Our prediction for this Europa Conference League match:
Thursday’s football game at Urartu Stadium pits together Urartu and Neman, the two teams that met in a friendly seven years ago. Back then, the two sides played out a 1-1 draw and yet another close encounter is on the cards. Urartu have yet to kickstart the new Armenian Premier League campaign, but they should not be written off just yet in this two-legged tie.
The Belarusians, on the other hand, did well to beat Isloch in their last league match. Neman have been impressive at the back of late and given Urartu’s lack of competitive games, there is a big value in betting on under 2.5 goals. Sergey Puschnyakov remains in the recovery room, but there are no fresh injury worries in the away team ahead of the trip to Armenia. Igor Kovalevich is likely to stick to the 4-2-3-1 formation, with Egor Zubovich up front as a lone centre-forward.