Thursday evening, at 22:00, Chelsea receives the visit of MOL Vidi, the Hungarian team, in the second round of the UEFA Europa League. In the first L games, Chelsea was forced 1-0 on a difficult pitch at PAOK Thessaloniki, while FC Vidi lost home to BATE Borisov (0-2). Anything but a clear success of the English would be a huge surprise!
Odds speak for themselves about the level difference between the two rivals, and Maurizio Sarri will not neglect the Europa League match. Chelsea has a coat of arms on his own home, where he does not usually give way to bands from Eastern Europe. Vidi will come to play a 100% defensive game on “Stamford Bridge” in hopes of a lucky point. Even if he uses more reserves, Sarri has enough batch quality to achieve a smooth success.
Willian, Hazard and Jorginho could be rested.
There are no batch problems at the hosts that come after a 1-1 with Liverpool in the Premier League. Chelsea escaped unbeaten in two consecutive matches against one of the world’s best teams today, and players like Hazard, Willian or Jorginho evolve close to the ideal shape. All three could be rested on Thursday night when we expect to see football players wanting to say at Chelsea: Barkley, Moses or Loftus-Cheek. If they have more reserves on the field, Chelsea will win the “combativity”, because anyone will want to take advantage of the European League titles.
Chelsea has a long series without defeat this season and, despite the coincidence with West Ham (0-0), has consistently shown itself well in the Premier League. Players are found with passes, Morata and Giroud are very dangerous in front of the gate and Sarri’s defensive looks well organized and organized. The gate will likely appear Willy Caballero, an experienced goalkeeper who will not have much to do on Thursday night. Vidi won 3-1 (Mezokovesd) and 1-0 (DVTK) in the last two stages of the championship, but has limited technical and physical resources. The most dangerous people of the Hungarians are Scepovic, Huszti and Nego, and in defense we find veteran Juhasz, a former man at Anderlecht. The Videoton band will evolve into a rigid 4-5-1 system designed to lock all the lanes to its own gate.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / NO @ 1.49
