Twente Enschede - Levadia Talin FC 10 08

[Vukasin Micunovic]

Twente Enschede - Levadia Talin FC 1.45 3.80 5.60

[fcdg]

Twente beat Kalmar in intertoto, they lost in Kalmar but just started their preparation then and won 3-1 in second leg at home. I don't think Levadia is stronger than Kalmar, so I expect Twente to also win this time. But probably not interesting to bet on.

[Dewilsown]

Levadia squad vs Twente:

Goalkeepers
Artur Kotenko (20.08.1981)
Modestas Stonys (17.01.1980)

Defence
Andrei Kalimullin (06.10.1977)
Vitoldas **268;epauskas (17.03.1979)
Darius Regelskis (15.04.1976)
Marek Lemsalu (24.11.1972)
Tihhon Šišov (11.02.1983)

Midfield
Konstantin Vassiljev (16.08.1984)
Konstantin Nahk (10.02.1975)
Deniss Malov (08.06.1980)
Marius Dovydenas (28.06.1979)
Vitali Leitan (01.12.1978)
Aleksandr Dmitrijev (18.02.1982)

Forwards
Tarmo Kink (06.10.1985)
Nikita Andrejev (22.09.1988)
Indrek Zelinski (13.11.1974)
Ats Purje (03.08.1985)
Kaimar Saag (05.08.1988)

Levadia overplayed Haka in previous round and now going with same squad vs Twente. They are best in Estonia but there is surely huge difference between Estonian and Dutch leagues.
Please some team information about Twente squad so I can make up my mind on what to bet.

[transferking]

How has Wilkshire adapted to the team, will he start? Has new coach changed Twente's playing style? What about training games, especially last one (0-2) against Bochum? Is N'Kufo still the leader of the team?

[fcdg]

I'm not sure if Wilkshire will start. Will be something like this:
Boschker;
Wielaert, Niemeyer, Zomer, Heubach;
Brama, Bakircioglü, Wilkshire/Shoukov;
Gerritsen/Bakkal, N'Kufo, Touma;
But they are quite a lot of options with Wilkshire (he seems to be able to play on a lot of positions ).

Should have more info about lineup tomorrow.

N'Kufo still very important indeed. Twente is quite a technical team, although they got some hard-workers too this year (Wielaert, Wilkshire). Twente would be mainly troubled by a very physical team with lousy counters (a bit like Kalmar) and not by a more technical team, cause Twente is very likely clearly better in that aspect. What kind of play plays Levadia usually?

[transferking]

I would say they're more technical side. For example in the games against Haka they were physically clearly in trouble in second half.

In midfield they've good youngsters Vassiljev and Dmitrijev, both national team players. Dmitrijev is impressive defensively, while Vassiljev is playmaker and really dangerous in corners and free-kicks.

Central defenders Lemsalu and Cepauskas are experienced, while strikers Kink and Andrejev (also right-wing Purje) very fast young guys.

Most probably starting line-up will remain same it was in return leg with Haka:
Kink, Purje
Leitan, Vassiljev, Dmitrijev, Purje
Kalimullin, Cepauskas, Lemsalu, Sisov
Kotenko

[borex74]

Kink, Purje
Leitan, Vassiljev, Dmitrijev, Purje
Kalimullin, Cepauskas, Lemsalu, Sisov
Kotenko

You write Purje 2 times probably Indrek Zelinski or Malov will start.

Normaly Levadia shuld have problems against good technikal team like Twente but they are machines this year and Im not be the man bet against Levadia at odds 1,30 :!:

[transferking]

Kink, Purje
Leitan, Vassiljev, Dmitrijev, Purje
Kalimullin, Cepauskas, Lemsalu, Sisov
Kotenko

You write Purje 2 times probably Indrek Zelinski or Malov will start.

Normaly Levadia shuld have problems against good technikal team like Twente but they are machines this year and Im not be the man bet against Levadia at odds 1,30 :!:

Whoops, sorry, it's 17-year-old Nikita Andrejev, not veteran Zelinski.

[horik]

will Twente play with the first team?

[tkt]

Go for under 2,5 goals(best option, Levadia has good defence). And I think away they can't score too...

[Daywalker]

I must agree with tkt here...
There is no point to risk with picking twente @~1.3 . Ofcourse Twente should be better on the sheet but I must say that Levadia is not a bad team eighter. They have pretty solid players(few players are with national team experience and so on) for every position and long bench.

For example Interwetten is offering under2.5 @2.5 which is quite insane in my eyes. Gamebookers has is @2.2 and for me it is good enough to take it.

[Remarque]

I'm not sure if Wilkshire will start. Will be something like this:
Boschker;
Wielaert, Niemeyer, Zomer, Heubach;
Brama, Bakircioglü, Wilkshire/Shoukov;
Gerritsen/Bakkal, N'Kufo, Touma;
But they are quite a lot of options with Wilkshire (he seems to be able to play on a lot of positions ).

Should have more info about lineup tomorrow.

N'Kufo still very important indeed. Twente is quite a technical team, although they got some hard-workers too this year (Wielaert, Wilkshire). Twente would be mainly troubled by a very physical team with lousy counters (a bit like Kalmar) and not by a more technical team, cause Twente is very likely clearly better in that aspect. What kind of play plays Levadia usually?

Sorry for offtopic,but as always a lot of players on 'B'.Remember 5-10 years ago Twnte (or Willem?) has almost all starting eleven on 'B' :lol:

[fcdg]

Boschker;
Wielaert, Niemeyer, Zomer, Heubach;
Brama, Bakircioglü, Wilkshire/Shoukov;
Gerritsen/Bakkal, N'Kufo, Touma;

According to latest news line-up will be:

Boschker;
Wielaert, Niemeyer, Zomer, Heubach;
Brama, Bakircioglü, El Ahmadi;
Gerritsen, N'Kufo, Touma;

So no Wilkshire, but an extra technical player on midfield
So just 3 B's

[XHpro]

So is Twente a sure banker for a combo?

[nbamoney]

Twente is a sure banker.

Levadia is overrated.They arent any good away from home.
I have seen most of Levadia games and i think they are same level as Holland third league.


Levadia have 2 players that i rate: midfielder Vassiljev and Dimitriev.
Other players are useless crap.

Short clip from Levadia and Fc Haka(fin) game.They won 2:0 but their game isnt something special.

http://213.35.156.10/etv/13072006_levadia_haka.wmv

Vassiljev goal against estonian team Fc Flora.

http://213.35.156.10/etv/09072006_flora_levadia.wmv