In a return match from the Europa League Play-offs, Stoke City meets FC Thun again, this time on Britannia Stadium. The game starts on August 25th 2011 at 19:45 UK
Stoke City
Stoke City started the Premier League season with two draw games, getting quite lucky in the last visit against Norwich. The team had been giving the opportunity to shoot a penalty, which they missed, but also received the advantage to play with a man more. On the replays, you could see that there was NO penalty, and even if there was a foul, it was outside the penalty box. Nevertheless, Stoke City continues to play strong, and hasn’t yet lost a game in Europa League this year. In fact the team has won all 3 games so far with the minimal score of 1:0. How about another 1:0 today?
FC Thun
Stoke City’s lead is fragile, so FC Thun’s chances of advancing are quite real. The team would need a clean goal to get things to extra time, and two goals to advance to the groups stage of the tournament. The team has lost only 1 of their nine last matches, and that loss was against Stoke at home. Victory over Young Boys this weekend with 2:0 and seems like FC Thun will be putting all of their efforts in the Swiss Super league. Currently first with 14 points out of six games, the team stands strong.
Prediction
As I said above all 3 games from the Europa League Qualifiers were won by Stoke City with the score of 1:0. The odds for a 1:0 here on Britannia Stadium are 6.00 (bet365)*.
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Bet365 will also live stream this match.
I believe Stoke City will play their game, as they always do on Britannia Stadium. A minimal victory or any kind of victory is a must, as 1:0 isn’t a good lead to rely on. My prediction, victory for Stoke City.
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