Our prediction for this Europa League match:
HJK
Match Time & Date:
08/09/2022
12:45 PM
Prediction: 0-2
Betis
Helsinki and Real Betis square off against each other at Bolt Arena in what will be their first meeting in the Europa League. HJK are on a quest to defend their Veikkausliiga title, but they have big ambitions for the 2022/2023 Europa League campaign as well. A man to keep an eye on in the home team will be Serbia international Bojan Radulovic, who has netted seven goals in the Finnish top flight so far this season.
The Andalusians, on the other hand, made a promising start to the new La Liga campaign, and despite suffering a 2-1 loss to Real Madrid at the weekend, they are seen as favourites to beat HJK. Given the number of high-profile footballers in Manuel Pellegrino’s team, anything but a routine away win would be a major surprise. Nabil Fekir is unlikely to feature in Thursday’s clash after limping off with injury in the loss to los Blancos.
Highlighted Player (William Carvalho):
Angola-born defensive midfielder William Carvalho has overseen a dramatic rise in his stock over the past few seasons at Sporting. William Carvalho is coming from a proper football family since his father and grandfather were also footballers, but his way to the top has had a somewhat dramatic twist to it.
Carvalho moved to Portugal as a child and first started playing football in the streets before he was picked up by Recreativos Desportivos de Algueriao. William Carvalho joined the Sporting football academy at the age of 13 The 24-year-old Portugal star player has spent two years on loan at Fatima and Cercle Brugge, before he got the chance to cement his place in the starting line-up for Portuguese giants.
William Carvalho came through all youth ranks with the Portugal national team, while he was given his senior debut in 2013. Carvalho played an important role in his country’s maiden European Championship title in France over the summer.
Highlighted Team (Betis):
Real Betis Balompie, better known as Real Betis, is a Spanish football club from the city Sevilla and is currently active in the Primera Division. The club hosts its home games in Estadio Benito Villamarin which holds a capacity of 57 000 spectators. The club colors of the club from Andalucia are green and white.
Real Betis is known for its rivalry with Sevilla CF. The Sevilla derby is one of the biggest in Spanish football.The most famous nickname of Real Betis is Verdiblanco’s which literally mean Greenandwhite.
The club from Sevilla had its biggest succes in 1935 where the club managed to win the Primera Division fort heir first and last time. In 1977 and 2005 Real Betis won the Copa del Rey. The biggest succes in Europe was in season 1977/1978 and 1997/1998 where the club got knocked out in the quarter final.
Famous players that ever wore the green white kit are: Denilson, Ricardo Oliveira, Finidi George, Gerrie Muhren and Ricardo.
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