over Norwegian Lillestrem (2:1), despite being eliminated in the 85th minute.
Sunderland
Last season, Sunderland managed to take a fairly high seventh place in the English Premier League, which allowed them to get into the Europa League, where the guests have not yet participated. The debut match turned out to be a success for the black cats - the wards of Regis Le Brie outplayed the Dutch AZ Alkmaar (1-0). At the same time, things are not going so well in the Premier League. The visitors suffered three defeats in a row, losing to Arsenal (0:2), Manchester City (3:5) and Brighton (0:2). In the standings, Sunderland occupies only 17th place and is one point ahead of the relegation zone.
Bookmakers have no doubt about Sunderland's victory in this confrontation and predict a crushing victory for the English club. The hosts are really having problems in their championship, but in the first match of the European Cup, the Portuguese won an away victory and are ready to continue to surprise the European audience. Despite their modest resources, the Portuguese second division club fights to the end in every match, and even in the match for the Portuguese Super Cup, they forced the fight on the national champion, Porto. We think that Sunderland will simply not be on the road, besides, the guests themselves are experiencing problems in the championship.
Our betting tip is an Asian handicap (+1.5) on the Torrens for 1.80
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