The new head coach of Kuban Viktor Goncharenko (ex BATE Borisov) have a difficult task. Belarus coach is, as they say, between two fires. Not only that, it is necessary to urgently amend the unenviable position of the team standings in the Russian Premier League , so still in the Europa League , canaries are coming two matches with the most dangerous of all the contenders - Welsh Swansea , which leads group after two rounds. Kuban contrary , firmly settled on the last line , losing twice in a row , vs St. Gallen and Valencia with the same score of 0-2. Nothing good promises of Krasnodar and the trip to Albion , where traditionally play a very unpleasant, although very interesting , given the love of football to local fans. Kuban in the final round of the national championship once again lost , this time to Dynamo Moscow with a score of 1:3. The visitors finished the match with nine men after deletions in the second half of Arsene Hubulov and David Tsoraev (a rather controversial refereeing). After this failure Kuban occupy 11th place in the standings , with a total of 14 points, and from the area of European competition separates a distance... three victories. Swansea for the previous season did not get into the number of those who were to represent The Premier League in Europe. At the end of the championship , were only in the 9th place , but League Cup ended in a complete triumph for Michael Laudrup side , smashed into the finals Bradford (5:0). Now the Swansea strikes fear into opponents in the group stage of the Europa League. Already at the start of the tournament Welsh team sensationally beat Valencia at Mestalla with a score of 3:0. And then a whisker won at home against St. Gallen due to the precise shot on Wayne Routledge after 52 minutes. Much less confident Laudrup team acts on the domestic scene. Started with two defeats from Man. United and Spurs, but then managed to score seven points in three matches. Once again, followed by a double failure. If we talk about the losses of Krasnodar before the match in Swansea , then the question involved in the match Kabore and Kozlov. The African midfielder had temperature before the match with Dynamo , and the defender came with a trauma from the Russian team. However, Kuban coach expressed the hope that they will be given the Ok for tonights match in the Europa League. No losses at hosts - the defender of Swansea Ben Davis wont help his team in both games against Kuban , since an injury in a match of English Premier League against Sunderland. Due to a sprained ankle Davis will not be able to play for 3 to 4 weeks. But the leader of the team attacking midfielder Michu is in great shape. It is no surprise that Swansea considered the favorite of the upcoming confrontation. Bookmakers rate to win the Welsh side with a coefficient of 1.49 while the victory of Kuban are estimated by a factor of 8.50 , and taking bets on the draw for 4.60. In the group stage of the Europa League , Swansea scored four goals and did not miss a single , while the statistics of Kuban quite the reverse - four goals conceded and none scored. Kuban obviously does not apply to the giants of European football and in a duel with a representative of the English Premier League looks at the moment candid outsider. I agree with the fact that Swansea is favorite and most likely win. The team is strong in EL - two wins in two matches, in the Premier League recently defeated Sunderland 4:0 - you can not argue with the fact that the team Laudrup in great shape and is a favorite in the match with Kuban but Value in such rate (1.49) can not see. And , no matter how powerful Swansea may be, there is a flip side to the coin. In the EL Swansea had openly and boldly attacks , resulting in a lot of scoring chances. But by attacking , Swansea naturally sacrifices reliability in defense. And the fact that Swansea in two games did not receive, for me - a bit sort of luck. Thus , St. Gallen playing away against Swansea missed penalty and also had at least 3-4 100% percent clear chances for a goal. Welsh side played against the swiss boldly and openly , and allowed guests to create many dangerous moments. The swiss were not able to implement them. In Valencia the same story - Swansea played bravely, received a lot of attacks (although Valencia played with ten men ). I have no doubt that in this game Kuban get scoring opportunities, even with the mixed team they are presenting tonight. In addition, Kuban now headed by Goncharenko - specialist on counterattacking football , remember how he played with his BATE. Against Swansea , who will climb to the attack and will open Goncharenkos team something will create. However , the attack is gradually waking up - Kuban scored in the previous match , and the one before , and that is important - and Balde finally scored 2 goals , and Djibril Cisse scored one. At Kuban, in the end , the situation is such that there is nothing to lose - to go and score. I think here you can try Over 2.5 , but I still think it alone BTS - better than this , and the odds are bigger. My prediction: Swansea - Kuban, Both teams to score at 2.30 WilliamHill
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:24:32 +0000
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