Rijeka v The New Saints Betting Preview – UEFA Champions League 11th July 7.45pm
Welsh Club TNS are heavy underdogs for the first leg of this second qualifying round in the UEFA Champions League. After edging their way past Europa in the previous round after extra time, they will face a battle out in Croatia against Rijeka. Rijeka pulled off a surprise last season by ending Dinamo Zagreb’s eleven year dominance by winning the league. They will be expected to put a solid first leg victory on the board.
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Rijeka v The New Saints Betting Tips
The Welsh champions are not going to get an easy time of things in this first leg as they head out to Croatia. This is the first ever competitive meeting between the two clubs and for it, The New Saints are big underdogs. But this is their reward for a big effort that they put up in the previous round. In the first qualifying round, they were embroiled in a fantastic tie against Europa. TNS lost the first leg at home 2-1 and then won the second leg by that scoreline to tie it up. That sent the tie to extra time which the Welsh club prevail in. So that was a special night in Europe for them and there should be goals in this one. Over 3.5 at bet365 is a price of even money because the Croatians could go out and score well and TNS did a good job in the last round.
Both teams to score at 9/4 with bet365 is an option as well because of the goals at both ends from TNS in the first qualifying round. So there could be some good action here and Croatian champions Rijeka, who ended Dinamo Zagreb’s eleven-year reign last season, will be expected to win this one. In the bet365 correct score market a Rijeka 2-0 is as short as 9/2 and that is just on the back of their goalscoring exploits last season. Again, it may be worth pushing for bigger than that. This is only the second UEFA Champions League tie for the Adriatic club and their previous one was all the way back in 1999/2000 and they won’t have fond memories of that, as they were hammered 6-1 on aggregate against Partizan. They are likely going to have a more comfortable time of things in this one.
Rijeka v The New Saints Betting Odds
Rijeka 1/10, Date 8/1, TNS 12/1
Rijeka v The New Saints Predictions
Rijeka to win: The home side should be comfortable enough in this one and The New Saints could have a rough evening here. The 3-0 correct score on the home side looks a solid punt in this one as the visitors may not pack anywhere near enough punch.
