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Peter Green - July 18, 2023
Crusaders vs Haka Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Europa Conference League Qualification on Thursday, 20 July 2023.
Haka failed to maintain the lead they had in first half of the first leg against Crusaders. An early goal from Forsythe gave a strong start to Crusaders only to concede two from Haka in the 33rd and 36th minute of the game.
A penalty goal from Rogerson with Fofana’s impressive goal made the local Supporters of Haka thrilled. However, Clarke equalized the score in 68th minute which opened the doors to an interesting second leg clash this Thursday.
This will be marked as the second head to head clash between these two teams. The only h2h meeting was in the first leg, which ended in a 2-2 draw.
Crusaders have an unimpressive form at home of late. They lost four of the last five home outings but it is worth noting that they faced stronger outfits than Haka played of late.
On the other side, Haka follows a long losing streak on the road. They are on a six-match losing streak at the moment. In fact, they lost 12 of the last 15 road trips across all competitions.
Since their only h2h clash ended in a 2-2 draw, we expect a win for Crusaders on Thursday.
The recent match-ups of both at respective patches had goals in plenty. Their first leg meeting also had over 2.5 goals ft. Thus, we don’t expect this match to be a low-scoring one.
Neither of these two teams are having a decent defensive line of late. Crusaders have leaked a total of 11 goals in the last five home matches. Such a defensive display forces us to back the both teams to score option here.
Although both teams follows a losing run at respective patches, Crusaders looks to have the edge considering the long losing run of Haka on the road and their first leg clash which ended in a 2-2 draw.
We expect Crusaders to seal a win on Thursday for all the above mentioned reasons. Going on, we like to place it as the main tip and the both teams to score tip as the second.
