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These days, the dream of the European Championship in the coming year will burst for some teams. The qualification turns into the home straight and the first decisions will already be made in the October double. In the five-group A around the English national team, the Three Lions have best chances on the European Championship ticket.
The second place will likely be the Czech Republic and Kosovo among each other. Only one theoretical chance have Montenegro and Bulgaria meeting in Podgorica this Friday!
Without victory and with only two points from five games, the two teams grace the end of the table. For the national team from Montenegro as well as for those from Bulgaria, the 2019 calendar year has been completely disappointing so far. In the face of seven points behind second place, the chance for the European Championship is virtually gone, but with a defeat, the final would be sealed off.
In the basement duel of group A Montenegro is relatively clearly favored by the bookmakers Bulgaria against odds. The game starts on Friday evening at 19:45.
Montenegro:
After all, No. 55 in the FIFA world ranking is the national team from Montenegro. In recent qualifications, the team often proved to be an extremely unpleasant opponent. Although it was never enough to qualify for a major event, but for example in the course of the European Championship qualifier in 2012, the team failed only in the playoffs. The past World Cup qualification was also quite a success with third place. Thanks to these achievements, Montenegro is currently ranked 55th in the FIFA World Ranking.
In the recent past, however, the team could no longer build on these successes. A big problem is certainly the fact that the two big top stars are no longer available.
Mirko Vucinic has already ended his career in 2017; his congenial strike partner Stevan Jovetic is still active over the years, but has been struggling with major injury problems in recent years. Currently, he lacks the team of head coach Faruk Hadzibegic due to a cruciate ligament rupture.
The outstanding player in the squad is captain and defender Stefan Savic, who is under contract to Atletico Madrid in Spain. Otherwise, there is no player who would even earn the predicate “International Class”. With Lazio player Adam Marusic, there is only one player left to earn his bread in an international top league.
Head coach of Montenegro has been the Bosnian Faruk Hadzibegic since July. He took over the post of Ljubisa Tumbakovic. The Serb caused a scandal when he did not enter the stadium in a duel against Kosovo because he does not regard Kosovo as a separate country. As a result, the association pulled the consequences and decided to split.
Under Hadzibegic Montenegro celebrated in September in a friendly against Hungary a 2-1 victory. However, the European Championship qualifier against the Czech Republic was clearly lost 3-0 to home fans. The home strength of past years is no longer available. Correspondingly risky we rate between Montenegro and Bulgaria the tip on the home side.
Bulgaria:
The Bulgarian football is in a deep crisis and is now far from a major event. A total of seven times Bulgaria participated in a World Cup, twice succeeded in a European Championship qualification. The last major event dates from 2004, when Bulgaria had to sang in Portugal in the first round with three defeats sang- and soundless.
In the UEFA Nations League, the rise in the second-rate league B was within reach. The Bulgarians started furiously with three wins, but were unable to match their performance in the second leg against Norway, Cyprus and Slovenia and were overtaken by Norway in the last game. Thus, there was only the second group place. The chance to get the EM ticket via the detour of the Nations League was also playful.
Head coach Petar Hubchev kept the association firm, but after two draws at the start of the European Championship qualification, the association decided to split. With the ex-Germany legionnaire Krasimir Balakov a sounding name was committed. His results so far, however, are devastating: four games, four defeats.
In addition to the three defeats in the European Championship qualification Bulgaria had to give up even in a friendly game Ireland. Pressure on Balakov increases and results are demanded. On Monday, the home game against England is on the program – then no points are to be expected.
After all, the neutral fan is not bored at games from Bulgaria. In the four games there were a total of 16 goals to see (4: 12 goal difference) and each time was the tip on the over 2.5 correct. Between Montenegro and Bulgaria, odds of up to 2.25 are offered on Friday night for this forecast.
While Montenegro presents itself almost as a pure legionnaire team, a large part of Bulgarian players earn their money in the domestic league. There are still a few legionnaires to be found, but big names such as Stefan Savic do not exist. According to Transfermarkt, Austria’s Legionnaire Kiril Despodov is the most valuable player among the Bulgarians with a market value of three million euros.
Montenegro vs Bulgaria head to head matches
22.03.19 EUR Bulgaria Montenegro 1 : 1
04.06.11 EUR Montenegro Bulgaria 1 : 1
07.09.10 EUR Bulgaria Montenegro 0 : 1
05.09.09 WC Bulgaria Montenegro 4 : 1
06.09.08 WC Montenegro Bulgaria 2 : 2