In this round of the Europa League, Slovenian side Celje, who played against Fiorentina in the Conference League last year, will also take to the field. They showed some promise in both games, especially in the return leg in Florence.
The Cypriot team Larnaca, on the other hand, made it through the first round on penalties against Serbian side Partizan. Again, this was certainly an impressive performance against a team that started the doubleheader with a slight advantage. But Celje is undoubtedly in better shape, as it demonstrated in its first Slovenian league match at the end of last week against Maribor. An away win that allowed them to start the season with three crucial points. It won’t be easy—there will be other matches to play—but Celje could pull off a coup in this round. In the meantime, they will certainly do so at home, as the Slovenians are favorites and also need to shake things up in their home games. Yes, because they too went through on penalties last week after drawing against Baku.
Odds comparison
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Prediction
Celje are favorites in this first home match to kick-start their season and win a game in front of their fans, which they haven’t done in four games, including last year’s final. Given the less than rock-solid defenses, we expect at least one goal per team and at least three goals in total.
Probable line-ups for Celje-Larnaca
CELJE (4-2-3-1): Sluga; Karnicnik, Tutyskinas, Vuklisevic, Nieto; Kvesic, Zabukovnik, Avdyli; Sturm, Kovacevic, Iosifov. LARNACA (4-3-3): Alomerovic; Garcia, Roberge, Milicevic, Ekpolo; Pons, Ledes, Rohden, Chacon; Angielski, Rubio. POSSIBLE RESULT: 3-1