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St. Liege (Bel) vs Vojvodina (Srb) Prediction & Betting tips
Standard Liège would love to go to the group stage of the Europa League, but the Belgian subtopper will have to survive two preliminary rounds to do so. There is no return, so ‘Les Rouches’ have to beat Vojvodina, the Serbian cup winner on Thursday evening in their own Sclessin.
Standard:
With base number 16, Standard Liège is one of the oldest clubs in Belgium, but the door of the trophy cabinet has rarely had to be opened in the Sclessin in recent years. The Walloons have won three cups in the past decade, but the last national title dates from 2009.
Under the new coach Philippe Montanier, Standard Liège hopes to revive old times. “We have to go for a top four classification this season anyway,” said defender Zinho Vanheusden, who says he has dismissed a return to Inter to bring Les Rouches back to the top. With a second place and thirteen points from the first six rounds of play, the red shirts got off to an encouraging start, although there is still plenty of work to be done for Montanier. Last weekend, Standard Liège only narrowly beat Kortrijk 2-1, and last week the club was also unable to convince with a modest 2-0 win against the semi-professionals of Bala Town from Wales. “We will have to raise our level,” said goalscorer Selim Amallah. “We went a little too much into the physical game of Bala Town.”
Vojvodina:
Standard Liège’s opponent is the Serbian Vojvodina, which won its second main prize since the breakup of the former Yugoslavia with last season’s cup win. The team now hopes to qualify for the group stage of the Europa League for the first time since the turn of the century. The Serbs are the clear underdog on Thursday evening, but trainer Nenad Lalatovic does not accept that without a fight: ‘We will have to be animals on the field. We are no less than Standard Liège, and don’t have to be afraid of anyone. ‘
In any case, Vojvodina has started the season well, because after eight rounds of play, the third is behind the traditional top clubs Red Star and Partizan Belgrade. The most striking personality, however, is Lalatovic, who immediately knocked almost all foreign players out of the door upon his arrival at Vojvodina in June 2019, because they were too lazy in his eyes. In addition, he himself is not averse to controversy. For example, players and fans of the opponent are regularly treated to a middle finger, or he holds a ball high during the match to gain some time. This Lalatovic is a kind of Diego Simeone squared.