Union Espanola vs Boca Juniors
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Today’s secondary featured game is the Copa Libertadores clash in Chile beween Union Espanola and Boca Juniors. The Argentinian heavyweights won the first leg 2-1 but this tie is far from over with the Chilean hosts more than capable of scoring goals.
Both of these two sides are attacking sides and they’re both pretty damn good at it, in my view. Union Espanola have scored in every Copa Libertadores game this season and I’m confident that they’ll manage it again in front of their own fans tonight. Defensively, they’re usually loose enough to ship goals too so we tend to at least see G/G bets come in for Union Espanola, if not overs too.
Boca tend to dominate games better than they used to because Falconi is a very shrewd manager. Indeed, by South American standards, he’s positively defensive and that’s a bit unusual. Still, we all saw what a terrific job he did at Banfield and how shit they’ve become since he left. Boca are starting to adapt to his ways after a lengthy period of time and you can see them winning more games than usual as a result. Nobody ever doubted the quality of Boca; just their consistency and temperament, both of which have improved under Falconi.
I would normally say that Boca are favourites here but to be honest, no result would surprise me here so I can’t really get into that. However, Falconi’s tactics are to prevent goals being scored aganist them whilst his team takes their chances. With a slender 2-1 leading them into this game, I don’t think Boca can realistically do that here as Union Espanola will score in this game. Therefore, I expect Boca to go for it and thus an open game should ensue. If that happens then this game should frankly cruise over 2.5 goals, although be prepared for the mass of cards that are sure to be shown!
Verdict: Over 2.5 goals at 9/10.
Wednesday’s Picks
As ever, if there are any explanations required then please feel free to post a comment! For the remainder of my thoughts on today’s games, see below, although I feel compelled to write that the below are not necessarily my tips but merely my thoughts to prevent endless questions about my thoughts on certain games!
UEFA Europa League:
Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Club de Bilbao (6) 1-2
Copa Libertadores:
Union Espanola vs Boca Juniors (5) 2-2, at least one red card in this game
Corinthians vs Emelec Guayaquil (7) 2-0
Atletico Lanus vs Vasco da Gama (4) 1-1, at least one red card in this game
Czech Republic Gambrinus Liga:
Bohemians 1905 vs Teplice (4) 2-1
Dukla Prague vs Sparta Prague (5) 1-1, at least one red card in this game
Jablonec vs Slovan Liberec (5) 1-1
Ceske Budejovice vs Mlada Boleslav (6) 1-1
Banik Ostrava vs Slavia Prague (5) 1-0
Slovacko vs Viktoria Zizkov (6) 1-0
Viktoria Plzen vs Marila Pribram (7) over 2.5 goals
Hradec Kralove vs Sigma Olomouc (5) 0-0
English Championship:
Birmingham City vs Blackpool (4) both sides to score
Israeli Ligat Ha’al:
Ironi Kiryat Shmona vs Maccabi Haifa (5) 0-0
Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv vs Maccabi Tel-Aviv (5) 2-1
Mexican Primera Division:
America vs Monterrey (6) 1-0, at least one red card in this game
Polish Liga 1:
Bogdanka Leczna vs Pogon Szczecin (6)
Gornik Polkowice vs Wisla Plock (4)
Kolejarz Stroze vs Warta Poznan (5) over 2.5 goals
Flota Swinoujscie vs Sandecja Nowy Sacz (4)
Ruch Radzionkow vs Nieciecza (5) under 2.5 goals
Olimpia Grudziadz vs Olimpia Elblag (7)
Zawisza Bydgoszcz vs Arka Gdynia (6)
Katowice vs Polonia Bytom (4)
Piast Gliwice vs Dolcan Zabki (7) over 2.5 goals
Romanian Liga:
Mioveni vs FC Brasov (5) 1-1
Sportul Studentesc vs Otelul Galati (4) 1-0
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