Honved Budapest vs Universitatea Craiova will meet on July 25, 2019, in the first round of the Preliminary Round 2 of the Europa League, at the “ETO Park” stadium in Győr.

Honvéd was eliminated last year from the Europa League by Progrès Niedercorn

Honvéd Budapest ended in the 2018-2019 season in the 4th place in the ranking, having 49p, after Ferencvárosi Budapest 74p, MOL Vidi FC 61p and Debreceni VSC 51p. The team coached by Italian Giuseppe Sannino played the Hungarian Cup final with MOL Vidi FC, being defeated by the score of 2-1. The Székesfehérvár group ranked second and won the Hungarian Cup, so Honvéd took the last place in the Europa League. In the first round, the Hungarians played with FK Žalgiris Vilnius, winning home with the score of 3-1, after which they finished in draw in the draw, 1-1. A year ago, “Kispest” played in the Europa League, where he eliminated FK Rabotnički Skopje in Northern Macedonia (1-2 and 4-0) in the preliminary round 1, after which he was taken out of the tournament 2 by Progrès Niedercorn in Luxembourg (1-0 and 0-2).

• Probable team Honvéd Budapest (3-5-2): Levkovich – Lovrić, Batik, Kamber – álnoki-Kis, Gazdag, Banó-Szabó, Kesztyűs, Kukoč – Moutari, N’Gog

U Craiova crossed Sebail FK with a 6-4 overall

Universitatea Craiova had a similar course to Honved Budapest in NB1 in the last season, ranking 4th in the League One playoffs. The team coached by Corneliu Papură had 36p, losing in the last stage the podimul on who finished CFR Cluj 50p, Football Club FCSB 48p and FC Viitorul 39p. If the Constantians did not win the Romanian Cup, 2-1 after Astra Giurgiu, then the last one would have played in the Europa League, not Universitatea Craiova. She met in the first round a very modest opponent, Sebail FK from Azerbaijan, who played in European Cups. The “white-blue” won 3-2 in both Baku tour and return to Craiova. In the 2017-2018 season, Craiova University had the misfortune to beat AC Milan (0-1 and 0-2), and in 2018-2019 RB Leipzig (1-3 and 1-1).

• Probable Team Universitatea Craiova (4-3-3): Pigliacelli – Martić, Kelić, Tiago Ferreira, Bancu – Qaka, Mateiu, Cicadlu – Barchut, Fortes

Honvéd vs Universitatea Craiova Picks

Honvéd also played twice in the European Cups against the Romanian teams in the 1978-1979 UEFA Cup season with Politehnica Timişoara (4-0 and 0-2) and in 1985-1986 in the European Champions Cup with the future winner of the trophy , Steaua Bucharest (1-0 and 1-4). So, so far, the Romanians have not scored and lost every time on Honvéd’s field. The Oltenians will not play in Budapest on Thursday, but on the “ETO Park” stadium in Győr and will try to get the best result in order to have the first chance in return. Romanians have the advantage of already having played 3 matches in League One, while BB1 ​​will resume in early August. Both teams have an offensive game style.

Our Prediction: Over 2.5

Odds: 2.25