Hapoel Beer-Sheva v Southampton Betting Preview – UEFA Europa League 29th September
This should be a pretty good contest as the Israeli Champions have been going very well on home soil this season and the Saints may have to batter their way through the fortress at the Turner Stadium on Thursday night on Match Day Two of the UEFA Europa League. Both Southampton and Hapoel posted victories on Match Day One and therefore the battle for top spot will be playing itself out as well here. Can Southampton dig in and win a difficult looking match or will they be happy enough to avoid defeat? The Saints kick off as favourites for the fixture.
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Hapoel Beer-Sheva v Southampton Betting Tips
The two clubs will go head to head for the first time ever on Thursday night and by the looks of things, Hapoel, the Israeli Champions have nothing to fear as Southampton make a visit to their new Turner Stadium. Hapoel Beer Sheva have never taken on a side from England before and they will be hoping to make this first encounter a positive one by continuing some strong home form for the season. They have won all five of their competitive games in their new stadium this season, three in Europe and two in the Israeli Premier League. So there is an element of this being a bit of an fortress arena for them. Overall they have remained unbeaten in their last five home fixtures in Europe now (W3 D2), a good stretch of form since they lost against Vllaznia in the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup. They scored an impressive 2-0 win at Inter Milan on Match Day One of this season’s Europa League.
They nearly made it through to the UEFA Champions LEague, but they were stopped in the play off round by Scottish Champions Celtic, but they didn’t go down without a fight. They suffered a 5-2 loss at Celtic Park in the first leg but fought back admirably to win 2-0 at home, just falling short of one more goal to get through. So that is Celtic and Inter Milan that they have beaten this season. This is their debut UEFA group stage campaign, and in the anytime goalscorer market you have Tony Nwakaeme and Lucio Maranhao as 5/2 options for Hapoel Beer Sheva. There is a quote of 5/6 running on both teams to score in the match while the game going under 2.5 goals will pick you up a quote of 4/6.
There’s a decent chance that this one will be a low scoring game, so a 1-1 correct score may have some appeal at 5/1. Like Hapoel, Southampton opened their Europa League campaign with a win on Match Day One as they beat Sparta Prague 3-0 at St Mary’s. Southampton have been getting their act together under Claude Puel with four wins on the bounce in all competition, and it all started with that win over Sparta. They have also put together a stretch of four clean sheets as well. Even with all that said though, this looks to be a tricky game for the Premier League side out on the road. Charlie Austin is in good scoring form at the moment and he can be backed at 7/4 in the anytime goalscorer market with Shane Long at 2/1. The Saints are 11/4 to win to nil, a big price even with their recent clean sheets earned. They will be tested.
Hapoel Beer-Sheva v Southampton Betting Odds
Southampton 11/8, Hapoel Beer Sheva 2/1, Draw 11/5
Hapoel Beer-Sheva v Southampton Predictions
This will be a test for the Saints out in Israel. Hapoel just missed out on the UEFA Champions League and are not going to be a pushover at the Turner Stadium. Even with Southampton running in great confident form at the moment, they will still be pushed hard by the hosts. It may be worth backing this one to end in parity and under 2.5 goals. The Saints may have their hands full but they can scrape out a point.
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