Valencia vs Stoke betting

Valencia

Valencia are a team who have a phenomenal record in Europe, they would ideally like to be in the Champions League but they will without a doubt have their eyes set on the ultimate goal which is to win the Europa League and without a doubt they have the necessary talent and form to achieve this goal.

Valencia enjoy playing good football, this season they have shown themselves to be a team capable of remaining strong in defence and very capable of catching teams out on the break. The club has a great reputation to play beautiful football and because of this, on their day Valencia can play deadly football and when need be they can easily frustrate their opposition with their possession play.

Stoke

Fans love the fact that Stoke are competing in the Europa League, for the last few seasons Stoke have showed all Premiership clubs that they are a difficult team to play against, their football style various tremendously from what other teams stick to, they don’t stick to the standard textbook but nevertheless Stoke’s style of football has been highly successful, they have managed to build a great squad and compete in any match they play against.

This season Stoke have lacked consistency, they do tend to play well in matches but then end of losing the match due to a slight lack in concentration for a few minutes.  Stoke find themselves sitting in 13^th in the Premiership, this is surely something they won’t be happy about, especially considering the results they were achieving before the Christmas period.

Realistically on paper critics will tend to rule out Stoke from progressing in the Europa League, but you just have to look at what Fulham did not long ago to reach the final, Stoke are more than capable of achieving good things, especially because their style of football is totally different to many clubs, especially clubs throughout Europe, consequently it may be difficult for clubs to adjust and if they don’t, Stoke could surely capitalise on this.

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The last match was a tight one, Valencia played very well considering they was playing away from home and against a very physical team, nevertheless people would have expected Valencia to push on after taking the lead, but this wasn’t the case. Stoke remained disciplined however a lot of their chances came late on during the game, which was too little too late, but Stoke did show some promise and without a doubt they are still in this tie, with a bit of luck this time round, a surprise result is 100% on the cards.  But it should always be remembered that Valencia are playing at home and throughout the years they are defiantly a club who has a formidable record at home in Europe, a lot of the strong English teams such as Liverpool, Chelsea and even Manchester United have struggled in Valencia, so this match should be a good one, Stoke have nothing to lose but plenty to gain.

Match Predictions:

Valencia 1 – 1 Stoke 8/1 William Hill

First goal scorer – Pablo Piatti 10/1 Coral

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