On Thursday, August 8, from 18:00 pm on “Stockhorn Arena”, FC Thun will receive the visit of Spartak Mosocva in the first leg of the preliminary round of the Europa League.
It will be the first match of the European season for both fighters who will practically make their debut in this edition of the Europa League.
FC Thun is without victory after three short rounds of the new edition of the first league in Switzerland, being 8th with two draws and one defeat, being 2 points five lengths away from the Young Boys leader.
After four rounds of the new competitive season in the first league of Russia, Spartak is 11th with 5 points, having a victory, two draws and a defeat, being five lengths behind the Zenit leader.
The double winner between FC Thun and Spartak Moscow will play in the Europa League play-off with the winner of the Brondby-Braga clash.
Probable teams FC Thun- Spartak Moscow:
FC Thun: Faivre- Hefti, Sutter, Gelmi, Glarner- Stillhart, Tosetti, Castroman- Salanovic, Rapp, Vasic.
Coach: Marc Schneider
Spartak Moscow: Maksimenko- Lucas, Eshchenko, Jikia, Gigot- Guliyev, Zobnin- Bakaev, Ananidze, Schurrle- Ponce
Coach: Oleg Kononov
The Russians are favored in qualifying and it is hard to believe that they will not be among the teams that will fight in the play-off for access to the play-off. Surely Spartak will evolve cautiously in Switzerland to achieve a result that will ease its mission in next week’s return from Moscow.
PREDICTION: Under 2,5 goals @ 1,58
