FC Copenhagen vs Riga FC PREVIEW & PREDICTION 22/08/2019

With the slogan of becoming strong at home, this Thursday the Danish cast of FC Copenhagen aims to get a victory, when in Telia Parken receives the visit of a modest Latvian cast such as Riga FC, in the first leg of the playoff round of the UEFA Europa League.

FC Copenhagen :

Those led by Stale Solbakken received a heavy blow a few weeks ago when they were eliminated from the UEFA Champions League qualifying stage by the Belgrade Red Star Serbian cast, in a series that ended up matched to two goals, and which had that define by the way of the penalties.

Happily, the Danish cast quickly recovered from it and so last weekend they won 0-1 in their visit to Randers for the Danish Super League and thus add perfect scores in their six games, placing themselves alone in the first place with 18 points, two points more than his Midtjylland escort, and this result is expected to allow him to take confidence for his UEFA Europa League debut where he wants to make his homeowner status prevail, where he has not lost in his four official games of the season with three of them ending in victories.

It must be said that FC Copenhagen in the previous 2018/19 edition of the UEFA Europa League qualified for the group stage, where he played games against Zenit, Slavia Prague and Bordeaux, where the results unfortunately did not accompany him, but this 2019/20 They want to collect revenge.

Riga FC :

For their part, those directed by Mihails Koevs are in a good moment, so the cast of Latvia comes from leaving on the road to the Finnish picture of HJK, in a series that won it due to the added value to the visitor’s goal, since at home tied for one goal, while visiting was a two-goal draw.

The truth is that the cast of Riga has struggled to get victories this season in UEFA competitions, since of his six games played only one was victory, and as his fans expect him to repeat the level he maintains in the Virsliga where with his victory The last weekend for the minimum difference over Liepaja remains in the first place with 47 points, and thus draws a difference of six points on his Riga FS escort.


PREDICTION: Over 2,5 goals @ 1,58

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