Asteras vs Sparta Prague Betting Tips

Asteras finished 3rd in the Greek top flight which is a real achievement in a league usually dominated by the 3 main Athens clubs. They were also involved in the Europa League group stages and a quick look at their home results last year suggest they are well capable of getting at least a point from their game with Sparta and perhaps more than that.

They beat Partizan Belgrade, drew with Besiktas are were only narrowly beaten by Tottenham in their home games last year in Tripoli. Although they didn’t progress, they also avoided defeat twice away from home so they’re clearly no mugs and they should be competitive again this year so they look really good value to get a result here at home to Sparta Prague at 5/6.

The Czech side aren’t quite the force they once were in Europe and again failed to win the Czech League last year. They’ve started brightly this time around though and currently occupy top spot after 6 games. They overcame FC Thun of Switzerland in the play-off round with an entertaining 6-4 aggregate win.

Asteras are quite a cautious side and there often aren’t that many goals in their games though so this could be a little tighter. These two could be competing for 2nd place in this group with Schalke likely to be the strongest side, so neither club will want to concede an opening day defeat to the other.

Therefore a draw is a likely result as neither manager will take any crazy risks in search of a winner so a low scoring draw is likely and you can back it to finish 1-1 at 11/2.