Hibs V Nsi Runavik Predictions & Betting Odds

Hibs v NSI Runavik Betting Preview – UEFA Europa League 12th July 7.45pm

Hibs get off to an early summer start as they take on the challenge of the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. Really it shouldn’t be too much of a challenge to be fair. This is merely going to be a stepping stone on a bigger journey in trying to get to the main draw. They take Runavik who are from the Faroe Islands and for our Hibs v NSI Runavik predictions we don’t see any hint of an upset.

Hibs News and Form

Hibs will be hoping to run off some rust and avoid any banana skin in this tie. The Scottish outfit gets into some early summer action in the UEFA Europa League qualifying and with games like this, it’s always hard to predict what is going to come. That’s because Hibs, while favourites, will naturally be lacking any sharpness. Still, Hibernian to win to nil is at 8/11 odds* (Betting Odds were taken from July 11th, 2018 at 00:46 a.m.) for the fixture. Despite Celtic apparently keen to get their claws into influential midfielder John McGinn, Hibs expect him to be taking part in this first leg. They will be looking to bury some misery of a couple of years ago when they lost to Brondby in a penalty shootout.

Hibs haven’t won a European tie since back in 2006, so over a decade and counting. But they are favourites here, especially being at Easter Road. They have had some early friendly games against Linlithgow Rose and Berwick Rangers winning both of those. But boss Neil Lennon won’t be too happy with their poor performance against higher opposition in the form of Blackburn in their final warm-up match before this. They lost that 2-0. For our Hibs v Runavik prediction were are looking at a Hibernian 2-0 correct score option at 5/1 odds* (Betting Odds were taken from July 11th, 2018 at 00:46 a.m.). Hibs are currently ranked 267th with UEFA. Their opponents are down in 434th.

NSI Runavik News and Form

The Faroe Islands crew will probably be out of their depth in this one, but they do hold one’s advantage. They are already fifteen games into their new domestic season so they don’t have those match sharpness and fitness issues which Hibs will have. Their record in this season’s Faroe Island Premier League stands at W8 D3 L4 which leaves them fifth of ten. They got to this UEFA Europa League qualifying campaign after finishing fourth in their league last season. They only made their European debut in the 2003-04 season and from their previous seven UEFA Europa League qualifying campaigns, they have never made it past the first qualifying round. Their overall European record stands at W2 D1 L19 so it’s hard to expect a lot for them. They probably won’t pose Hibs too much of a threat as they have failed to score in eight of their last ten European games. Both teams not to score is at 4/6 odds* (Betting Odds were taken from July 11th, 2018 at 00:46 a.m.).

Hibs v NSI Runavik Head to Head

This will be the first meeting between the two sides.

Hibs v NSI Runavik Betting Odds*

Hibs 1/12
Draw 7/1
NSI Runavik 14/1
*(Betting Odds were taken from July 11th, 2018 at 00:46 a.m.)