Viking VS Sligo Rovers

Viking host Sligo for this UEFA Conference League qualification third round first leg at SR-Bank Arena Stavanger in front of loud home fans. The hosts are a Norwegian team - the visitors come from Ireland. There is a massive difference in pure class here especially in terms of players’ individual skill level! Moreover, the Norwegian Elitserien is of much better quality then the Irish Premier Division. As I have mentioned before, Ireland does have a good football culture and a decent national team but still their first domestic league(s) are weaker than the betting market – or even many football journalists seem to realize.. The most promising young players leave Ireland at young age to build a career in the UK or elsewhere in Europe. Irish teams are almost always well-organized and defend well – they also fight hard. However, they usually only achieve any results at home.. We must remember that Sligo are not even near the best team in Ireland. They currently occupy the 5th place in the Premier Division with just 32 points to their account. This is 20 points less than the current leaders, Shamrock Rovers! They have not convinced me lately at all and even lost to lowly team Wexford, who play in the second tier, as massive favorites - priced around 1.40 to win in the betting market in an Irish Cup match 1-2 after extra time. A horrible performance!

In the first round of qualification, the visitors narrowly beat a lowly team from Wales, Bala 3-2 on aggregate and penalties were needed in the second leg in Ireland as Bala “won” 1-0 after 90 minutes of play. Very disappointing from the Irish club who were very clear favorites to qualify. The over-valuation in the betting market is probably explained by the shocking wins over a pretty good Scottish team Motherwell. These wins, especially in Scotland are almost a miracle as Motherwell dominated especially in the first leg and should have won 3-1 or 2-0. Well, anything is possible in football.. Motherwell were better in Ireland too but lost 0-2 despite recording match more scoring attempts, attacks and dangerous attacks! Viking are having a good season in Elitserien and played amazingly well against a big team Sparta Pregue in the previous round. It was a goalless draw in Prague and in Norway Viking won 2-1. They have a 65% chance to win by at least two goals’ difference!

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