Our prediction for this Europa Conference League match:
Brandywell Stadium will host Thursday’s Conference League showdown between Derry City and KuPS. The hosts did well to eliminate HB Torshavn in the first qualifying round, with Sadou Diallo scoring the decider, but they will have a much bigger fish to fry against KuPS. Adam O’Reilly is back from the domestic ban, while all Sam Todd, Ciaron Harkin, and Colm Whelan are out of contention through injuries.
The Veikkausliiga outfit, on the other hand, are still in the race for the domestic trophy, but they have big ambitions for the 2023/2024 Conference League campaign as well. Anyhow, the share of spoils is on the horizon in Northern Ireland as the Candystripes are tough to beat at home. There are no fresh injury worries in the away team. You should bear in mind that under 2.5 goals have been netted in each of Derry City’s last four games in the competition.