Game for the history
This Wednesday a great game is expected of us, a duel between the Netherlands giant and one of the biggest clubs in Turkey. These two clubs are regular entrants almost every year in the Champions League, but now only one of them can take part in the elite this year.
The game will be played at 19:00 UTC at Philips Stadion Stadium in Eindhoven. There is a lot at stake for both teams, but it won’t be easy to achieve what they want.
Enjoy the overture for this season, because if this is a qualification game, just imagine the group phase! Let’s go to the statistics:
Pre-Match Statistics
PSV is the favorite to win this game but we should not discard Galatasaray so easily. Only a few points difference were in last year’s championship in Turkey, and Besiktas won the title in the end. So everything could have been different, but that is the reason why soccer is the most popular sport in the world. We should be prepared for a tough game, one more fact that goes in favor of that is the abolished away goal rule. This will be the first year without it, so players need to adapt to it.
Number of goals
As we said, this won’t be a game with tons of goals. So maybe you should aim under 2.5, maybe BTSS is the best option.
First / Second half
The odds for halftime/full-time are always interesting. Let’s see the stats – PSV has a good chance to win both halftimes and the odds for 1/1 is 2.65. But if you want to get some more money then you should absolutely go for X/1 with the odds of 4.40. Both PSV and Galatasaray will start the game with a dose of fear. So we are expecting that in the second half they will achieve their maximum.
Who will score first?
The odds for PSV to score the first goal is 1.59, and for Galatasaray is 2.55. This will be interesting to watch as we see that PSV is good in the first 15 mins, but on the other hand, Galatasaray is great at the end of the game.
Conclusion:
To sum up, this game is to be or not to be for both clubs. Getting into the Champions League is a matter of pride, but also a matter of money. Millions of euros are on the table. So expect the battle to end in both of the games, and without away goal rule, maybe even extra time or penalty shoot-out in the second game.
Predictions:
- Prediction one: Double Chance and total: 1X & 3+ (Odds 2.49)
- Prediction two: Double Chance – X2 (Odds 1.84)
- Prediction three: Under 2.5 (Odds 1.83)
