Unirea Urziceni vs Sevilla FC Preview 24/11/2009 Champions League - Group G

Unirea Urziceni have quickly shown they have enough quality for playing in the Champions League, although we have to say they were placed in a fairly easy group

Unirea Urziceni vs Sevilla FC Preview 24/11/2009 Champions League - Group G

Unirea Urziceni vs Sevilla FC Kickoff 20.45 Spain time - The surprise package of this year’s Champions League, Unirea Urziceni are sitting in second place in Group G and they need just few more points to secure their place in the knockout stages. Sevilla have all but clinched the first place in the group but they will, nevertheless, be looking to win this game and thus continue the impressive run of results.

Can Unirea make it to the knockout stages?

Unirea Urziceni have quickly shown they have enough quality for playing in the Champions League, although we have to say they were placed in a fairly easy group. The Romanians took great advantage of Stuttgart’s and Rangers’ problems, and with two rounds to go, they are two points clear of third-placed Stuttgart. The hosts will be looking to win this game but they cannot afford to go all guns blazing at Sevilla and we expect them to adopt a cautious approach. Dan Petrescu’s team boast a very good back line, but they have problems in the scoring department and we therefore recommend backing Unirea to score under 1.5 goals at odds of 1.33 offered by Sportingbet.

The Romanians are in a very good position to qualify from this group, mostly thanks to the impressive 4:1 win at Ibrox, but we have to say they missed a couple of great chances in home games. Unirea couldn’t beat either Stuttgart or Rangers at home and that could cost them the place in the knockout stages. It seems they are struggling to cope with the pressure when playing at home and that is preventing them from showing all they’ve got.

Sevilla doing great this season

Sevilla look like the only Primera team capable of matching Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid and the fact Los Rojiblancos are just three points off the top of Primera shows the quality of this side. They have virtually ensured the first place in their Champions League group but we have no doubts they’ll be looking to win in Romania. Boss Manolo Jimenez us taking a very strong squad to Bucharest and we therefore expect the visitors to continue their rich vein of form. Seeing they scored 11 goals in last 4 away games, we see a good value in backing Sevilla to score over 1.5 goals at 2.40 offered by Sportingbet.

Boss Manolo Jimenez still has plenty of selection worries but his side have no problems coping with the numerous absentees. Defenders Sergio Sanchez and Ivica Dragutinovic are back in contention after recovering from injuries, but Palop, Adriano, Fazio, Acosta, De Mul, Kone, Duscher and Chevanton are unavailable through various reasons. Despite all the problems, the boss will be able to field a very string squad and his side are definitely the favourites here.

Betting verdict

Despite the fact his side have already qualified for the next stage, we expect boss Manolo Jimenez to field a very strong side and the hosts will have problems matching Sevilla on Tuesday. The Spaniards are one of the best side in Primera and they have been in very good form lately, thus our advice is to bet on away win.

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