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Valletta vs Zrinjski Prediction & Betting tips
On Thursday evening, the second leg of the Europa League season 2018/19 will be played in the second qualifying round. At the Ta ‘Qali Stadium in the Maltese city of Attard, the doubles winner from Malta, Valletta, receives the champion from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Zrinjski Mostar. The first leg between the two teams last week ended 1-1. The Bosnians had taken the lead in the 51st minute. In the 90th minute Mario Fontanella equalized for the Maltese. Who moves into the third round? The winner of the match meets the loser of the Champions League qualifier between Bulgarian champions Ludogorets Razgrad and Hungarian champions Videoton. The betting base analyzes the game and presents a tip for Valletta against Zrinjski Mostar.
Valletta:
The Valletta Football Club has been the Maltese champion 24 times and has won the Maltese Cup 14 times. In this statistic only Floriana (25 titles) and record champion Sliema Wanderers (26 titles) are in front of the “Lily Whites”. Especially in the last eight years, the championship title went to Valetta five times. In the past season, the club was three points ahead of the Balzan Youths champion of the BOV Premier League. In 26 league games Valletta suffered only two defeats, both away. At home, they won 9 of 13 games and conceded just five goals. Valletta also won the cup competition 2017/18. In the final they defeated Birkirkara 2-1. So far, the club never got beyond the second qualifying round in the European Cup. In 40 international rounds, the club from Malta was able to prevail seven times. This season Valletta started as champion in the first Champions League qualifying round.
There they retired after a 1-1 at home and a 0-0 away against the Albanian club Kukesi. The new BOV Premier League season starts on 17 August. Valletta has a great series and has been unbeaten in 20 competitive matches. The last loss was in the league match in December 2017 at Gzira United. At home Valletta is already 19 competitive games without bankruptcy. Here in April 2017, the last defeat in the league against Tarxien Rainbows. The team is coached by the Maltese football legend Gilbert Agius. Agius played a total of 451 games in the Maltese Premier League, was eight times with Valletta champions and won the trophy just as often. He also played 119 times for the national team of Malta.
Zrinjski Mostar:
The HSK Zrinjski Mostar was founded in 1905. Since 1994/95, the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been playing its highest football championship in the Premijer Liga. Mostar has already won the championship in Bosnia six times during this period, most recently three times in a row. Last season, Mostar and Zeljeznicar Sarajevo were very close. Both had 50 points on the account after the last matchday. The goal difference of 40:18 was at the end of the difference to the difference of 37:16 at Sarajevo. Both teams had won 16 games, played two draws and lost four matches. At home Mostar had suffered only a bust, won nine of eleven games and conceded only seven goals. The Bosnian-Herzegovinian Cup won the club once (2008).
Thus, the club is the most successful team in Bosnia and Herzegovina in addition to Zeljeznicar. So far, Zrinjski participated 14 times in the European Cup. The second round was reached three times in the UEFA Cup and Europa League. In the season 2010/11 was even in the third round of the Europa League end for the Bosnians. As the champion of Bosnia Mostar was allowed to play this season in the first Champions League qualifying round. There they were eliminated after a 0: 1 away and a 1-1 at home against the Slovak champions Spartak Trnava. In the current season are already completed two games in the Premijer League in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The champion leads the table with two wins and a goal difference of 4: 1 already again. Mostar conceded in the last nine games only one defeat, including but were also three friendly matches. Coach Ante Mise is unlikely to miss Beketta, Brkic, Bencun and Acimovic against Valletta on injury grounds.
Valletta vs Zrinjski head to head matches
26.07.18 EL Zrinjski Valletta 1 : 1
