⚽️ Match: Maccabi Tel Aviv – Riga
⚽️ Competition: Champions League 2020
🗓 Date: 08/19/2020
💡 Betting Tips: win Maccabi and BTS
📈 Odds: 3.5
💳 Stake: 5/10 units
Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Riga Free Betting Tips
Will Maccabi live up to the role of favorite?
Fairness falls by the wayside because UEFA will not play the second legs in the qualifying rounds for the Champions League. The teams that have home rights have an invaluable advantage even when no spectators are allowed. The prediction of a home win between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Riga is not difficult.
This is not only because the Israelis are allowed to compete at home because Georgios Donis’ team should have a significantly more playful class than the Latvian champions. In general, Latvia hardly plays a role in European football internationally. The clubs from Israel are to be rated much more strongly.
In Israel, the new season doesn’t start until the weekend after next. Maccabi was still able to collect match practice because the two Supercup games against Hapoel Beer Sheva have already been played. Riga is also full of juice because in the Virsliga the season is played in the calendar year.
However, the odds comparison of the betting base sees the guests as clear outsiders. This also corresponds to our first assessment, which is why we tend to tip the Israelis between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Riga at first glance, although Riga FC in its current condition has the potential to annoy the favorite at least a little.
Maccabi Tel Aviv – Statistics & current form
Success coach Vladimir Ivic has left Maccabi Tel Aviv after two championships in a row for the English Premier League. In a short time, it was possible to present a successor, Maccabi quickly won the Israeli Supercup under the direction of sports director Patrick van Leeuwen, who has since returned to his old position.
Panathinaikos Athens signed Georgios Donis, who will prepare his new team for a game for the first time on Wednesday. The task is grateful, but the pressure is also great. Nevertheless, Tel Aviv can go into this encounter quite relaxed, because the two wins in the first two competitive games of the season have given a boost to self-confidence.
That is why we join the best bookmakers and tend to tip for a home win in the duel between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Riga. The first two appearances in the Supercup gave an idea of what Maccabi is capable of at the national level, but also at the lower end of the international stage.
The first title already bagged
Tel Aviv won the first leg of the Supercup 2-0. In the second leg, the Israeli champions also beat Hapoel Beer Sheva 2-0. Yonatan Cohen, who was suspended on Wednesday for being sent off the preseason, and Eylon Almog were the goalscorers. With Avi Rikan, Tal Ben Haim, and Eduardo Guerrero, well-known players only sat on the bench in this match.
Probable formation of Maccabi Tel Aviv:
↪ Tenenbaum – Davidzada, Baltaxa, Tibi, Bitton – Glazer, Peretz, Karzev – Almog, Ben Haim – Blackman
↪ Trainer: van Leeuwen
Last matches from Maccabi Tel Aviv:
Super cup
⚽️ 08/13 2020 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2 – 0 Hapoel Beer Sheva
⚽️ 08/08 2020 Hapoel Beer Sheva 0 – 2 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Ligat HaAl Championship Group
⚽️ 07/07 2020 Hapoel Beer Sheva 2 – 0 Maccabi Tel Aviv
⚽️ 07/04 2020 Maccabi Haifa 0 – 1 Maccabi Tel Aviv
⚽️ 07/01 2020 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1 – 0 Beitar Jerusalem
Riga – Statistics & current form
Riga FC has only existed in its current form since 2015. In these five years, promotion to the Virsliga was achieved. There was also a cup win and two Latvian championships. Now the attack takes place in the European Cup. The group stage of the Europa League was almost missed last year.
Broad chest after ten wins in a row
Even if Riga has never won the five away games so far in the European Cup, the Latvians are now attacking, because the current season has been outstanding so far. In the Virsliga table, Riga is at the top with 39 points from 14 games. Most recently, Oleg Kononov’s team celebrated twelve consecutive competitive games.
However, one should not compare the tasks in Latvia with the challenges in the European Cup. Therefore, the bookmakers tested by the betting base give a clear forecast in the direction of the Israelis. However, Riga has a strong offensive and has scored 34 goals in 14 games in the Virsliga.
Following the example of Ludogorets Razgrad or Shakhtar Donetsk, the Latvians act primarily with Brazilians on the offensive. That also paid off last weekend when Oleg Kononov’s side visited Daugavpils and got the upper hand with a 1-0 goal from Pedrinho.
Probable formation of Riga:
↪ Ozols – Kurakins, Cernomordijs, Prenga, Petersons – Panic, Pedrinho, Djurisic – Stenio Junior, Roger, Mbombo
↪ Trainer: Kononov
Last matches from Riga:
Virsliga
⚽️ 08/11 2020 BFC Daugavpils 0 – 1 Riga FC
⚽️ 08/07 2020 Riga FC 3 – 0 FK Jelgava
⚽️ 08/03 2020 FK Liepaja 1 – 4 Riga FC
⚽️ 07/30 2020 Riga FC 4 – 2 FK Spartaks
⚽️ 07/25 2020 Valmiera FC 0 – 1 Riga FC
Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Riga Direct comparison
Riga FC is only playing internationally in their third year and has only played ten games. The opponents can, therefore, be counted exactly on one hand up to this point. Maccabi Tel Aviv was one of them, as was any other team from Israel. Maccabi has also had little experience with Latvian football.
Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Riga – Betting odds comparison – Champions League 2020
🥅 Betting Tips: Maccabi Tel Aviv
⚽️ Odds: 1.33
🥅 Betting Tips: Draw
⚽️ Odds: 4.33
🥅 Betting Tips: Riga
⚽️ Odds: 7.5
Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Riga Free Betting Tips by CoreBet Tipsters
It should be an exciting game in this do-or-die game. Maccabi Tel Aviv had an excellent start to the season with two wins in the Israeli Supercup. Also, Georgios Donis’ team has significantly more international experience. However, Riga is by no means to be taken lightly.
The Latvians have taken the model of successful Eastern European clubs as a model and play offensively with some Brazilians. At the national level, that was enough for twelve victories in a row. The attack machinery is running at full speed and is always hitting. Therefore, between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Riga, a tip on goals from both teams could be worthwhile.
Key facts – Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Riga tips
💫 Maccabi started the new season perfectly with two wins in the Israeli Supercup.
💫 Riga has won all of the last twelve competitive games.
💫 This is the first time these two clubs have met.
We think that Maccabi is currently a bit stronger and will prevail on Wednesday before another team from the Baltic states with Suduva or Flora is waiting. However, the envisaged victory for the Israelis is unlikely to proceed silently. That is why we place our bets in the duel Maccabi Tel Aviv against Riga on the betting odds for a home win and goals for both teams.
