Belfast Giants vs Hull Stingrays – Challenge Cup Quarter-Final

Monday night sees the Belfast Giants take on the Hull Stingrays in the Challenge Cup quarter-final. The Belfast Giants will have home advantage and are definitely favorites to win. Paddy Power is offering odds of 1/20 on a Giants win while the best odds available on the Stingrays are 15/2.

However, the Stingrays’ team owner Bobby McEwan thinks that the team has a chance of winning, “With a one-off game we feel we have a chance, particularly when you look at Saturday against Nottingham. It was an unbelievable result with seven forwards and six defence. We’re on a good run, we feel we have a chance against anyone nowadays.”

According to McEwan it was a financial decision to give the Belfast Giants a home advantage in the quarter-final. Unlike last season, there will be no home match at Hull Arena. McEwan explained that “If we play just one leg it saves us going back for an extra trip. Also, if we don’t have a home leg we don’t have to pay Belfast’s expenses to bring them to Hull.”