On the upcoming Thursday, a start in the third qualifying round of the Europa League is ahead for Everton, and Koeman team’s opponent will be a team from Slovakia, called Ruzomberok. The upcoming games for Everton will be the first official ones in the season, while Ruzomberok have already managed to play two matches in the Eurocup and have had one encounter in their native championship. The gaming practice may help the western slavics to give battle to a very status opponent.
In the training camp before the start of the season, Everton had only three friendly matches. At first, the Toffees were stronger, than Gor Mahia with a result of 2:1, after that they were stronger, than Twente 3:0. After that, they had a draw with Genk 1:1 and the match against Groningen was cancelled. The English team’s statistics seems decent, but will Koeman men’s gaming practice be enough to perform decently in the upcoming match?
Even in terms of Slovakia, Ruzomberok are not the strongest team, but the side has already managed to pass through two qualifying rounds of the Europa League, therefore the team deserves respect. At first, Ruzomberok were stronger, than Vojvodina, the match on Balkans brought the victory to the hosts, but in the second match the Slovaks were stronger 2:0. After that, the Norwegian Brann fell, 0:1 and 2:0, whereas Ruzomberok’s victory happened away.
Everton are far from their optimal conditions, besides, Romelu Lukaku has left the team, who was their strongest forward. Reconstruction is inevitable for Everton. Ruzomberok, in their turn, play very decently away.
Prediction for the match: Ruzomberok to win with +3.0 Asian handicap
