On Thursday, starting with 17:00, the Bodo / Glimt – Zalgiris match will be played, within the Europa League preliminaries, round 1. It is a meeting for the first time between the two teams, with a clear favorite. Bodo / Glimt is in the 7th European season in the club’s history and has never met a Lithuanian opponent. On the other hand, Kauno Zalgiris is in his second participation in the European cups, after the one last season, when he lost 0-6 to the general against the Apollon Limassol group.
Bodo / Glimt has a fantastic season in the Norwegian first league, which it leads by 7 points ahead of Molde, but also a less disputed match. Kjetil Knutsen’s students have 41 points in the first 15 stages, at a fabulous goal difference of 53-18. Incredibly, all 15 matches of the season played by Bodo / Glimt were “over 2.5 goals”. A similar duel is announced with Zalgiris, who scored 6 goals from Apollon Limassol, in the previous European adventure.
On the other hand, Zalgiris is a team founded in 2004, which is rather known for its basketball section. The Lithuanians finished on the 4th place in the ranking of the first league of the previous season, and in the current one they occupy the third position, with 4 stages left to play until the end. Zalgiris has no experience at this level and will have a very complicated match in Norway, especially due to the sports form in which the leader from Eliteserien is.
Bodo / Glimt finished fourth in Norway four times;
The “yellows” won two Norwegian Cups;
Zalgiris is the second participation in the European cups;
Kauno finished 4th in the previous season in Lithuania;
PREDICTION: Over 3,5 goals @ 1,86
