Our prediction for this Europa Conference League match:
Astana
Match Time & Date:
03/10/2024
18:45
Prediction: 2-1
TSC
Astana will look to kickstart their Europa Conference League campaign in style when they take on TSC at Astana Arena. Grigori Babayan’s troops are not enjoying a domestic campaign to remember, with the team sitting in fifth place in the standings, but their current form is surely giving fans a reason for optimism ahead of Thursday’s encounter. It has to be noted that Astana have won five of their last six league matches, while sharing the spoils with Zhenis at the weekend.
As there are no fresh injury worries in Grigori Babayan’s team, home win should be considered. TSC, on the other hand, aim to build on back-to-back wins over Novi Pazar and Cukaricki, but given their dreadful losing run in European competitions, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the home side. Marko Lazetic should be recalled to the starting XI after coming as a substitute in a 2-1 win over Cukaricki at the weekend.
Highlighted Team (Astana):
Astana are a Kazakh football club which was founded in 2009. The Blue and Yellows won their first domestic trophy in 2014, with the team finishing the regular part of the season in third place in the standings. However, thanks to their brilliant displays in the Championship round Astana won the national championship.
The big-spending Kazakh club have always been attracting high-profile footballers from Russia and Ukraine and it has to be noted that the likes of Yegor Titov, Andrey Tikhonov and Maksim Shatshikh played for the Blue and Yellows in the past. Nowadays Astana are considered the best football club in Kazakhstan and you should bear in mind that they won their third consecutive league title in 2016.
However, participating in the 2015/2016 Champions League group stages is considered the club’s biggest success. Astana faced the likes of Benfica, Atletico Madrid and Galatasaray in Group C and they collected 4 points from possible 18 in the process. It has to be noted that they shared the spoils with Diego Simeone’s men at their Astana Arena.
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