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Betting tips for Slavia Prague vs BATE- 25.07.2017

After a drought of eight seasons, Slavia of Prague returned to conquer the Czech title, thus having the opportunity to fight for access to the group stage of the Champions League. In the third qualifying round, BATE Borisov, the regular Belarusian champion, entered the competition and left the Armenian champions on the way. The first leg game will take place at the Eden Arena in Prague.

Slavia's success in Prague last season has allowed the second team of the Czech capital to imagine themselves entering the top of European football. Having not won the League since 2009, Slavia overcame a deep crisis in financial terms, eventually being acquired in 2015 by a Chinese company. This acquisition has once again put Slavia in a position to compete for the title. Over these eight seasons, Slavia had never even been second. For this year is reserved the attack on the Champions League, a test where Slavia never managed to reach the group stage. Access objective difficult, but possible. For this to happen, the focus was on hiring a pool of experienced players who can add this knowledge of what it takes to succeed in Europe. Three veterans, the Ukrainian Ruslan Rota, the Portuguese Danny and the Turkish Halil Altintop, have strengthened a group that lost three points, goalkeeper Pavlenka (for Werder Bremen), central Luftner (for Copenhagen) and midfielder Barak (for Udinese). In the qualifiers, Slavia did not miss a game, with wins over Nice and West Bromwich Albion and draws against Celtic Glasgow and Krasnodar.



Champions League BATE Borisov has been the champion in Belarus for eleven consecutive seasons, currently in second place, three points behind Shakhtyor. But at this stage of their season (in Belarus the race is disputed throughout the calendar year), the objective is to prolong the Champions effect, where the BATE team has scored six times in the group stage. It is also thanks to the money won in this event that BATE has been superior to the local competition, hence the importance of being present again. In the previous round BATE eliminated Alasjkert, the Armenian title-holder. BATE was not more than a draw in the first leg when they played at home, reaching a wide 3-1 win in their opponents' field. In this way, you can continue to dispute access to a group stage which, as you can see, has many strong candidates.


This will be the first encounter between the two teams.

Acting at home and against a less-sounding team with a more in-depth experience of UEFA competition games, Slavia will have to resort to its more veteran elements to find the way to the goal and thereby secure an advantage Acceptable for the trip to Belarus.

 

Slavia Prague vs BATE Prediction: X/1 5.00

Slavia Prague vs BATE betting tip: Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.80

Slavia Prague vs BATE   final score recommendations: 2-1 15.00