Petrolul Ploiesti - Vitesse Arnhem (UEFA Europa League) 1/8/13 18:00

Date: 1/8/13 18:00 (UTC+1)

Match: Petrolul Ploeiesti - Vitesse Arnhem
Competition: UEFA Europa League
Pick: Vitesse Double Chance (X2)
Odds: 1.73 (maybe higher on Betfair)
Bookmaker: Bet365
Stake:  10/10


Vitesse will play Petrolul away in their first Europa League match.  Petrolul is considered  favorite by the bookies.

Vitesse, has got to see some big players leave. Van Ginkel and Kalas left for Chelsea and Bony was finally transferred after a transfersoap to Swansea City. This will be a great loss for Vitesse, as they were the strongholders of last season. But still Vitesse has a great squad.


Squad Vitese for this match:  Van Aanholt, Chanturia, Van der Heijden, Houwen, Ibarra, Janssen, Kakuta, Kashia, Leerdam, Mori, Pedersen, Pröpper, Qazaishvili, Reis, Van der Struijk, Tighadouini, Vejinovic, Velthuizen, Vink

Pedersen has come back from a loan in Scandinavia, and did well and also played a good EURO U21. I think Vitesse has a better and at least even aquad with Petrolul.

Vitesse did not had a great pre-season in results, but showed some good play in most of the games.

Petrolul won easy with 0-7 in two legs from Vikingur. Vikingur is nothing compared to Vitesse, so they will be facing a real other level today.

Personally I am thinking this will end in a draw, but you never know if Reis/Pedersen , Ibarra and Kakuta will stand up today already so a protection in a Vitesse win is very nice.

I recommend placing this bet at the Asian Handicap market at Betfair. Betfair is at the moment only charging 0.5% comission and you will get a far better price. So Vitesse +0.5 if you decide to do this.