Vincent West
Dailysports's expert
Viktoria Plzen
Kryvbas
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On August 15 at the Doosan Arena will be held the return match of the 1/2 final of the Europa League qualification, in which Viktoria Plzen will play against Kryvbas. A detailed forecast from Dailysports experts is available.
"Viktoria Plzen".
The team is now, of course, a little bit of surrendered positions. After the extreme championship, in 2022, the "red-blue" twice finished in third place. But at the same time, they looked decent in the Conference League in the spring - Fiorentina, the future finalist, knocked out the Czechs in extra time with great difficulty.
Now Kubek's men started with a couple of wins, but then were limited to a zero draw with Jablonec. Carvina, on the other hand, were defeated 5-0. Well from last week a new international saga began. Formally they started on the road, but in fact - in Kosice, almost next door. There, having conceded first, they also won.
“Kryvbas”
The club formally can remember its roots and boast of certain European Cup traditions, when "Parma" and "Nantes" came to Krivoy Rog. But that team went bankrupt back in 2013, and the current project, frankly speaking, essentially started in 2020. For it, the current season in the UPL is only the third. And after the debut seventh place, Yuriy Vernidub last spring raised his wards to third place - and above only the virtually unattainable Dynamo and Shakhtar.
In the new season, having started with a minimal victory over Chornomorets, then the Red-Black-Whites, in fact, made their debut in the European Cup - forced not at home, but in Kosice, where it was longer and more difficult for the Ukrainians to get to than the nominal guests. The Ukrainians opened the scoring there, but lost in the second half. At the weekend against Karpaty they lost outright, 0-3.
Interesting facts and head-to-head matches
- "Viktoria Plzen" won four times in five outright matches
- "Kryvbas" lost in three of the last four matches
- Last week, the Ukrainians played their first European Cup game in the current format
Viktoria Plzen vs Kryvbas Prediction
Bookmakers do not expect surprises from this pair. The more experienced and stronger club plays at home - we bet on the Czechs at the "-1.5 goal" (odds - 1.909).
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