Our prediction for this Europa Conference League match:
Osijek play host to Zalaegerszegi at their Opus Arena in the first leg of the Europa Conference League second qualifying round. Over the years Osijek have established themselves as one of the best teams in Croatian HNL and, no doubt, they have big ambitions for the 2023/2024 Conference League campaign. Since Stjepan Tomas’ men impressed in a 6-1 crushing of Slaven in their HNL opener, home win should definitely be considered.
The Hungarians, on the other hand, were producing fine performances in preseason, but they will have a mountain to climb in Thursday’s clash against Osijek, who have turned their Opus Arena into a real fortress. When the two teams met in a friendly two years ago they played out a goalless draw, but we are tempted to put our money on the Croats this time out as they kicked off the new domestic campaign in the best way possible.