Season 41

[July Fourth]

ROYAL RUMBLE CUP - QUARTER FINAL PREVIEW

Benca FC vs July Fourth Today
July Fourth vs Benca FC Wednesday

Benca 117.7 - July Fourth 118.8

A RR Cup Quarter-Final for July Fourth??? We would of snapped someone's hand off for this... But it's true and we are still in the RR Cup after knocking out FOUR L20 teams and our opponents are no other than a very active L20 Benca FC and they have a very active manager who believes in a quite defensive style of play, so it could be very difficult for us to overcome this tie. Based on current form and the 2 squads in comparison, July Fourth are slight favourites to qualify over the 2 legs, but we will be happy enough whatever happens in the remaining stages of the RR Cup. July Fourth are currently 8-0-0 this season in the RR Cup so it would be an amazing feat if we were continue this in the RR Cup this season.

Benca FC are mainly a 6* team with a few players developed to 7* (a star less on his level) and have some good players. I've watched a number of Benca's matches this season, Scarpelli and Tortora are the main attacking players for Benca and have notched up a decent amount of goals between them in a tough L20 league. Dominic Somerville is a very talented midfielder but will need to improve his form to give us problems and David Mendiola is their number 1 GK and at 7* he is expected to keep the scoreline low for us, They also have a young Colombian in Carlos Ortiz who is 6*119 and a bright future ahead of him at only 18 years old. If Benca have any weakness its their defence, where they don't have any 7* in that area. But their strengths are a 21-man squad and plenty of flexibility to change formations at any point in the match, their prefered formations are 4-4-2 classic and the dreaded 4-1-3W-2.

Both teams have plenty of options available for their starting XI, but July Fourth have Pietropaolo and Hardy out injured, Pietropaolo is expected to be available for the 2nd leg, Ramirez was treated for his injury by the July Fourth medic team and is available for the first leg.

Marc Vestergaard is a July Fourth player that formerly played for Benca FC and was bought from negotiations and is expected to start the game against his former employers, mainly the reason why both managers have a lot of respect for each other.

Odds: To Qualify: July Fourth 4/7, Benca FC 11/8

1st Leg: Benca 6/4, Draw 2/1, July Fourth 15/8
2nd Leg: July Fourth 4/6, Draw 5/2, Benca 3/1

SPECIAL BET: Vestergaard to score in either game: 5/6, To score in both games 6/1, Vestergaard RED CARD in either leg 50/1.