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Granada CF (Esp) vs Lokomotiv Tbilisi (Geo) Prediction & Betting tips
After ninety years of waiting, the Spanish Granada can finally get ready for its very first European home game, when the Georgian Lokomotivi Tbilisi comes to visit the Carmenes on Thursday evening. The Spaniards are of course a huge favorite, but the Georgians managed to stunt against Dynamo Moscow last week.
Granada:
Despite difficult preparations, Granada could not have wished for a better start to the season. The Spanish number seven of last season started immediately with two victories at LaLiga, and experienced her European baptism of fire last week with a resounding 0-4 victory at the Albanian Teuta. Trainer Diego Martinez, however, remains firmly grounded: ‘We are not suddenly a super team, just as we were not super bad during the preparation. Of course this good start is very pleasant, but we do have to remain realistic. ‘
Meanwhile, the focus is again on the meeting against Lokomotivi Tbilisi. Many teams from major leagues use the preliminary rounds of the Europa League to rotate fully, but Martinez does not seem to intend to do that, just like last week: ‘On Thursday evening we will play our very first European match in our own Carmenes. We had to wait ninety years for this! ‘ So you can count on the Spaniards taking this game very seriously.
Lokomotivi Tbilisi:
The Georgian Lokomotivi Tbilisi stands in its own country in the shadow of its fellow townsman Dinamo Tbilisi. The club is celebrating its 84th anniversary this year, but the red shirts do not get further than three Georgian cups. However, last season’s fourth place is sufficient to participate in the preliminary rounds of the Europa League.
The resume of Lokomitivi Tbilisi is therefore not exactly impressive, but the team showed last week that they can play nice football. At home, the much stronger and much richer Dynamo Moscow was defeated 2-1. An unprecedented performance by the men of trainer Giorgi Tchiabrishvili, who almost only has Georgian players in his selection. The only exception is Amsterdam-born Moroccan midfielder Imran Oulad Omar, who defended the colors of Achilles ’29 and FC Den Bosch in the past.
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| Prediction: | Over 3,5 goals |
| Selection odds: | 1,52 |
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