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Very interesting encounter today. Both teams are champions of their countries. FC Midtjylland is champion of Denmark, for those who do not follow Scandinavian football. They have a very interesting model, they find good young players, they really are thinking ahead.
After 2 good seasons in which they finished 2nd and now 1st, they parted ways with their coach. I don’t know why, but i can tell you that i don’t consider it wise. To be brief, i think Midtjylland is a team of lower quality than APOEL and their main advantage is that they are ahead with their fitness, because they are already playing competitive football in the new Denmark season (2 winning results in the 2 league games played). Also the fact that they play on an artifcial pitch is an advantage for them.
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Let’s move to APOEL. Cypriot football teams are based on the following model: some hard working local players, some talented Portuguese, Brazilians, Argentinians, a decent coach and there you have it, a recipe for success and money making. It worked pretty well so far. The tricky part with Cypriot teams is that they are very lazy when playing away. Last year, APOEL played 2 games vs Scandinavian teams, vs Helsinki (2-2 away and 2-0 at home) and Aalborg (1-1 and 4-0 at home).
I consider this APOEL Nicosia team to be stronger than the one last year, and their coach is well known Paciencia, who finished 2nd with Braga and in the next year after that took them to the final of the Europa League, where they lost 1-0 vs Porto … so he knows what he is doing, and with all the Portuguese players he has at his disposal, I am sure he will have no problems transmitting his ideas.
So my bet is a +0.5 handicap on APOEL Nicosia, they are set to get a result today in Denmark. My classic 8 unit stake on the prediction.
Pick: APOEL +0,5
Odds: 1.82 @ Sbobet
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 6.56
Event date: 28 July
