Repeater of the 12th phase of the champions league between Trentino and Lennik. In the first match in Belgium, Trentino prevailed 3-2 and gained the lead in the qualifying case. The Italians are clearly a superior team and are expected to get a ticket to the top six teams in the top club competition.
Thursday's match, however, can be an opportunity for a betting choice, and this is because once again, apart from the shocking unexpected, two very key players of the Italian team will be absent, the cross Djuric and the extreme Lanza. In the first match Lanza did not even travel to Belgium while Djuric remained on the bench and of course this played a role in Trento going through difficult times until the final victory in the tie break.
Lennik under other circumstances was likely to lose easily with 3-0 sets, but with the above data and with the presence of all-in-one Frank Depestele might make it hard for the host.I do not forget Sunday's home defeat of Trentino in the league by Verona with 1-3, although with the same score Lennik lost at home on Saturday so probably the minds of both teams were in the champions league.
Stoytchev's main wingers on Thursday will be Urnaut and Antonov, two players known for their service and attacking virtues rather than their reception. Therefore the Libero Colaci will have a lot of work as it will have to cover most of the back belt. So if the Belgians with their service manage to spoil the Italian host, I think they will be fortunate enough to win at least one set.
The handicap +2,5 set of the Belgians gives an odds of 2,10 (it slightly exceeds the 2,25 of stoiximan) but I will prefer the over 140,5 in total points (you may find it 139,5), which can be paid even if Trentino prevails even with 3-0 but with 'full' sets.