Our prediction for this Europa Conference League match:
Deutsche Bank Park will host Thursday’s Conference League game between Eintracht Frankfurt and St Gilloise. The two teams played out a 2-2 draw in Belgium a week ago and yet another interesting encounter is on the horizon. Die Adler have been scoring goals for fun of late, with the team playing out a thrilling 3-3 draw with Freiburg at the weekend and we are positive that they will find the net against Royale Union SG. Towering centre-forward Sasa Kalajdzic limped off with injury at the weekend, with Ansgar Knauff likely to step up, while defender Robin Koch is back from suspension.
The Jupiler League leaders, on the other hand, came from two goals behind to share the spoils with Frankfurt in the first leg and given their fine display in a 3-1 win over Kortrijk, we believe that there is a big value in betting on over 2.5 goals. Noah Sadiki returns from suspension, but Charles Vanhoutte is banned for the match.
Highlighted Player (Ellyes Skhiri):
After spending his youth career at Montpellier, Ellyes Skhiri continued playing for la Paillade at senior level. In 2019 he moved to Bundesliga side Koln, signing a four-year contract with the Billy Goats. Shkiri was born in Lunel, France on May 10, 1995, but he has a dual citizenship as his parents are of Tunisia descent.
The Koln midfielder made debut with the Tunisian national team in a 1-0 win over Iran on March 23, 2018 and he represented Tunisia at the FIFA World Cup finals in Russia later that year. Ellyes Skhiri’s main position is defensive midfielder, but he is capable of producing fine performances at both right and centre back.
His preferred foot is right and he has a contract with Koln until June 30, 2026. The Tunisia international made his Bundesliga debut on August 17, 2019 in a 2-1 loss to Wolfsburg and he scored his first ever goal in the German top flight in a 2-1 win over Freiburg on August 31, 2019.
Highlighted Team (Frankfurt):
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German football club who is active in the German Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1920 after a fusion between different football clubs from Frankfurt. Eintracht Frankfurt is playing in the Bundesliga since 2011/2012 and is known for being a stable club in the Bundesliga. Currently the club is playing their home games in the Commerzbank-Arena which holds a capacity of 51000 seats. The club colour of Eintracht Fankfurt are black, red and white. Eintracht Frankfurt is called the Adlertrager by their fans. The club’s rival Kickers Offenbach.
Eintracht Frankfurt is one of the few clubs in Germany that won the Bundesliga; in the season 1958/1959 were able to win the league. Other important prizes Eintracht Frankfurt won are the DFB Pokal (4 times) and the the UEFA Cup in 1980. There are many famous football players that played for EIntracht Frankfurt in their career like Pfaff, Moller, Low, Okocha, Kopke and Berthold.