Our prediction for this Europa League match:
APOEL Nicosia
Match Time & Date:
16/08/2018
01:00 PM
Prediction: 1-0
Hapoel Beer Sheva
Thursday’s football game at Neo GSP stadium pits together APOEL and Hapoel Be’er Sheva, who played out a 2-2 draw at Yaakov Turner Toto Stadium in the first leg of the Europa League third qualifying round. The Israeli side came from two goals behind to share the spoils with the Cypriotes in the first leg, but the visitors face an uphill task in the return leg. Over the years APOEL have turned their Neo GSP into a real fortress and despite the fact that they failed to impress in the Champions League qualifiers, we believe that Bruno Baltazar’s men are going to make it to the Europa League final qualifying round. Yet another close encounter is on the horizon, but we predict that the hosts are going to emerge triumphant in Thursday’s football match as they are a real force to be reckoned with at home.
Highlighted Player (Emilio Nsue):
Emilio Nsue is a pacey winger who was born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on September 30, 1989. After starting his youth career at Atletico Baleares, he moved to Mallorca football academy in 2004 and he continued playing for los Bermellones at senior level.
Nsue scored 13 goals in 142 appearances for the club and you should know that he played for the likes of Castellon and Real Sociedad on loan from 2008 to 2010. In the summer of 2014 he moved to England, signing a three-year deal with Middlesbrough as a free agent. Emilio Nsue made his debut for the Boro on August 9 in a 2-0 win over Birmingham City at Riverside Stadium.
After making 70 appearances in the league for Middlesbrough, he joined Birmingham City on January 18, 2017 on a three-and-a-half-year deal. Despite being born in Spain, Nsue represents Equatorial Guinea national football team on the international stage. Nsue made his debut for Equatorial Guinea on March 21, 2013 in an unofficial friendly game against Benin.
Highlighted Team (Hapoel Beer Sheva):
Hapoel Be'er Sheva are an Israeli football club based in Beersheba. The club was founded in 1949 and they play their home games at Turner Stadium. The capacity of the stadium is 16 126 and it was opened in September, 2015.
Hapoel wear red shirts and white shorts when playing on home soil and they play in blue shirts and black shorts on the travels. The club played their first game against Mefalsim and they defeated their opponents 5-4. Back then no more than five teams competed in the Israeli league and it has to be noted that the likes of Hapoel Rishon LeZion, Hapoel Kfar Saba and Hapoel Ramat Gan were other teams that participated in the league.
In 1975 Hapoel Be’er Sheva won their first Israeli Premier League trophy, with the team finishing the season three points clear of Maccabi Netanya. In the 2015/2016 season they won their third domestic trophy, leaving Maccabi Tel Aviv three points clear of them in the standings. Shalon Avitan is one of the most notable footballers who played for the club.
