Our prediction for this Europa Conference League match:
Zorya will look to put an end to their three-game losing run in Group B when they take on Breidablik at Arena Lublin on Thursday evening. The Ukrainians failed to book their place in the Conference League knockout stages, but they surely want to give fans something to cheer about. The good news for the hosts is that defender Oleg Danchenko has overcome his injury.
The Icelanders, on the other hand, have been serving as a cannon fodder for their rivals in Group B and given their shaky defence, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the home side. As for the away team, midfielder Gisli Eyjolfsson serves a one-game ban following his sending-off in a 2-1 loss to Maccabi Tel Aviv. When the two teams met in Reykjavik earlier in the process Zorya defeated Breidablik thanks to Igor Gorbach’s goal.
Highlighted Team (Zorya):
Zorya are a professional football club that compete in the Ukrainian Premier League. The club was founded in 1923 and in 1972 they won Soviet Top League. Speaking of competitions in Ukraine, Zorya made it to the cup final in the 2015/2016 season, with the team losing to Shakhtar Donetsk (0-2) in the title game.
Despite suffering the loss to the Miners in the Ukrainian Cup final, Zorya made it to the Europa League group stages. It has to be noted that the Ukrainian team played out a 1-1 draw with Fenerbahce on their debut in the group stages of the European competition. Slavutych Arena has been the home ground of the club since 2014 and you should bear in mind that they played at Avanhard Stadium from 1951 to 2014.
Before the World War II Zorya played their home games at Lenin Stadium. The club’s home colours are black and white. Anatoliy Kuksov is the club’s most capped players, making 517 appearances for Zorya in all competitions.