Cork City VS Legia Warszawa picks UEFA Champions League

Posted by Jennis Zhong on July 10th, 2018

Match Time:7/11/2018 02:45 Wednesday (GMT+8) 

UEFA Champions League -- Cork City  VS  Legia Warszawa

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Cork City: Weak performance in recent weeks ( Recent Form: W W L L D ) 

The team from the south of Ireland has qualified by winning the Irish Premier League last year for the first round of the incipient Champions League. They replaced the current leaders, the Dundalk FC, as champions. The team is trained since 2013 by the American John Caulfield. Since the league aligns itself to the calendar year, Cork is fully in the juice and is not like the opponent from Poland in the preparatory phase. That could be a small - perhaps decisive - advantage. In the league, it will be difficult for Cork to defend the title. Currently they are in second place in the table. The gap to Dundalk is four points, while the lead over third-placed Waterford comfortably thirteen points. With 46 goals scored and 16 goals in each, Cork City has the second-best value in the league. Especially in the local Turners Cross they are a power. Of the twelve games played, eleven could be won. Only in the last home game against the Shamrock Rovers, it was enough only to a goalless 0-0 draw. Here Kieran Sadlier missed after 60 minutes of the game a penalty, so they left the first points in their own stadium. With 12 goals each, Kieran Sadlier and Graham Cummins are the most dangerous offensive forces in Coach Caulfield's team.

Legia Warsaw: After the long preseason ( Recent Form: W W D W D ) 

In two weeks, the 13-time Polish champion will start the title defense in Ekstraklasa. On Matchday 1 they meet Zaglebie Lubin. The team of the Croatian coach Dean Klafuric is in the hot preparation phase. Can Cork City be a real touchstone? The Polish league is certainly stronger than the Irish and Legia Warsaw, who won the title three times in a row, are the flagship of the league. But in this phase before the season is not sure everything is going well. Although the preparation matches could be denied without defeat, but a real blast opponent was not there. In the last game it was enough against the Polish second division Radomiak Radom only to a 0-0 draw. One of the stars in the team is Jaroslaw Niezgoda, who scored 13 goals in his first season for Legia. As a strike partner, the Spaniard Carlitos was obliged, which has changed from league rivals Wisla Krakow to the Vistula. In Krakow he scored 24 goals last season. So there is enough offensive power to score one or the other away goals.

THE BETTING VERDICT:

After all, it is difficult to estimate how far Legia Warsaw is in preparation. Certainly the top level of performance will not be available yet, but reaching the next round should not be a problem. At the latest in the second leg in their own stadium they will close the bag. In the first leg, the Irish will sell their skin dearly. Both teams have offensives to offer that are always good for a goal. Therefore, the betting base at Cork City - Legia Warszawa recommends a bet on a game with more than 2.5 goals.

Cork City  VS  Legia Warszawa

O/U Pick: Over 2.5 goals

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