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In the first round of the main stage of the Conference League, Brighton will host Lithuanian Kauno Zalgiris. The hosts have won four in a row, and the bookmakers expect a crushing victory from the British. Will the outsider be able to avoid defeat on October 15th? The answer is in our betting tip
Command Analysis
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton has had a great start to the season and is ranked third in the most competitive world Cup. In the last three rounds of the championship, the club scored dry victories over Coventry City (5:0), Arsenal (3:0) and Sunderland (2:0). In the League Cup, they also managed to go further, having won back with a score of 0:2 in the confrontation with Manchester United (3:2) at Old Trafford. The hosts suffered their only defeat of the season in an over-productive match with Chelsea (3:4).
FK Kauno Zalgiris
Last year, Kauno Zalgiris became the Lithuanian champion for the first time in his history. In the Champions League qualifiers, the guests managed to beat Drita (1:1, 3:2) and the Faroese Klaksvik (0:0, 1:0), but then they still flew away from Dinamo Zagreb. (0:5, 1:2). Then the Lithuanian club lost in the Europa League to Turkish Besiktas, although it performed well and even won the home game. (0:3, 1:0). Now Zeljko Sopic's team will try to impose competition on their opponent from the Premier League.
Brighton have recently managed to keep rivals such as Manchester United and Arsenal out of business, so Kauno Zalgiris hardly has any chances against such a strong opponent. Even taking into account the injuries and the rotation of the squad, the Seagulls should win a crushing victory over the Lithuanian outsider. We'll bet on this outcome.
Our betting tip is an Asian handicap (-3.5) for Brighton in 1.87
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