Birkirkara - West Ham (Europa League Qualification) 23.07.2015
West Ham is one step closer to the groups of Europa League. On Thursday, the Hammers visit Birkirkara in a revenge match of the second round of the tournament. The meeting will be played at the National Stadium of Malta in Ta Kali and chief judge will be Albanian Enea Jorgji. The odds for the game offered by the leading bookmaker bet365 are as follows: 11.00 for a home win, with a draw at 5.00 and 1.30 for the victory of the guests. A week ago at Boleyn Ground, West Ham won hardly with the minimum 1:0 after a late goal from the central defender James Tomkins.
Birkirkara surpassed the expectations with its performance on English soil last week. Maltese weakling managed to hold a goalless draw until the extra time of the match, but not without luck. The boys of Giovanni Tedesco are not in good shape, have won only three of their last eight games in all competitions. The team finished third in the Maltese championship by sport picks last year. However, Birkirkara won the final of the national cup after success over the champions Hibernians with 2:0.
West Ham was not very convincing in the first match and although controlled the game came down to a goal in the stoppage time of the meeting. The coach Slaven Bilic criticized his players for their performance. Dimitri Payet and Diafra Sakho are punished for the upcoming game and we will not see them at the stadium in Ta Kali. Slaven Bilic will return to the starting lineup key players like Adrian, Winston Reid, Aaron Cresswell and Mark Noble. West Ham will rely on strong stock that will seek victory to continuing forward in the Europa League, where almost certainly will face against the Romanian Astra Giurgiu.
After the bad performance a week ago, now is expected from hammers to significantly improve their presentation. Slaven Bilic expects from his team to ensure the participation in the next round of the tournament without any problems. It is hard to imagine anything except victory from West Ham against Birkirkara.
Prediction: For West Ham (-1.5 AH) @ 2.075 at bet365
Birkirkara surpassed the expectations with its performance on English soil last week. Maltese weakling managed to hold a goalless draw until the extra time of the match, but not without luck. The boys of Giovanni Tedesco are not in good shape, have won only three of their last eight games in all competitions. The team finished third in the Maltese championship by sport picks last year. However, Birkirkara won the final of the national cup after success over the champions Hibernians with 2:0.
West Ham was not very convincing in the first match and although controlled the game came down to a goal in the stoppage time of the meeting. The coach Slaven Bilic criticized his players for their performance. Dimitri Payet and Diafra Sakho are punished for the upcoming game and we will not see them at the stadium in Ta Kali. Slaven Bilic will return to the starting lineup key players like Adrian, Winston Reid, Aaron Cresswell and Mark Noble. West Ham will rely on strong stock that will seek victory to continuing forward in the Europa League, where almost certainly will face against the Romanian Astra Giurgiu.
After the bad performance a week ago, now is expected from hammers to significantly improve their presentation. Slaven Bilic expects from his team to ensure the participation in the next round of the tournament without any problems. It is hard to imagine anything except victory from West Ham against Birkirkara.
Prediction: For West Ham (-1.5 AH) @ 2.075 at bet365
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