The Cottagers didn’t give up on qualifying to the next round of EL. They will fight hard to qualify further from the groups, so they have to hope for one Roma’s letdown in the last 2 rounds in order for them to qualify in case of both wins. They won’t have an easy task at all. Their manager Roy Hodgson will have some squad problems before the visit of their Bulgarian rivals. Erik Nevland, Paul Konchesky and Jonathan Greening are all suspended, while Eddie Johnson, Seol Ki-Hyeon and Kagisho Dikgacoi will all be absent due to earlier injuries. However, that isn’t all since Andy Johnson, Diomansy Kamara and Dickson Etuhu are all battling minor injuries and are questionable for tonight’s game. It’s clear Hodgson will have a lot of problems while composing the squad, but anyhow, Fulham still possesses a great team which should definitely justify the role of favorite on the pitch tonight.
Without coach at the Craven Cottage
The coach of CSKA, Luboslav Pened, didn’t travel with the team as he owns over one million euros to one of the local banks and was forbidden to leave the country, as they’re afraid he could stay abroad and never return to his homeland. So it seems their assistant cocach Radoslav Zdravkov will be leading the team. Although Penev will explain him how to properly play against Fulham, it’s questionable how will inexperienced Zdravkov know how to make that work in the locker-room and pitch. CSKA has been catastrophic on the road in EL this year and even though they have almost no chances of qualifying further, they won’t be traveling with the white flag up. They will put up a great resistance to the hosts and attempt to record a favorable result and get back home undefeated.
Narrow home win
Fulam should still record a triumph at this game. They possess the more quality team and are playing at their stadium, while the Bulgarian visitors are arriving without their head coach Penev. However, home win will probably not be too convincing but rather narrow. Therefore, I expect few goals and the best bet for this game should be the under 2.5 for some really nice odds over 2.00.
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Prediction:
Tip: Under 2.5
Odd: 2.03
Bookie: Bet365
Stake: 6 /10
Tipster: Kather
