Botev Plovdiv vs Apoel Nicosia Prediction & Betting Tips - Conference League

Prediction published on 18/07/2022, 22:05  by Daniel Ngulu in Conference League Predictions

Botev Plovdiv from Bulgaria will be up against Cypriot side APOEL Nicosia in the second qualifying round of the Europa Conference League first leg. Heading into this game, hosts Plovdiv are coming from two winless outings in their domestic league and they have no win in the last three games. With just one clean sheet in the last five matches, Plovdiv will want to make their first ever Conference League game memorable. They’ve lost once in the last five home league matches but in the last two they’ve failed to score.

For APOEL, this will be the first game of the season; they have played four preseason friendly matches and lost none, though they won just one. They kept three clean sheets in the four friendly matches, and failed to score in two but in the last two matches they scored twice in each. Heading into this game, they will be out to gain a winning start to their campaign. The visitors are more experienced in Europe and will want to establish early dominance here, though this is their first ever Conference League game. In their last three away matches they’ve kept clean sheets.