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Maribor (Slo) vs Coleraine (Nir) Prediction & Betting tips
The small Northern Irish club Coleraine FC has played 41 international competitive matches so far. The 1-0 success in the pre-qualification against SP La Fiorita, the fourth from San Marino, was only the fifth victory ever. As a correspondingly blatant outsider, the Northern Irish travel to NK Maribor, which has been a permanent guest in European competitions for decades and has even taken part in the group stage of the Champions League three times.
Accordingly, it is not surprising that in the run-up to the game between Maribor and Coleraine the odds of the bookmakers clearly turn towards the Slovenes, as the odds comparison of the betting base shows.
It is true that the forecast at Maribor against Coleraine must include the fact that the Slovenes have not played a competitive game for over a month and do not yet fully know where they stand. However, Coleraine has only played two competitive games since March 7 and is also by no means in the rhythm of the game.
Against this background, the only question is how Maribor against Coleraine tip 1 can be provided with an addition so that the associated odds increase. We consider the half-time final score bet to be the most effective. Further predictions for the first qualifying round are available in the Europa League betting tips section.
Maribor:
With 15 national championships and nine cup wins, NK Maribor is the Slovenian record champion and record cup winner. As the flagship of the country, the kicker from northeastern Slovenia, also known as Vijolice (in German: Die Veilchen) because of their purple colors, have already played three times in the Champions League group stage.
This year, however, Maribor can only take part in the qualifying round for the Europa League. In the final table of the Prva Liga, two points were missing from Celje, so that in the end it was only enough for the runner-up.
Among the teams in the lottery pots for the first qualifying round for the Europa League, NK Maribor is still a kind of heavyweight because of its recent international history, which is underlined by the squad available to coach Sergej Jakirovic, who was signed up in April.
Twelve players in the Vijolice team have an individually higher market value than the entire 23-man squad of Gast Coleraine added together. So it’s no wonder that at Maribor there is absolutely no alternative to Coleraine tip 1.
More David against Goliath is hardly possible if NK Maribor also enjoys home rights by drawing lots in the only knockout game that decides on progress or elimination.
The Vijolice are currently leading the table in Slovenia, although the 3-0 opening win over Aluminij, who did not start the game, came about at the green table. There was therefore no competitive game in the young 2020/21 season for the reigning runner-up, who, however, managed to win four of the five test games in August with 19 goals scored and basically looks good.
Coleraine:
Coleraine FC has existed since 1927. A championship in Northern Ireland is still pending. The performance of Coleraine in the past season is all the higher, where the second place in the table was to book after the end of the season.
The only four defeats from the 31 league games were even the best of all twelve first division clubs, which means that the former Irish champion of 1974 might have landed the big hit if it had continued.
In any case, Coleraine FC can once again take part in the qualifying round for the Europa League, where they ended up against Haugesund in 2017 and Spartak Subotica in 2018.
This year the small club even had to go to pre-qualification because of the low UEFA coefficient for Northern Ireland, where they won an international competitive match for the first time in 17 years.
In the 1-0 victory over La Fiorita, the fourth-placed from the land of the football dwarf San Marino, the kickers known as Bannsiders really didn’t cover themselves with fame.
In any case, it can be stated that a large number of Coleraine FC’s players are amateur or consist of semi-professionals. Central defender Steven Douglas is still on the football field with a remarkable 42 years. It is practically obvious that such a group has a hard time keeping up internationally.