NK Maribor must beat Hungarian
FC Videoton, to qualify in
third round of qualifications for Europa League. Maribor has played in quests 1:1 and home in
Maribor won with 2:0. Now they are playing against tough Scottish team
FC Hibernian.
NK Maribor has played in 2. round of 1.Slovenian League against
NK Rudarjem iz Velenja in guests with draw 0:0. Coach of Maribor
Darko Milanič can count on all of his players.
FC Hibernian ended in last season on 4th place in Scottish Premier League. FC Hibernian has directly came in third round of qualifications. Currently they are still on preparations in Netherland and they are directly coming on this match. Their most dangerous attacker is Stokes, which scored 21 goals in last season. One of the best players are Riordana and Wotherspoon. On last preparation match they substituted only two players from last season, which means that they already gor a lineup for this season.
Third round of qualifications for Europa League: NK Maribor : FC Hibernian
Date: 29. July, 2010 - 20:30 CET
Stadium: Ljudski vrt - Maribor
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)
NK Maribor:
Goalkeeper: Marko Pridigar
Defenders: Aleš Mejač, Elvedin Džinič, Aleksander Rajčevič, MitjaViler
Midfielders: Armin Bačinovič, Tomislav Pavličič, Josip Iličič, Dejan Mezga,
Forwards: Marcos Magno Morales Tavares, Dalibor Volaš
Coach: Darko Milanič
Injured: -
Booked: -
FC Hibernian:
Goalkeeper: Graham Stack
Defenders: David Wotherspoon, David Stephens, Steven Thico, Lewis Stevenson
Midfielders: Danny Galbraith, Edwin de Graaf, John Rankin, Derek Riordan
Forwards: Colin Nish, Anthony Stokes
Coach: John Hughes
Injured: -
Booked: -
The weather forecast on this match is bad with low temperatures, which both of teams will be very happy about it, because it should bi around 22°C over the day, but it can rain too, which can change many of things on this match, because that can spoil conditions for good match.
The referee on this match will be Martin Ingvarsson, his assistants will be Joakim Flink and Peter Vesterholm, and fourth referee Daniel Stalhammar (all Sweden). Delegate will be Gaetano de Gabriele (Malta), and controller of referees Luciano Luci (Italy).
There were no matches between this two teams in history.
Players of
NK Maribor are now for 14 days in competition rhythm, which means that they are ordinated well, meanwhile the players of
FC Hibernian ended with preparations for the new season in Netherland and this will be their first real test in this season. On first look, both of the teams have chances for pregression 50:50%, but on
Ljudski vrt stadium, supporters of Maribor will probably lean scale on the side of home team. We just must hope that bad weather won't mess up nice evening in Ljudski vrt.
The best odds for win on
Maribora are on
BetClic, MyBet and
Interwetten.
